Application of Blume Method in Forecasting
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Application of Blume Method in Forecasting Risk on the Example of Public Companies Listed on WIG20
Application of Blume Method in Forecasting Risk on the Example of Public Companies Listed on WIG20

Author(s): Bartłomiej Lisicki
Subject(s): Financial Markets
Published by: Wydawnictwo Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Prawa w Bielsku-Białej
Keywords: shares; systematic risk; beta; Blume’s adjustment method

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the results of studies on the use of Blume’s beta to identify systematic risk of companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. For this purpose, beta values for WIG20 companies for 2014-2016 were calculated. Weekly rates of return on stocks of certain companies were used in the calculations. Once the annual betas were estimated, the author conducted regression of the results to develop anequation that would enable an estimation of parameters for the future period. In most of the analyzed cases, values of beta parameters calculated on the basis of historical dataand the data obtained by Blume’s method were similar. Therefore, Blume’s adjustmentmethod is a good tool for forecasting market risk level of shares of companies listed onthe Polish stock exchange.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 30-44
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English