The USDPKR spot exchange rate specifies how much one currency, the USD, is currently worth in terms of the other, the PKR. While the USDPKR spot exchange rate is quoted and exchanged in the same day, the USDPKR forward rate is quoted today but for delivery and payment on a specific ...
Figure 7.1: The development of the Karachi Stock Exchange index 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 KSE 100 46,565 0 2013 2014 2015 Data Per Quarter 2016 2017 Source: Graph based on data from the KSE website 2 Karachi Stock Exchange 100 Index (KSE-100 Index) is a stock ...
This is 3x the increase of the Dow Index during this period. Is the price of gold too volatile for the average investor? Gold is no more volatile than the stock market. Gold prices can have sudden ups and down just like other commodities but it is also known to go through long ...
index was not found in 2013 based on any significant event that could lead to an increase in uncertainty. However, this nationwide economic and political outlook was distorted by the opposition after the 2013 election results. During this march, the graph shows the highest level of uncertainty ...
Pakistan ranked first or second depending on whether one accepts the text or the graphic (above) published byNature. The text says Egypt had 21% growth while the graph shows Pakistan with 21% growth. Here's an excerpt of the text: "Emerging economies showed some of the largest increases in...
As the above graph shows, the trend is on downward trajectory. However, it is incumbent on the law enforcement apparatus of Pakistan to halt even sporadic incidents that have been happening lately.Granted, Pakistan has a law and order issue, which is largely limited to its western bor...
We consider three major sectoral indices:the energy index, the financial index, and the material composite index of PSX. We examine the time-varying change in domestic sectoral indices.Lastly, we measure the impact of global uncertainty indices on the domestic stock market of Pakistan. We ...
Pakistan's KSE-100 stock index surged 55% in 2009, a year that also saw the South Asian nation wracked by increased violence and its state institutions described by various media talking heads as being on the verge of collapse. Even more surprising is the whopping 825% increase in KSE-100...
This is 3x the increase of the Dow Index during this period. Is the price of gold too volatile for the average investor? Gold is no more volatile than the stock market. Gold prices can have sudden ups and down just like other commodities but it is also known to go through long ...