Financial expert foresees stock market rebounding after 2019 polls
A financial expert, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, on Wednesday expressed optimism that the Nigerian stock market would rebound by the second quarter of 2019. Uwaleke, Head of Banking and Finance Department, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, expressed the optimism in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos while reacting to the persistent lull in the nation’s bourse. He said the equities market would rebound after the general elections beginning from second quarter of 2019. Uwaleke noted that his optimism was based on reduced political risk, return of foreign investors, favourable oil price and strong fundamentals. He said investors should not panic but recognise that the stock market, like every other market, was prone to business cycles of up and down. Uwaleke said investors must be encouraged not to panic and be selling down but be patient and wait for the market to rebound possibly after the elections next year. He said the major reason for the downturn was the exit of foreign i...