The time-series approaches in forecasting one-step-ahead cash-flow data of mining companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Abstract

Previous research pertaining to the financial aspect of the mining industry has focused predominantly on mining products' values and the companies' sensitivity to exchange rates. There has been very little empirical research carries out in the field of the statistical behaviour of mning companies' cash flow data. This paper aimed to study the time-series behaviour of the cash flow data series of JSE listed mining companies.