Risk and Return Analysis of Stocks Listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's (KLSE) Second Board

Investors prefer to invest in securities or portfolios that can give them predictable expected return to their investment Other than the average return, the standard deviation and the coefficient of variation measures how the values are spread out This statistics indicate investment risk with res...

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Main Author: Ismail, Ahmad Zairin
Format: Project Paper Report
Language:English
English
Published: 1997
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7885/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7885/1/GSM_1997_1_A.pdf
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description Investors prefer to invest in securities or portfolios that can give them predictable expected return to their investment Other than the average return, the standard deviation and the coefficient of variation measures how the values are spread out This statistics indicate investment risk with respect to the portfolio foanation method. The findings are consistent to previous findings which suggest that securities with higher risk tead to have higher returns as compared to the lower risk securities. The findings show that risk diversification is achieved through portfolio formation. Portfolio beta, average return, standard deviation and coefficient of variation are relatively constant, irrespective of the method of portfolio formation.
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spelling upm-78852012-03-14T07:28:30Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7885/ Risk and Return Analysis of Stocks Listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's (KLSE) Second Board Ismail, Ahmad Zairin Investors prefer to invest in securities or portfolios that can give them predictable expected return to their investment Other than the average return, the standard deviation and the coefficient of variation measures how the values are spread out This statistics indicate investment risk with respect to the portfolio foanation method. The findings are consistent to previous findings which suggest that securities with higher risk tead to have higher returns as compared to the lower risk securities. The findings show that risk diversification is achieved through portfolio formation. Portfolio beta, average return, standard deviation and coefficient of variation are relatively constant, irrespective of the method of portfolio formation. 1997 Project Paper Report NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7885/1/GSM_1997_1_A.pdf Ismail, Ahmad Zairin (1997) Risk and Return Analysis of Stocks Listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's (KLSE) Second Board. [Project Paper Report] Stocks - Malaysia - Analysis Stock exchanges - Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur English
spellingShingle Stocks - Malaysia - Analysis
Stock exchanges - Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
Ismail, Ahmad Zairin
Risk and Return Analysis of Stocks Listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's (KLSE) Second Board
title Risk and Return Analysis of Stocks Listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's (KLSE) Second Board
title_full Risk and Return Analysis of Stocks Listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's (KLSE) Second Board
title_fullStr Risk and Return Analysis of Stocks Listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's (KLSE) Second Board
title_full_unstemmed Risk and Return Analysis of Stocks Listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's (KLSE) Second Board
title_short Risk and Return Analysis of Stocks Listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's (KLSE) Second Board
title_sort risk and return analysis of stocks listed on the kuala lumpur stock exchange's (klse) second board
topic Stocks - Malaysia - Analysis
Stock exchanges - Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7885/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7885/1/GSM_1997_1_A.pdf