A review on international portfolio diversification: the Middle East and North African region

Over the last three decades, international portfolio diversification has been the integral feature of global capital markets. Several potential benefits have been made investors to internationalize the portfolios. In this regards, emerging stock markets have been the subject of a large body of the i...

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Main Authors: Mansourfar, Gholamreza, Ramadilli Mohd, Shamsher Mohamad, Hassan, Taufiq
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academic Journals 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22734/
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description Over the last three decades, international portfolio diversification has been the integral feature of global capital markets. Several potential benefits have been made investors to internationalize the portfolios. In this regards, emerging stock markets have been the subject of a large body of the international finance literature. It has also been more attractive for the practitioners in stock markets. This study provides an overview to the international portfolio diversification theory as well as a review on the evidence on this area. This review particularly focuses on the evidence from the Middle East and North African region; moreover, it suggests theoretical frameworks for further studies.
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spelling upm-227342017-11-16T03:42:21Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22734/ A review on international portfolio diversification: the Middle East and North African region Mansourfar, Gholamreza Ramadilli Mohd, Shamsher Mohamad Hassan, Taufiq Over the last three decades, international portfolio diversification has been the integral feature of global capital markets. Several potential benefits have been made investors to internationalize the portfolios. In this regards, emerging stock markets have been the subject of a large body of the international finance literature. It has also been more attractive for the practitioners in stock markets. This study provides an overview to the international portfolio diversification theory as well as a review on the evidence on this area. This review particularly focuses on the evidence from the Middle East and North African region; moreover, it suggests theoretical frameworks for further studies. Academic Journals 2010-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22734/1/22734.pdf Mansourfar, Gholamreza and Ramadilli Mohd, Shamsher Mohamad and Hassan, Taufiq (2010) A review on international portfolio diversification: the Middle East and North African region. African Journal of Business Management, 4 (19). art. no. E58B61C18109. pp. 4167-4173. ISSN 1993-8233 http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJBM/article-abstract/E58B61C18109
spellingShingle Mansourfar, Gholamreza
Ramadilli Mohd, Shamsher Mohamad
Hassan, Taufiq
A review on international portfolio diversification: the Middle East and North African region
title A review on international portfolio diversification: the Middle East and North African region
title_full A review on international portfolio diversification: the Middle East and North African region
title_fullStr A review on international portfolio diversification: the Middle East and North African region
title_full_unstemmed A review on international portfolio diversification: the Middle East and North African region
title_short A review on international portfolio diversification: the Middle East and North African region
title_sort review on international portfolio diversification: the middle east and north african region
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22734/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22734/1/22734.pdf