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Original Article
Open Access
Performance Evaluation of Large-Size Commercial Banks in India
K. Devanadhen
· pp. 5–16
Financial soundness of the banking sector is the backbone of a country's economy. This paper studies the performance of 14 public sector and 3 private sector banks under the CAMELS model for the period from April 1, 2000 to March …
Keywords:
Capital Adequacy, Asset Quality, Management Efficiency, Earning Capacity, Liquidity, Sensitivity to Market Risk, Geometric Mean, Large Size, Commercial Banks, CAMELS Model
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Original Article
Open Access
Long Range Dependence and Market Efficiency: Evidence From the Indian Stock Market
Srikanth Parthasarathy
· pp. 17–25
This empirical investigation examines the long memory or long range dependence in the Indian stock market vis-à-vis market efficiency. The researcher examined the daily data of the major indices and large, liquid common stocks using the Rescaled range (R/S) analysis …
Keywords:
Long Range Dependence, Indian Stock Market, Hurst, Market Efficiency
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Original Article
Open Access
Are the Stock Exchanges of Emerging Economies Interlinked?: Evidence from BRICS
Gagan Deep Sharma, Mandeep Mahendru, Sanjeet Singh
· pp. 26–37
This paper studies the interlinkages between stock markets of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) with the help of benchmark indices of these stock exchanges. Daily closing levels of the benchmark indices in the five countries were taken …
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Interlinkages, Granger's Causality, Vector Auto Regression (VAR), Variance Decomposition, BRICS
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Original Article
Open Access
Penetration of Scheduled Commercial Banks in Rural Areas: A Comparative Study
Puja Bansal, Vikas Behal
· pp. 38–43
Banking plays a vital role in the growth and development of developing countries like India. Banks lubricate the entire monetary and financial system and ensure smooth operations. With the initiation of the processes of liberalization and globalization of the economy, …
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Scheduled Commercial Banks, Private Sector Banks, Public Sector Banks, Foreign Banks, Rural Areas, Credit Deposit Ratio, Net Profitability Ratio and Non Performing Assets (NPAs)
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Open Access
Investors' Perception About Mutual Funds in India: An Empirical Study
Rajesh Kumar, R. S. Arora
· pp. 44–52
Mutual Funds have emerged as an important investment alternative to invest in the capital markets. They provide an opportunity to avail the services of professionals at a very nominal cost, even in the case of small investments. However, there are …
Keywords:
Respondents' Perception, Mutual Funds, Mutual Fund Schemes, Investors' Behaviour C12, C14, C83 and