Impact of Exchange Rate Threshold Level on Stock Market Performance- Evidence from Ghana

The exchange rate plays a significant role in an economy and also the purpose of this study is to examine the impact of exchange rate threshold level on the capital market performance.The study used a Threshold Autoregressive model introduced by[24]and[12].The study used quarter-time series data for thirty years from 1990 to 2019.The capital market performance was measured by the value of shares traded;market turnover;market capitalization and all-shares index.However,the results unconcealed the subsequently estimated threshold level of exchange rate for every performance indicator:7.94%;25.33%;25.33%,and 7.80%respectively.In all,the threshold level of the exchange rate estimated was 8 and 25 percent.The findings suggest that a low rate is performance-enhancing.Additionally,the exchange rate above the threshold level is harmful to the capital market performance.The findings of this investigation may be helpful to the government of Ghana and policymakers as they decide on an exchange rate target to implement to avoid the prejudicious effects of high exchange rates whereas getting the growth advantages of the low exchange rate.The finding of the study shows that the exchange rate impacts the economy more than inflation however,not many works in the subject area have been done in Sub-Saharan Africa.Therefore,I suggest that more threshold studies ought to be meted out on the exchange rate in the other sectors of the economy to determine its impact on the economy.

Internet big data and capital markets:a literature review

Background:Research in various academic disciplines has undergone tremendous changes in the era of big data.Everyone is talking about big data nowadays,but how exactly is it being applied in research on financial studies?Results:This study summarizes the sources of Internet big data for research related to capital markets and the analytical methods that have been used in the literature.In addition,it presents a review of the research findings based on Internet big data in the field of capital markets and proposes suggestions for future studies in which big data can be applied to examine issues related to capital markets.Conclusion:(1)Internet big data sources related to present capital market research can be categorized into forum-type data,microblog-type data and search class data.(2)As for research about investors’sentiments on the basis of Internet big data,the main methods of sentiment analysis include building an inventory of lexical categories,using dictionaries for analysis of lexical categories,and machine learning.(3)Many studies address whether Internet big data can predict capital markets.However,they reach no consistent conclusions,which could be due to limitations of sample and analysis method used.(4)Data collection technique and analysis methods require further improvements.

Discussion on the Formation and Trading Mechanism of Art Market Capital Price

Under the market economy system,art is a new investment channel.With the improvement of people's living standards,it has a new understanding of art investment.Based on this,this paper takes the price of art as the research object,and elaborates the price formation and transaction of the art capital market from the aspects of the intrinsic elements of art,the investment of art,the supply and demand of art market,people's boastful consumption and social education.The constraints imposed by the mechanism.

Manufacturing Capital Lingers in the Stock Market

Pressured by a slowdown in exports, cost increases and dwindling returns to manufacturing investments, China's manufacturing capital has begun to shift to the real-estate and stock markets. As a matter of fact, the stock market had already felt a shock a couple of years ago when top domestic manufacturers like Midea, Gree, TCL and LMZ started to invest their idle capital in the real-estate and stock markets. Investments of manufacturing capital in both the real estate and stock markets have increased fluid capital and pushed up the value of both markets. Booms in both markets have in turn guaranteed investment returns of manufacturing capital, which further increased the stock market valuations of manufacturing capital. Such a cycle has created interest chains between listed manufacturers, the stock market and the real-estate market. Along with the ups and downs of the stock and real-estate markets, manufacturing capital now faces a dilemma: to escape or to persist? Where should it escape? When can the markets be profitable again? Just like the classic Shakespearean question: to be or not to be, that is the question.

Does Margin Trading Enhance Information Efficiency of the Capital Market?——Evidence from China

On March 31,2010,China formally introduced a margin trading system,which announced that China's capital market has completed the transformation from a unilateral transaction model to a bilateral transaction model with a short-selling mechanism.However,the current development of China's margin trading and securities lending businesses is seriously unbalanced,and the scale of financing far exceeds the scale of securities lending.The short selling effect of securities lending exchanges is extremely limited,which to some extent violates the original intention of introducing the system.In order to help margin trading and securities lending to correct a healthy and sustainable development path,this article uses stock price synchronicity as a proxy indicator to measure the information efficiency of the capital market,explores the impact of the margin trading system on the information efficiency of the capital market,and study the detailed characteristics and economic consequences of the margin trading system.Aiming at this topic,this article analyzes the relationship between margin financing and securities lending and stock price synchronicity.Finally,it analyzes the influence of margin financing and securities lending system on stock price synchronicity from three dimensions of corporate governance,external supervision,and institutional environment mechanism.In terms of empirical research,this article takes advantage of the“quasi-natural experiment”provided by the gradual opening of margin trading and securities lending in China’s securities market,and selects listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges from 2007 to 2019 as the research objects,starting from the perspective of stock price synchronicity,and passing The DID-FE model studies the impact of the margin trading and securities lending system on the information efficiency of the capital market.It uses three methods:parallel trend and dynamic testing,PSM-DID analysis,and placebo testing for robustness testing to solve the endogeneity problem of the experiment.This article also conducts deeper research on the subject based on the two dimensions of the impact mechanism of margin financing and securities lending and the size of the company,and finally discusses the economic impact of margin financing and securities lending on the level of company innovation.

