Market timing using derivatives on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange during bear periods

The objective of the study was to investigate the gains from market timing strategies using derivatives during a period when the return on the market was below that of the risk-free asset (a so-called bear period). It was found that perfect timers appear to do better under bullish rather than bearis...

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Main Authors: Marc Dumont De Chassart, Colin Firer, Wendy Grantham, Simon Hill, Mark Pryce, Ian Rudden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2000-12-01
Series:South African Journal of Business Management
Online Access:https://sajbm.org/index.php/sajbm/article/view/746