How profitable is the Indian stock market?

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-61

  Narayan, Paresh Kumar ^a   Ahmed, Huson Ali ^a   Sharma, Susan Sunila ^a   K P , Prabheesh ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

India; Momentum; Predictability; Profits; Sectors; Stock market; Technical trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904894242     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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