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A Study Of The Beta Factor In The Mining Companies In The Vancouver Stock Exchanges
Abstract Category: Accounts and Economics
Course / Degree: MSc in Shipping, Trade & Finance
Institution / University: City Univesity Buesiness School (CASS), United Kingdom
Published in: 1998
This paper aimes to study the Beta factor specifically in the mining companies listed on the Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE), Canada. The Beta factor used in this paper is the one derived from theoretical time-series form of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) from May 1992 to March 1997.The sample of the study was divided into 6 groups according to certain characteristics of the mining companies.
This dissertation also describes the VSE, its mining companies, and the behaviour of the share price of the mining companies, correlation levels and returns.
The results of this study have intriguing implications from the investment poit of view. This study can lead us to assume different patterns of behaviour for certain types of companies within the VSE. In the study we can appreciate different levels of volatility for companies according to the minerals that the company is looking for as well as different return of stock.
Dissertation Keywords/Search Tags:
Mining, Beta, Minerals, Bre-X
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Submission Details: Dissertation Abstract submitted by David Moreno from France on 29-Jan-2014 14:39.
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