Paper Title :Stock (MIS) Pricing and Diversification in Africa: Evidence from Selected African Exchanges

Author :Mustapha Saidi Atanda, Yusuf Ismaila Akanni, Yusuf Kazeem Adeleke

Article Citation :Mustapha Saidi Atanda ,Yusuf Ismaila Akanni ,Yusuf Kazeem Adeleke , (2018 ) " Stock (MIS) Pricing and Diversification in Africa: Evidence from Selected African Exchanges " , International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS) , pp. 8-13, Volume-4,Issue-12

Abstract : This paper ascertains the extent of mispricing in equity portfolios, mispricing-under-investment relation and the role of African equities as risk diversification strategies during commodity markets turbulence. Following Baur and Lucey (2010), one identifies arbitrary commodity market crisis to be 1%, 5% and 10% declining moments in returns. However, their approach is extended by using African equities as a safe haven against gold. A risk-augmented CAPM is specified to estimate the mispricing in equity portfolios while the risk diversification model follows Baur and Lucey (2010). For all the estimations, the regressions are run on daily data from 5th January, 2010 to 30th December, 2015. First, the results show the presence of transient mispricing in the portfolios returns of African equities regardless of the firms’ liquidity and volatility levels. More so, stronger mispricing is observed using an alternative specification. Second, mispricing causes significant divestment in big size portfolios. The conclusion is that mispricing in a portfolio of equity returns is due to low frequency of trading and that Africa’s equity markets are risk diversifiers and safe havens for commodities. Index Terms - Africa’s Equity Markets, Diversification, Mispricing, and Safe haven.

Type : Research paper

Published : Volume-4,Issue-12

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