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The years 2007-2009 the global economy has been affected by the subprime mortgages crisis, which has its origins in the extremely risky positions that some banks and financial institutions held. This crisis affected many industries. Energy, and subsequently oil and gas, are vital for many other industries, as well as for individuals and households. The impact of the crisis is examined through a multimethod approach. Findings are supplemented by the examination of the analysts' recommendations, for a number of years. Finally, the mergers and acquisitions between oil and gas companies are...

The study benchmarks the risk-return relationship between two countries: Kazakhstan (yet to develop) and Canada (developed). The approach taken in this paper uses the capital asset pricing model, a single factor model and a multi factor model to examine the relationship between different risk factors and stock returns. The results show that Kazakh companies outperformed those working in Canada; exclusion of two companies with abnormal stock returns changes the picture. The main conclusion of the paper is that the CAPM beta explains the excess stock returns of Kazakh companies. In addition,...

Master's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 69%, University of Edinburgh, language: English, abstract: The years 2007-2009 the global economy has been affected by the subprime mortgages crisis, which has its origins in the extremely risky positions that some banks and financial institutions held. When defaults in payments started, and banks started facing problems in their payments, lending between banks became more difficult, and through the contagion of the global financial system, the crisis spread around the world. This crisis...