Would bond market be more viable investment alternative to the stock market? / Nor Farradila Abdul Aziz, Maizura Mohd Isa @ Kamaruddin and Mohd Khalimi Ashraf Mohamed Rethuan

• Main Authors: Abdul Aziz, Nor Farradila, Mohd Isa @ Kamaruddin, Maizura, Mohamed Rethuan, Mohd Khalimi Ashraf
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: HG Finance; Investment, capital formation, speculation; Malaysia; Stock price indexes. Stock quotations; Bonds; Government securities. Industrial securities. Venture capital
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/59628/1/59628.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/59628/; http://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/tifej

This paper investigates the co-movement of stocks and bonds on a monthly basis for the period of Jan 1998 until Dec 2008. Average returns and standard deviations for both bond and stock market are computed and comparison is performed to determine which market provides a better return, less volatile...