Asset pricing theory is a framework designed to identify and measure risk, as well as to assign rewards for bearing risk. There is a general contention that the simple Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) does not adequately describe stock return …

Financial performance is the key indicator for any business organization. The survival, growth and development of a business depend on profitability, which helps to measure the financial performance of business and indicates how far it has been successful. The present …

This study tests the performance of leading banks of India during the financial year 2008-2009. The year 2008-2009 was chosen as this year faced the greatest financial crisis in the human history. The banks selected for study are the top …

The Indian capital market is one of the oldest and largest capital markets of the world. The rapid industrialization in the country since independence has given vitality to the capital market. Savings of the household sector can be directly channelized …

Casual investors are those who have less knowledge about basic finance and more or less do not make big calculations for making their investment decisions. Financial theories, such as Markowitz portfolio theory attempts to pin down investment decision-making in terms …

Microfinance is a powerful tool to reduce poverty and to induce empowerment among rural women so that the rural women may come out of dependency and will move from marginality to centrality. Microfinance plays a vital role in reducing poverty …