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This research focuses on the extent of interest in sustainable finance in Iraq, given its mono-economy, and the degree to which the Iraqi financial market can be utilized to achieve this important goal. This is particularly relevant as most countries worldwide are making significant progress in this area due to its social and environmental implications. The aim is to mitigate the negative impacts of traditional financing methods on other economic activities that lack sustainability. The analysis revealed a significant lack of focus on sustainable finance within the activities of the Iraqi Stock Exchange, with the exception of a few limited-impact green financial issuances. The most prominent recommendation is to work diligently to create diverse financial instruments, both equity and debt, to expand sustainable financing activities targeting various economic sectors. This would help mitigate the widespread negative environmental and climatic impacts that Iraq suffers from as a result of traditional economic activities.
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The study aimed to identify the impact of receivables on profitability in the industrial companies listed on the Amman Financial Market represented by (outstanding receivables, receivables turnover rate) as an independent variable and profitability as a dependent variable, The study was conducted for the period (2010-2019) according to the data available in the Amman Financial Market, In order to achieve the objective of the study and answer its questions to test its hypotheses, the study tested the corporate sector in the Amman Financial Market for a sample of industrial companies, using a set of statistical methods (Pearson Correlation Coefficient).
The study reached a number of conclusions, the most important of which is that there is a correlation between receivables and profit indicators, And that there is an impact of receivables indicators on profitability, Where the receivable turnover rate achieved a higher impact on profitability, while the impact of receivables was ranked second, according to the values of the impact factors, The study also recommended that Jordanian companies set a strict credit policy in collecting their outstanding receivables, reduce the collection period for those debts, improve the turnover rate for receivables, increase interest in indicators of those receivables, and resort to improving their financial performance by focusing their management and employing their financial resources in order to reach raising their production levels. And profitability.
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This study tests the effect of capital costs on the relationship between free cash flow (FCF) and market value. The study selected twenty-six corporations that were listed on the Jordan securities market from 2010 to 2019. The FCF is an independent variable, cost of capital is a mediation variable (proxy of WACC), and market value added (proxy of firm’s value) is a dependent variable. Baron & Kenny's methodology and the Sobel-test were used to analyze the data of the four hypotheses, including the mediation effect of capital costs on FFC & MVA. Based on the Sobel test results, there is a partial mediation effect of the cost of capital between the free cash flow and the market value added of the firm, and the free cash flow is positively related to the market value added. Therefore, FCF has the capability to send positive signals to financial market participants about the firm's performance.
Keywords: - Free Cash Flow (FCF), Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC), Market Value Added (MVA), Mmarket Value of Equity (MVE), Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), Beta Coefficient (β).
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The form of estimating, analyzing and interpreting the mechanism and channels of influence that financial flexibility can have with its sub-indices represented by (Liquidity CU, Financial Leverage (FL), towards the value of the company (MVA) for a sample of companies listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange consisting of six companies and for the period (2012-2022).), the main goal that the research sought to achieve. To achieve this, in addition to proving its hypotheses, the research adopted the sum of pooled averages methodology based on the Autoregressive Distributed Lag and Pooled Mean Group (PMG/ARDL) methodology, based on data. The Balanced Longitudinal Panel Data, with a number of views amounting to (66) views, and its experimental results came to confirm that high levels of financial flexibility, whether through an increase in the liquidity index or through a decrease in the financial leverage index, are usually accompanied by positive effects on the company value index on... Long term due to the positive impact that financial flexibility has on the rise in the total market value of securities listed on the financial market, This calls for companies to pay attention to financial flexibility indicators and adopt them as a guide in their work because of their significant and effective role in controlling their sources of financing, protecting them from the risk of default, and supporting their ability to seize available investment opportunities, as well as confronting and overcoming financial crises by increasing the size of their assets compared to their debts and ensuring the availability of... Liquidity below the acceptable level.
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The research aimed to identify how to build models for selecting the optimal mix of investment portfolios, as well as presenting the stock returns of fifty-four companies listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange to facilitate investors' choice of the best investment alternatives by comparing stock returns with the financial market returns. Using monthly data spanning the period from March 2020 to May 2024, the research examined fifty-four companies listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange, covering all traded sectors. The research also demonstrated the importance of beta analysis (β) in classifying stocks into defensive and offensive, which helps investors build balanced financial portfolios that manage risks more effectively. The research reached several conclusions, the most important of which is that the pricing of capital assets depends on two important factors: the risk premium and the beta value. Consequently, any increase in either of these factors will be directly reflected in the prices of corporate assets.
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As the stock market becomes increasingly important as a primary driver of economic development, understanding the fundamentals that influence the development of these markets becomes crucial. This topic provides a comprehensive review of the basic foundations of the stock market, with a focus on market models in Jordan and Iraq. It explains the impact of economic, political and legislative stability on the attractiveness of investments and investor confidence in the market stressing the importance of understanding investor culture and its impact on investment decision making, in light of the current economic transformations.
Due to the fluctuations experienced by the stock market in Iraq as a result of the economic and political conditions in the country, the prices of stocks and bonds vary constantly between high and low, and this greatly affects economic activity there. This topic aims to explain the state of the stock market in Iraq, explain the basic foundations on which this market must be based, and compare it with the stock market in Jordan.
It is clear that the economic environment reflects economic policy and the factors affecting it. As the state of the economy in the country greatly affects the stock market, the presence of a stable economic environment increases confidence among investor and traders in the market, and the culture of investors and their understanding of financial risks and investment opportunities is affected by the economic environment.
Political stability gives internal and external investments confidence to invest in the financial market, while political turmoil can lead to a decline in confidence and a reduction in investment, providing a stable security environment in the stock market in Iraq leads to a noticeable development in its laws and regulations.
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Intangible assets are important for many establishments in most sectors, such as the industrial ones, and the need to measure them to reduce the volume of risks, so the research dealt with the issue of measuring intangible assets and their impact on investment decisions in shares, where the problem of research is embodied in the intangible and intangible existence of intangible assets, which makes The process of measuring it accounting "is a difficult and complex process and includes many financial risks related to the uncertainty in this regard, which gives a" large "aspect of the difficulty in linking it with investor decisions and determining its impact on these decisions. Therefore, the research aims to determine the extent of the impact of measuring Intangible assets in investment decisions in companies through their influence on the market values of their shares,The research is based on testing the following hypothesis: “The measurement of intangible assets affects investment decisions by causing fluctuations in the market value of companies’ shares. ”A number of conclusions were drawn up, the most important of which are: The relationship between the ratios and amounts of intangible assets on the one hand and the market values of companies’ shares on the one hand was taken. Other, the shape and manner of fluctuation, as they are direct and opposite, and from year to year, and the reason for this fluctuation is that the values and ratios of intangible assets are only one of a number of factors that affect the behavior and decisions of investors in companies' shares through their influence on the decisions of buying and selling their shares. It affects its values in the financial market indirectly, and the research came up with a number of recommendations, the most important of which are: studying and monitoring the behavior of investors, especially their decisions related to buying and selling companies' shares, and working to reduce the negative impact of financial information related to intangible assets on these decisions and behaviors and its reflection on the market values of shares .