Adefemi Alamu Obalade University of KwaZulu-Natal   School of Accounting, Economics and Finance University of KwaZulu-Natal Westville Campus Durban, Outside U.S./Canada 4000 South Africa   ObaladeA@ukzn.ac.za     Biographical Sketch: Adefemi is currently a postdoctoral research fellow and an ad-hoc lecturer in the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance at University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He held a Graduate Assistant position at the Benue State University, Nigeria during the 2011/2012 academic session. Until joining UKZN in an ad-hoc capacity, Adefemi worked as a Finance lecturer in the Department of Finance at Ekiti State University, Nigeria. Adefemi obtained his Ph.D. in Finance at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. His research interests are focused on financial economics, particularly the time-series analysis of financial market return in emerging African markets. Adefemi has published in accredited journals, supervised postgraduate thesis, reviewed manuscripts for top journals and collaborated with researchers in the discipline of Finance, Accounting and Economics, amongst others   Primary Research Focus: His research interests include financial market, financial economics   JEL Areas: G : Financial Economics K : Law and Economics