Aspin Corporation’s charter authorizes issuance of 2‚000‚000 shares of common stock. Currently‚ 1‚400‚000 shares are outstanding‚ and 100‚000 shares are being held as treasury stock. The firm wishes to raise $48‚000‚000 for a plant expansion. Discussions with its investment bankers indicate that the sale of new common stock will net the firm $60 per share. a. What is the maximum number of new shares of common stock that the firm can sell without receiving further authorization from shareholders
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A stock market index is a method of measuring a section of the stock market. Many indices are cited by news or financial services firms and are used as benchmarks‚ to measure the performance of portfolios such as mutual funds. Types of indices Stock market indices may be classed in many ways. A ’world ’ or ’global ’ stock market index includes (typically large) companies without regard for where they are domiciled or traded. Two examples are MSCI World and S&P Global 100. A national index represents
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CASE – 1 Dabur India Limited: Growing Big and Global Dabur is among the top five FMCG companies in India and is positioned successfully on the specialist herbal platform. Dabur has proven its expertise in the fields of health care‚ personal care‚ homecare and foods. The company was founded by Dr. S. K. Burman in 1884 as small pharmacy in Calcutta (now Kolkata)‚ India. And is now led by his great grandson Vivek C. Burman‚ who is the Chairman of Dabur India Limited and the senior most representative
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The Stock Markets The main function of the stock market is to enable trade in the shares of public companies‚ which in turn reflect the performance of th3 companies whose shares are traded in the stock market. Stock markets are also a vital part of an economy or the economic system of a country or nation. Research has shown that most economies around the world‚ today‚ are judged by the performance of their stock markets. To trade in the stock market‚ a company has to be transparent about its fundamentals
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Case Problem 1: Measuring Stock Market Risk As indicated by the case study S&P 500 index was use as a measure of the total return for the stock market. Our standard deviation of the total return was used as a one measure of the risk of an individual stock. Also betas for individual stocks are determined by simple linear regression. The variables were: total return for the stock as the dependent variable and independent variable is the total return for the stock. Since the descriptive statistics
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History of West Kevin Capuder U.S. Stock Market Crash in 1987 Ana Barbakadze‚ Mariam Jakeli This paper contributes to the overview of U.S. Stock Market Crash of 1987 and it explores the major causes and effects of this crash. According to the Reuters‚ the crash of 1987 is included in the top five “major stock market crashes” (Narayana). Let us now define this term itself. Stock Market Crash associates with “A rapid and often unanticipated drop in stock prices”(Investopedia). As we can see
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The proposed topic is “A study on impact of stock market volatility on individual investorsinvestment decisions”. This project would give the understanding of the reasons for the volatility in stock markets and its impact on investment decisions of the individual customers. The study also focuses on the various factors that play role in investment decisions of the individual investors in stock markets. 1.1 Background Volatility in equity market has become a matter of mutual concern in recent
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efficient Stock Markets in Pakistan‚ the SECP has implemented various corrective measures after the stock market crises in May 2000. List any five of these measures. What are Treasury bills? State any four main features of T. bills. International interest rates have an impact on the local financial system. State and TWO effects of (i) an increase and (ii) decrease in LIBOR on the local market. What are financial intermediaries? Give examples of FOUR key players in the Pakistani market and state their
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The stock market has the reputation of being a risky investment‚ it did not appear that way in the 1920s. With the mood of the country exuberant‚ the stock market seemed an infallible investment in the future. As more people invested in the stock market‚ stock prices began to rise. This was first noticeable in 1925. Stock prices then bobbed up and down throughout 1925 and 1926‚ followed by a strong upward trend in 1927. The strong bull market enticed even more people to invest ‚ And
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Exchange Commission (SEC) is the cause for the demise of the Committee on Accounting Procedure (CAP) of the AICPA and the Accounting Principle Board. When the stock market crashed in 1929‚ many of investors lost their life savings in the market crash. “There is a generally held opinion that accounting practices of the 1920s contributed to the stock market crash of 1929” (Roberts‚ (2011‚ para. 2). The accounting regulations emerged immediately after the crash‚ and the Securities Act of 1934 organization has
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