- Title
- Business cycles and stock market performance in South Africa
- Creator
- Muchaonyerwa, Forward
- Subject
- Stock exchanges -- South Africa
- Subject
- Economic indicators -- South Africa
- Subject
- Business cycles -- South Africa
- Subject
- Economic forecasting -- South Africa
- Subject
- Stocks -- South Africa
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- M Com
- Identifier
- vital:11460
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/312
- Identifier
- Stock exchanges -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Economic indicators -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Business cycles -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Economic forecasting -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Stocks -- South Africa
- Description
- The study investigates the relationship between stock market performance and business cycles in South Africa for the period 2002-2009 using monthly data. This is done by constructing a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). The study specifies a business cycle model with the business cycle coincident indicator (BC) regressed against, the All Share Price Index (ALSI), Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER), Money Supply (M1), Inflation (CPIX) and the Prime Overdraft Rate (POR). The ALSI represents stock market performance whilst the rest of the variables are to enhance model specification. The study found a positive relationship between stock market performance and business cycles in South Africa. The results also indicated that business cycles are positively related to the lagged variable of the coincident indicator and money supply. In addition, the findings also reveal that BC is negatively related to interest rates and the real effective exchange rate.
- Format
- 119 leaves; 30 cm
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management & Commerce
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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