Handling the Relationship Between Expanding the Open Policy,Using Foreign Capital,and Protecting Domestic Industry and Markets

It has been our consistent policy to expand the opening policy, while using foreign capital reasonably and effectively. Our experience of economic development since China’s economic reform and opening to the outside world 20 years ago has shown that implementing the opening policy, participation in the international division of labour and exchange, the use of both domestic and international markets and resources, and the introduction of a foreign

Linking Competitors’ Knowledge and Developing Innovative Products Using Data Mining Techniques

In this article, the relationship between the knowledge of competitors and the development of new products in the field of capital medical equipment has been investigated. In order to identify the criteria for measuring competitors’ knowledge and developing new capital medical equipment products, marketing experts were interviewed and then a researcher-made questionnaire was compiled and distributed among the statistical sample of the research. Also, in order to achieve the goals of the research, a questionnaire among 100 members of the statistical community was selected, distributed and collected. To analyze the gathered data, the structural equation modeling (SEM) method was used in the SMART PLS 2 software to estimate the model and then the K-MEAN approach was used to cluster the capital medical equipment market based on the knowledge of actual and potential competitors. The results have shown that the knowledge of potential and actual competitors has a positive and significant effect on the development of new products in the capital medical equipment market. From the point of view of the knowledge of actual competitors, the market of “MRI”, “Ultrasound” and “SPECT” is grouped in the low knowledge cluster;“Pet MRI”, “CT Scan”, “Mammography”, “Radiography, Fluoroscopy and CRM”, “Pet CT”, “SPECT CT” and “Gamma Camera” markets are clustered in the medium knowledge. Finally, “Angiography” and “CBCT” markets are located in the knowledge cluster. From the perspective of knowledge of potential competitors, the market of “angiography”, “mammography”, “SPECT” and “SPECT CT” in the low knowledge cluster, “CT scan”, “radiography, fluoroscopy and CRM”, “pet CT”, “CBCT” markets in the medium knowledge cluster and “MRI”, “pet MRI”, “ultrasound” and “gamma camera” markets in the high knowledge cluster are located.

Financial constraints and investment decisions of listed Indian manufacturing firms

Background:The purpose of the study is to understand the role of cash flow sensitivity to investment as a measure of financial constraints among listed Indian manufacturing firms.It also analyses the role of tangibility in alleviating financial constraints.Further,the role of other financial factors in investment decisions is explored.Methods:The study is conducted using the generalized method of moments(GMM)estimator on dynamic panel data for the period of(2009–2015)on 768 listed manufacturing firms.Results:The analysis finds that cash flow sensitivity is a valid measure of financial constraints in the Indian manufacturing sector.Results according to splitting criteria found that investment decisions of standalone firms are more sensitive to cash flow than group affiliated firms.Further,splitting the firms according to market capitalization and tangible net worth reveals a higher degree of cash flow sensitivity by firms with lower market capitalization and asset tangibility.The results for the effects of tangibility of assets on easing financial constraint were found significant only in the case of firms with low tangible net worth and medium market capitalization.Conclusions:The study confirms cash flow sensitivity to investment as a valid measure of financial constraints.It will confirm pooling of internal funds by financially constrained firms to accept profitable investment opportunities in future.Further,it also reports that asset tangibility eases the financial constraints faced by firms.

Did green debt instruments aid diversification during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Faced with a persistent pandemic,investors are concerned about portfolio diversification.While the literature on COVID-19 has evolved impressively,limited work remains on diversification opportunities.We contribute to the literature by exploring the volatility and co-movement of different sovereign debt instruments,including green sukuk,sukuk,bond and Islamic and conventional equity indices for Indonesia.Our results consistently point towards increased asset co-movement and weak profitability during the pandemic.Interestingly,sukuk and green sukuk have a 14%correlation with stocks,suggesting potential diversification prospects in times of extreme shocks.

