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Original Article
Open Access
Impact of Personality Measures and Investors' Biases on Decision - Making Skills of Women Investors in Mutual Funds
S. Ramesh, A. Senthil Kumar, Nasreen Sayyed
· pp. 7–19
DOI: 10.17010/ijf/2019/v13i4/143124
Mutual funds (MFs) have grown to be a main vehicle for mobilization of savings, especially from the small and household sector for investment in the stock market, which ensures high returns and low risk. Indian investors are peculiar in nature, …
Keywords:
Decision Making Skills, Investors' Bias, Mutual Funds, MFs, Personality Measures, Women Investors. JEL Classification, G41, G19, D140
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Original Article
Open Access
Asset Pricing Models : A Study of CNX Nifty 500 Index Companies
Deeksha Arora, Divya Verma Gakhar
· pp. 20–35
DOI: 10.17010/ijf/2019/v13i4/143125
The objective of the study was to explore the applicability of the widely used asset pricing models, namely, the capital asset pricing model, Fama and French three - factor model (1993), Fama and French four - factor model (2012), and …
Keywords:
Fama-French Three-Factor Model, Fama-French Four-Factor Model, Fama-French Five-Factor Model, Investment, Market Capitalization, Profitability, Ratio of Book-to-Market Equity. JEL Classification
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Original Article
Open Access
Impact of Competitive Advantage and Risk on Market Performance : A Study of Top 20 Companies as per Market Capitalization
Ashok K. Sar
· pp. 36–46
DOI: 10.17010/ijf/2019/v13i4/143126
The paper investigated the impact of competitive advantage and risk on market performance of top 20 companies globally. The companies were chosen based on their rankings on market capitalization during the financial year 2016 - 17. The study was based …
Keywords:
Market to Book Ratio, Asset Turnover as Cost Advantage, Profit Margin as Differentiation Advantage, Leverage as Risk, Intangible Capability. JEL Classification
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Original Article
Open Access
Capital Mobility in India : Does Sterilization Matter?
Kirti Gupta, Shahid Ahmed
· pp. 47–60
DOI: 10.17010/ijf/2019/v13i4/143127
This paper examined a linkage between capital flows, floating but managed exchange rate, and conduct of monetary policy in India. The sporadic surge in capital inflows have caused a great deal of fluctuations on the domestic exchange rate. Considering this, …
Keywords:
Capital Flows, Sterilization, Reserve Money. JEL Classification
