Includes bibliographical references. / This study examines whether the Piotroski F_Score (2000) investment strategy framework is able to be replicated within the South African context. Prior work by Atwood (2012) concluded that whilst a High F_Score portfolio was able to outperform a Low F_Score portfolio, it was however not statistically significant over the selected period. This study expands prior research and provides empirical evidence that a modified High F_Score investment strategy is able to outperform both the market and a Low F_Score portfolio over the medium and long-term. These results suggest that it is possible to use accounting-based information to construct a portfolio which is able to shift an investor's distribution of returns, and thereby generating positive abnormal returns within the South African context.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/12363 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Pullen, Nicholas John |
| Contributors | West, Darron |
| Publisher | University of Cape Town, Faculty of Commerce, Department of Finance and Tax |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master Thesis, Masters, MCom |
| Format | application/pdf |
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