Thesis (M. Econ.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 60-64).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Drexel University, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-85).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--History, Technology and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005. / Doug Flamming, Committee Member ; Steve Usselman, Committee Chair ; Gus Giebelhaus, Committee Member ; William Winders, Committee Member ; Philip Scranton, Committee Member. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1989. / Also available in print.

Thesis (Master)--Atılım University Social Sciences Institute. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-94).

M.B.A / The aim of this dissertation is to determine if there is any evidence that supports a "50" and a "200" day moving average share trading strategy to select, buy and sell shares quoted on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) Main Board, in order to determine if a "50" and a "200" day moving average share trading strategy will be appropriate to use, in order to make share trading profits in excess of the return generated by the JSE Overall Index. 1.4 0 .ACTIFVES o To evaluate fundamental analysis in respect of the quality of information (mainly at a company level) available to investors as the basis on which decisions to buy and sell shares are made. o To evaluate previous research undertaken in technical analysis with respect to the use and application of moving averages as a trading strategy in making share selections as well as buy and sell decisions. 14 Analyse historic price data on individual, randomly selected shares from the total population of all main board (1.6.5) listed shares quoted on the Johannesburg

Lwethulwa ukufeza izidingo zeziqu zobudokotela Emnyangweni wezilimi zabomdabu Nyunivesithi yakwaZulu = Submitted in fulfilment for the requerements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the department of African Languages at the University of Zululand, 2009. / Lolu cwaningo luveza injula yesiko lokwelusa esizweni sakithi kwaMthaniya nendlela elithuthukisa ngalo ulimi lwakithi. Lubheka ukubaluleka kwemfuyo ngokwezinga layo lunyuke njalo lubheka imfundiso nolwazi olutholakala lapho kanye nemidlalo etholakala khona ekwaluseni. Isahluko sokuqala sethula ucwaningo nenhloso yalo. Kuvezwa umklamo wocwaningo nendlela ezosetshenziswa ngenkathi kuqwalwa le ntaba. Kwendlalwa kafuphi ngokubaluleka kwaleli siko nemibono yongoti ngaleli siko. Isahluko sesibili sibheka iqhaza elibanjwa imfuyo ezimpilweni zethu kusukela ezinkukhwini, amakati, izinja, izimvu nezimbuzi kuze kuyoshaya ezinkomeni. Kubhekwa imisebenzi enhlobonhlobo eyenziwa ngemfuyo. Isahluko sesithathu sibheka amazinga okwelusa kusukela umfana esemncane elusa izinkukhu akhule aye ezimbuzini aphumele endle aluse amathole aze agogode ngokwelusa izinkomo. Kuzobhekwa ukukhula komqondo kulelo nalelo zinga elusa kulo. Isahluko sesine sibheka kabanzi imfundiso etholakala ekwaluseni njnegokufunda ulwazi lwemibala yezinkomo, ukwazi ukuqagula nokubona isimo sezulu, ulwazi olunzulu lokwazi izinhlobonhlobo zezihlahla, izilwane, izinyoka, amakhambi emfuyo, ulwazi lokweshela kanye nenhlonipho efundwa khona ekwaluseni. Isahluko sesihlanu sibheka imidlalo enhlobonhlobo edlalwa abafana ngenkathi belusile neqhaza elibanjwa yilowo nalowo mdlalo ekucijeni umqondo womfana. Sibheka imidlalo efana nokungcweka, ukuqhathana, ukudla iphaphu, ukubhukuda, ukuzingela, ukuciba insema neminye. Isahluko sesithupha sesithi khumu, amajoka siwabeke ethala bese sihlaziya sicubungule lonke ucwaningo siveze nezincomo ezisuselwa emiphumelweni yocwaningo. Ekugcineni kuphethwa wonke umsebenzi.

A study was established to evaluate underplanting as a method of reestablishing shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) in the Piedmont Region of North Carolina. Replicated treatment plots were harvested to retain 0, 15, 30, or 45 square feet of basal area per acre. Bareroot and containerized stock with small and large plugs were established within the treatment plots. Large plug seedlings achieved the highest first year survival followed by the small plug and bareroot seedlings. Underplanted seedling growth was inversely related to residual overstory density after two growing seasons. Large plug seedlings achieved the greatest height and diameter growth, followed by the small plug and bareroot seedlings. The results of this study suggest that underplanting may be a suitable regeneration option for the initial establishment of shortleaf pine on Piedmont sites. Further improvements in seedling survival and growth may be realized by planting containerized seedlings with large plugs.

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There has been considerable interest among market participants, market regulators and academics in the pricing of stock index futures contracts. Academic research in this area has been motivated by several considerations. First, the utility of these contracts for risk allocation and price discovery depends on the efficiency with which they are priced relative to the underlying index. Second, it has been widely believed that they have adverse impact on price dynamics in the stock market. Third, and most important, stock index futures offer the possibility of directly studying the economics of arbitrage in the context of market microstructure. This dissertation extends the theoretical framework on stock index futures pricing in two directions. First, within the static cost of carry framework, it generalises the forward pricing formula by allowing for cash market settlement procedures. Second, it shows that in the presence of arbitrage related transaction costs, the time series of stock index futures "mispricing" can be modelled as a threshold autoregressive (TAR) process, a piecewise linear autoregressive process in which the process parameters are path dependent. The TAR model is potentially attractive for many financial applications and this dissertation appears to be the first use of the TAR model in finance. This dissertation also provides substantial and significant new empirical evidence relevant to the theoretical issues involved. Inter-alia, it analyses several important aspects not adequately examined in past research, and it utilises the unique microstructural features of the London stock market to explore several major theoretical issues. The empirical analysis is based mainly on about four years of "time and sales" transactions data from the London International Financial Futures Exchange together with synchronous hourly cash index data.