Essays on Stock Market

A Presentation Report on Role and Functions of Stock Exchange Introduction A stock exchange is a form of exchange which provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds, and other securities. Stock exchanges also provide facilities for issue and redemption of securities …

What I Learned From My Stock Market Simulation Experience The stock market simulation has been a wonderful experience for me as a student in economics and as a person in today’s society. Knowledge gained in this project will give me the advantage to wisely choose …

Wouldn’t you love to be a business owner without ever having to show up at work? Imagine if you could sit back, watch your company grow, and collect the dividend checks as the money rolls in! As you’ve probably guessed, we’re talking about owning stocks. …

Let us assume the economy reaches its long-run macroeconomic equilibrium in 2020. When the economy is in the long run macroeconomic equilibrium, the stock market will also reach its boom. This will in turn lead to increases in stock prices more than expected, and the …

Financial Statement Analysis of IBM Financial Statement Analysis of IBM I. Company Facts IBM – International Business Machines Corporation The home office of IBM is located in Armonk, Town of North Castle, New York, United States. IBM was founded in 1911 as the Computing Tabulating …

I will be watching my shares closely so that I can make a choice to sell, buy or hold my shares 3i Group Established in 1945, is one of the UK’s biggest investors in private companies, it says its strategy is to go for early-stage …

Fast Intraday – There are basically four solstice dates which Mr. Gann said are most important according to the sun based system. He also said, divide the year by octave and you will get the proof of all the natural activities happen across the year. …

Case Study Questions –Paramount Communications Inc. 1993- Why a paramount is a takeover target? Several Strategic Reasons – Cost reduction: through combinations of similar business and economy of scales – Sales increase: cross-promotions of each company’s brand and utilization of each company’s channels, and cooperation …

This looks irrational because the majority of the society members do not capture their chance to win additional benefits from their wealth in the stock market. The purpose of this exploratory research is to provide general insights about current status of households stock market participation …

Should the company implement the proposed employee stock option plan? In a typical stock option plan, the employee is offered a specific number of shares which he/she can exercise (buy) at some specified time in the future. The price at which the employee can buy …

The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company: Capital Structure, Valuation, and Cost of Capital Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company is a well-known leader that manufactures confections such as gums, mints, hard and chewy candies, lollipops, and chocolates. The company was founded in 1891 and its headquarters is based …

Summary of the main points covered in my essay. How did the dotcom bubble burst contribute to the economic crisis of the 2008? Could we expect the similar crisis and how can it be prevented? What are the lessons that should have been learned from …

DEMUTUALIZATION OF STOCK EXCHANGES PROBLEMS, SOLUTIONS AND CASE STUDIES Edited by SHAMSHAD AKHTAR Director, Governance, Finance and Trade Division, East and Central Asia Department, Asian Development Bank © Asian Development Bank 2002 All rights reserved. The views expressed in this book are those of the …

Introduction Exchanges in various geographical locations have been established to provide a physical marketing place where the buyers and sellers of shares and other securities could meet to finalize the transactions mutually. In the last two decades of the 20th century the stock market operations …

This work has been done under the supervision of Dr Y. Poornima in Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore. Place: Bangalore Date: Ashish Om (11MB50 ) Jeswin George (11MB5071) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, we would like to thank the Almighty God for blessing us with …

Abstract Initial Public Offerings have been used for a long time to fund the future expansion projects of a company as and when the need arises. At the same time, Initial Public Offers do have their limitations and adverse effects, such as, dilution of ownership …

As per the present condition of the global economy, there is no doubt the world is experiencing a major financial crisis near the worst since the first global financial depression as seen observable in the United States’ early fiscal slump. With the businesses and industries …

According historical notes, the first stock market company in Saudi Arabia was established in the 3rd decade of the 20th century. Nevertheless, stock trading was initiated only by the end of the 90s/ as a result, a significant increase in the number of stock exchanges …

In recent years the testing of market anomalies in stock returns has become an active field of research in empirical finance and has been receiving attention not only from academic journals but also from the financial press as well. Among the more well-known anomalies are …

Question: – Why is Seagate undertaking this transaction? Is it necessary to divest the Veritas shares in a separate transaction? Who are the winners and losers resulting from the transaction? Solution: – Seagate is undertaking this transaction to generate significant wealth gains for Seagate shareholders. …

Introduction Background to the Study There is a general consensus among financial economists that the distribution of stock returns can be completely described by two moments: the conditional mean; the conditional variance (volatility). The conditional mean is the lower moment, which is difficult to predict. …

Stock market is the place were all stocks and other securities buy and sell. Pakistan have three main stocks markets (KSE, LSE, ISE).Among these stock exchanges Karachi stock exchange founded on 18 September 1947.it was the largest stock exchange in Pakistan and oldest in the …

For the purpose of the calculation of the turnover ratios, the revenue figure including the duty has been taken into account. Here also usually the credit sales alone can be taken into account. However, the calculation on the total sales also indicates relative usage. The …

 Reporting and Analyzing Stockholders Limited liability of stockholders; limited to investment Transferable ownership rights Ability to acquire capital Continuous life Corporation management: Shareholders Shareholders Voting rights Profit sharing Preemptive right Residual claim Controller Government regulations File application with the state government Corporate charter by-law Additional …

Abstract The current global financial crisis is no longer news but a reality. Our policy makers in the country have been proven wrong based on their argument that the country was insulated. Some of the sectors that have felt the heat of the crisis are …

The African stock market is going progressively sophisticated in pricing, insulating and reassigning hazard. Tools such as derived functions and securitization contribute to this procedure but pose their ain hazard. The failure of accounting and ordinance to maintain abreast of development introduces more hazard with …

A stock market or equity market is a public (a loose network of economic transactions, not a physical facility or discrete) entity for the trading of company stock (shares) and derivatives at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well …

Recently one such variable, that is, gold price volatility has attracted the attention of many researchers, academicians and analysts. Thus, this paper is an attempt to analyse the causality relation that may run between domestic gold prices and stock market returns in India. The study …

The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is a mathematical, analytical formula to help investors make the wisest decisions on the stock market. Before purchasing a common stock, an investor may use the CAPM (a mathematical formula) to estimate its expected returns. The Model may be …

The correlation coefficient between stock returns for two non-overlapping periods should be zero. If not, one could use returns from one period to predict returns in later periods and make abnormal profits. 2. No. Microsoft’s continuing profitability does not imply that stock market investors who …