Go Long or Short in Pyramids? : News from the Egyptian Stock Market /

Similar to other emerging economies, the Egyptian stock market has recently experienced a remarkable run-up but also a major downturn. This paper analyzes the stock market from two angles. First, it compares the performance of the major stock price index with its underlying fundamentals. Second, it...

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מחבר ראשי: Massa, Isabella
מחברים אחרים: Billmeier, Andreas
פורמט: כתב-עת
שפה:English
יצא לאור: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
סדרה:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/179
גישה מקוונת:Full text available on IMF
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