Effect of oil prices to the emerging stock market in Latin America and Caribbean (Argentina, Brazil and Jamaica) / Nur Afiqah Ali Rahman

This study tries to investigate the relationship between oil prices and stock market in emerging markets of Latin America region. Data of weekly West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil (WTI) price and weekly price index of stock index from three emerging countries namely Argentina, Brazil and Jamaica are...

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Main Author: Ali Rahman, Nur Afiqah
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28850/
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description This study tries to investigate the relationship between oil prices and stock market in emerging markets of Latin America region. Data of weekly West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil (WTI) price and weekly price index of stock index from three emerging countries namely Argentina, Brazil and Jamaica are selected as variables in this study. The data is collected for the five years period of 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2009and used to estimate the Auto regression Model. The results from this model reveal that there is significant and relationship between these two emerging markets where is Argentina and Jamaica with the oil price movement. Furthermore, the analysis also shows Brazil has a relationship with oil price but there is no significant result due to the more significant on other macroeconomic variable. These results further our understanding of the interaction between oil prices and share prices and should be of use to investors, regulator, managers, and policy maker.
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spelling uitm-288502020-06-18T09:05:32Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28850/ Effect of oil prices to the emerging stock market in Latin America and Caribbean (Argentina, Brazil and Jamaica) / Nur Afiqah Ali Rahman Ali Rahman, Nur Afiqah Macroeconomics Price Stock exchanges. Insider trading in securities This study tries to investigate the relationship between oil prices and stock market in emerging markets of Latin America region. Data of weekly West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil (WTI) price and weekly price index of stock index from three emerging countries namely Argentina, Brazil and Jamaica are selected as variables in this study. The data is collected for the five years period of 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2009and used to estimate the Auto regression Model. The results from this model reveal that there is significant and relationship between these two emerging markets where is Argentina and Jamaica with the oil price movement. Furthermore, the analysis also shows Brazil has a relationship with oil price but there is no significant result due to the more significant on other macroeconomic variable. These results further our understanding of the interaction between oil prices and share prices and should be of use to investors, regulator, managers, and policy maker. 2010 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28850/3/28850.pdf Ali Rahman, Nur Afiqah (2010) Effect of oil prices to the emerging stock market in Latin America and Caribbean (Argentina, Brazil and Jamaica) / Nur Afiqah Ali Rahman. (2010) [Student Project] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/28850.pdf> (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Macroeconomics
Price
Stock exchanges. Insider trading in securities
Ali Rahman, Nur Afiqah
Effect of oil prices to the emerging stock market in Latin America and Caribbean (Argentina, Brazil and Jamaica) / Nur Afiqah Ali Rahman
title Effect of oil prices to the emerging stock market in Latin America and Caribbean (Argentina, Brazil and Jamaica) / Nur Afiqah Ali Rahman
title_full Effect of oil prices to the emerging stock market in Latin America and Caribbean (Argentina, Brazil and Jamaica) / Nur Afiqah Ali Rahman
title_fullStr Effect of oil prices to the emerging stock market in Latin America and Caribbean (Argentina, Brazil and Jamaica) / Nur Afiqah Ali Rahman
title_full_unstemmed Effect of oil prices to the emerging stock market in Latin America and Caribbean (Argentina, Brazil and Jamaica) / Nur Afiqah Ali Rahman
title_short Effect of oil prices to the emerging stock market in Latin America and Caribbean (Argentina, Brazil and Jamaica) / Nur Afiqah Ali Rahman
title_sort effect of oil prices to the emerging stock market in latin america and caribbean (argentina, brazil and jamaica) / nur afiqah ali rahman
topic Macroeconomics
Price
Stock exchanges. Insider trading in securities
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28850/