| Summary: | Since globalisation has integrated the world economy through trade and finance,
the main macroeconomic variable responsible in influencing the profitability of firms
is exchange rate. This is supported by researchers based on the traditional
approach, the portfolio selection approach and the cash flow approach. Exchange
rate is further distinguished into expected and unexpected shock in the changes of
the exchange rate based on the rational expectation hypothesis introduced by
Barro (1977). This study empirically aims to examine the exchange rate effects of
the Malaysia ringgit (RM) on stock prices using monthly Malaysian data covering
the period January 1980 to December 2010. In addition the study employs advance
econometric methodology by incorporating threshold effect cointegration and error
correction model (TEeM). The results from this study showed that in the short-run,
there were no cpintegrating relationships between stock prices with both the
expected and unexpected exchange rates. However, in the long-run, there were
positive relationships between stock prices and exchange rates. The findings
supported the study conducted by Yau and Nieh (2009).
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