Equity Markets in India: Returns, Risk and Price Multiples

Authors: Singh, Shveta, Jain, P.K., Yadav, Surendra Singh
Discusses the interplay between the risk and returns of Indian equity investment
Includes expected corporate and market returns in the Indian stock market
Provides a comprehensive overview of equity returns, risk and price multiples in India
Assesses the level of market efficiency in India during the period of the study, using the ‘rational bubbles’ methodology

The book presents a comprehensive view of the Indian equity markets over the past two decades (1994-2014). Equity markets constitute the most important segment of stock exchanges; in fact, the status of equity returns is, by and large, considered as a barometer of the state of a country’s economy. Returns earned by the equity investors on their funds invested in equity markets have become a decisive factor in the growth of such markets. In this context, the book discusses all the major aspects of equity returns and also conducts a dis-aggregative analysis based on underlying factors like age, size, ownership structure, industry affiliation/sector, among others, to explain the factors affecting returns and risk. While on the one hand the study ascertains the market rates of return (earned) on equities from the investors’ perspective (by including both the capital gains and the dividend income), it also shows how to compute the rates of returns on equities from the corporate perspective (that is, rate of return earned on equity funds). It further assesses the required/expected rate of return and examines the volatility in stock returns, with a focus on its behaviour during the period of the study. It deepens investors’ understanding of equity investment, helping them to make more-informed investments. While of interest to the investor community, this book also contributes significantly to the existing literature on market returns and is a valuable reference resource for academics, researchers and market participants, financial institutions and other intermediaries, regulators and policy makers.

Number of Illustrations and Tables
8 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics
Capital Markets
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics
Risk Management

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