Efficient markets hypothesis and the emerging capital market in Sri Lanka: Evidence from the Colombo Stock Exchange–A note

SP Abeysekera - Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The behaviour of stock prices on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) is examined with a
view to determine its consistency with the weak form of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis (EMH). …

A simulation model for deciding between lump-sum and dollar-cost averaging

SP Abeysekera… - Journal of Financial …, 2000 - search.proquest.com
A Monte Carlo simulation model is developed to help an investor decide between a lump-sum
investment strategy and a dollar-cost averaging (DCA) investment strategy. Simulation …

A TEST OF THE APT IN PRICING UK STOCKS.

SP Abeysekera, A Mahajan - Journal of Business Finance & …, 1987 - search.ebscohost.com
This paper empirically tested two hypotheses in order to evaluate the validity and applicability
of the APT to the UK stock market using monthly individual price data from the LSE. …

Long‐run relations in exchange markets: A test of covered interest parity

SP Abeysekera, HJ Turtle - Journal of Financial Research, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
We examine long‐run relations implied by covered interest parity (CIP) in possibly
cointegrated and nonstationary data series. Empirical evidence suggests that, ignoring market …

A test of the APT in pricing Canadian stocks

SP Abeysekera - … /Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l' …, 1987 - Wiley Online Library
The Arbitrage Pricing Theory (apt) offers a testable alternative to the mean‐variance based
asset pricing models whose validity and testability have been questioned in the literature. …

International arbitrage pricing theory: an empirical investigation

SP Abeysekera, A Mahajan - Southern Economic Journal, 1990 - JSTOR
Abeysekera and Mahajan [1; 2] report similar findings from their tests of APT in the UK and
Canada. Hence, this study's failure to reject the null hypothesis that the risk premia are equal …

The capital gains lock-in effect: Deciding whether to hold or switch

SP Abeysekera, ES Rosenbloom - Can. Tax J., 2002 - HeinOnline
This article discusses the so-called lock-in effect as viewed by an investor in the stock market.
It present formulas, based on fairly general assumptions, for determining the breakeven …

Diaporthe sp. F18; a new source of camptothecin-producing endophytic fungus from Nothapodytes nimmoniana growing in Sri Lanka

…, P Kumara, N Salim, AM Abeysekera… - Natural Product …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
An endophytic fungus producing camptothecin (CPT) was isolated from the leaf of Nothapodytes
nimmoniana (Sri Lanka), and culture conditions were optimised to enhance the yield of …

Optimal rebalancing for taxable portfolios

SP Abeysekera, ES Rosenbloom - The Journal of Wealth …, 2002 - pm-research.com
The authors focus on the issue of rebalancing taxable portfolios and overcoming the capital
gains lock-in effect. They propose an integer linear program, developed to maximize the …

Genetic analysis of Babesia isolates from cattle with clinical babesiosis in Sri Lanka

…, SC Vimalakumar, TS Abeysekera… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
… the cow was infected with Babesia sp. Mymensingh, which was recently reported from a
healthy cow in Bangladesh. We then developed a novel Babesia sp. Mymensingh-specific PCR …