Brokerage Firms Trading and its Effect on Common Stock Returns: Applied Research in the Iraq Stock Exchange

Abstract

The research aims to Applied Study in the nature of the impact of brokerage firms trading in the common stock returns, The research and theoretical concepts associated with each of the brokerage firms ,trading and common stock returns, It was the use of financial methods in the practical side brokerage firms trading based on the sector as well as common stock returns ,It is research community to companies listed on the Iraq Stock Exchange, which have been trading on its stock for the period August 2015 until December 2015 as well as brokerage firms, amounting to 47 brokerage firms was based search on the major hypothesis that: "affect trading volume for brokerage firms on stock returns it traded the companies". using the SPSS (23) The hypothesis testing tool simple linear regression analysis, The research found a number of conclusions the most important : it appeared that trading volume for brokerage firms does not contribute on the high or low common stock returns it traded , This indicates at lack of relationship between Trading volume for brokerage firms and common stock returns and also indicates that the increase in the common stock prices It is associated with Height of trading volume for brokerage firms, This is due to the reason for not trading brokerage firms for some common stock during the research period . The research was presented a number of recommendations was the most important : Oblige the financial market stock companies to reduce the duration of the General Assembly , since the reduction of the period will Leads to increased in the number of stock traded.