Investigain:A Productive Asset Management Web Application

The Investigain is a progressive web application to make mutual funds investments through a Systematic Investment Plan.The application utilizes the web’s modern capabilities,such as Asynchronous JavaScript and XML(AJAX),JavaScript,and Hypertext Marker Language(HTML5).The application also uses a powerful relational database management system,such as MySQL,to display asset management information.The application has two portals,one for investors and one for a particular asset manager or asset management company.Each investor has an account in the investor portal.The investor can view his/her profile,current balance,balance history,dividends,the units of mutual funds bought,unit price,the value of each mutual fund,and can pay installments using an embedded online payment gateway.Asset managers can monitor all investments,manage user accounts,and reimburse dividends using the admin portal.This paper also presents the experimental results of using the Investigain application,compares them with existing systems,and details the application’s prospect to improve its socio-economic conditions.The system’s frontend is designed with Bootstrap and jQuery frameworks.The backend is designed using Hypertext Preprocessor(PHP)server-side scripting language.The system demonstrated increased satisfaction from its clients.

Review of Financial Pressure

Different from foreign capital markets,china’s domestic capital markets are special,which also determines that the research on financial pressure starts from the reform of state-owned enterprises,and draws lessons from the relevant theories of financial risk and financial fraud,thus gradually forming a more diversified research results.

Financial Support Mechanisms and Financing Instruments for Climate Change Adaptation

Extreme weather has been having an increase in frequency and severity because of global warming. Heavy financial burden on governments has been increasing as reconstruction of natural disaster and prevention of public construction spending. Unlike the climate mitigation activities, the main purpose of climate adaptation is to establish climate risk management system. We discuss several types of financing instruments and collect several cases in both developed and developing countries internationally. We find that budget reallocation or government bonds are regularly used for losses from natural disaster in developing countries while both government bonds and insurance penetration are used to against catastrophe risks in the developed countries. Finally, we also find that insurance-related instruments are feasible and have been applied in some middle-income countries with assistance from the World Bank.

Stock Indices and New Technologies

Stock indices were created to accurately reflect changes in the prices of stock exchange securities included in them.Indices are divided into price-weighted and value-weighted indices.In price-weighted indices,each security has the same impact on the index,which is the arithmetic mean of the stock values of the companies it comprises.A value-weighted index accounts for changes in the value of shareholdings.By choosing the right composition of share packages,one can change the impact of a given security on the index.Market dynamics also change the composition of the index by removing securities and replacing them with others.The impact on the index grows as the price of a given security increases.Recently,index values have been strongly influenced by new technology companies,which have greatly appreciated during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.The aim of this work is to show the changes in two indices in particular:US NASDAQ Composite,and the new competitive SSE STAR index,an index from the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

The capital market spillover effect of product market advertising:Evidence from stock price synchronicity

We analyze whether product market advertising has a spillover effect on stock price synchronicity by transmitting firm-specific information to the capital market and attracting more investor attention.Using a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2017,we find that firms with greater advertising expenditures have lower stock price synchronicity.The results are robust after we address endogeneity concerns.In accord with our hypothesis that product market advertising increases the amount of firm-level information capitalized into stock prices through the information channel,we find that the impact of advertising on synchronicity is more pronounced for firms with a higher degree of information asymmetry and firms in the consumer-product industry.Further tests show that product market advertising enhances the ability of current period returns to reflect future earnings,and thus rules out that the negative relationship between advertising and synchronicity is driven by noise trading.Our results imply that product market advertising plays an informative role and improves information efficiency in a capital market.

China's Pension Reform and Capital Market Development

The paper analyzes the interaction between the pension system and capital marketdevelopment, especially the case of China. A funded pension system is most likely to boostthe capital market, but in the absence of a supportive financial infrastructure and effectivefinancial regulation, a funded system will not be successful. Chinas determination to establisha partially funded system is a first step in the right direction, but without the separation ofindividual accounts from the social pooling and their replenishment, the working out of theimplicit pension debt, and improvements in pension fund management and regulation, thepension system will not be sustainable. The key to capital market development in the processof the pension reform is to enact laws to protect the interests of pensioners, to contract outpension fund management to professional asset managers, and to accelerate the financialopening.

Balancing Capital Account Convertibility and Forex Market Stability

China is continuing to push forward its foreign exchange (forex) reform at a steady pace, giving global investors wider access to one of the world’s largest capital markets.The latest data showed that some 286 overseas institutions had received quotas amounting to $100.56 billion by the end of November under China’s Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) program, a scheme that allows more convenient capital inflows.