Indonesian Abstract: Telah banyak penelitian yang mengkonfirmasi adanya potensi nilai ekonomis pada pembelian kembali (buyback) saham. Umumnya, penelitian-penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa ada peningkatan return, baik jangka pendek maupun jangka panjang, pada perusahaan yang melakukan pembelian...

Over the course of the past few years, too much credit has been made available worldwide, due to financial innovation, overly optimistic expectations and loophole-ridden regulation. Regulatory supervisors have failed because they were unable to prevent this situation. Things took a bad turn...

Dutch Abstract: Marktwaarde gewogen indexen mogen zich al jaren in grote belangstelling verheugen. Doordat actief beheerde aandelenmandaten regelmatig teleurstelden, gaven steeds meer professionele en particuliere beleggers de voorkeur aan goedkope beleggingsproducten die de traditionele,...

The 1994 Northridge earthquake sent ripples to insurance conpanies everywhere. This was one in a series of natural disasters such as Hurricane Andrew which together with the problems in Lloyd's of London have insurance companies running for cover. This paper presents a calibration of the U.S....

In this paper the relationship between stock prices and house prices is analysed for six countries over the years 1976-2001. We find that both asset prices show a positive long-term relationship, which can partly be explained by common macro-economic factors such as credit, consumption and...

Indonesian Abstract: Penelitian ini menguji secara empiris model tiga faktornya Fama dan French dengan data Indonesia selama periode 2003-2006. Secara khusus, studi meneliti perilaku harga saham, terkait dengan ukuran (ekuitas pasar, ME) dan rasio book-to-market. Tujuan utama penelitian ini...