HOW ATTRACTIVE IS THE INDUSTRY ? An attractive industry with a high average return on investment will be difficult to enter because entry barriers are high‚ suppliers and buyers have only modest bargaining power‚ substitute products or services are few‚ and the rivalry among competitors is stable. An unattractive industry like steel will have structural flaws‚ including a plethora of substitute materials‚ powerful and price-sensitive buyers‚ and excessive rivalry caused by high fixed costs and a
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Valuation of Stocks and Functioning of Indian Stock Market The work in this area can be classified into three broad strands: a) those dealing with functioning of securities markets and financial institutions operating in these markets‚ b) those pertaining to the investment decision making process of individuals‚ and c) empirical work on Indian stock markets. One of the early works on functioning of stock markets and financial institutions was by Simha‚ Hemalata and Balakrishnan (1979). Bhole (1982)
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Eliot Spitzer‚ attorney general of New York Investment Protection Bureau‚ was the leading regulator who changed the way many Wall Street firms do business. What he accomplished was nothing short of extraordinary – he has not only stood up for the investors against Wall Street giants‚ but he did so in such an aggressive but rightful manner that required much courage and sophistication. Many criticized Spitzer for his overly aggressive indictments and actions against Wall Street firms‚ which consisted
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I want to apologize for my delay in getting back to you. I do have an excuse though‚ -- as most of you realize Wall Street is not an altruistic place. So when you asked for our assistance in the late fall‚ the Street was in the midst of its annual bonus season. This is a period of the year when the finance careers are made or ended‚ annual compensation is determined and the partners of the Wall Street’s firms find out if their “option” has been picked up for another year. Well‚ the good news is that
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for 40 more years. So he has an expected work life of 68 years. So the earlier he gets an MBA‚ the better for him. For example: probably it won’t benefit him much if he decided to get an MBA at the age of 60. No one would hire him as an investment banker even if he had an MBA that time. Secondly‚ getting an MBA degree will cost Ben a lot of money. Currently at the age of 28‚ he already has a job experience of around 6 years. This job allowed Ben to have a savings account with enough money to cover
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of it and our project aim was to find out those prospect who can invest heavily on the financial market and the source through which we can reach them‚ such as:- * Bankers. * Chartered Accountant. * Investment Consultant It is general known that most of the heavy investor usually consults their bankers‚ chartered accountant or their Investment Consultant before taking any decision while investing‚ because they are the people who are generally close to them and know them very
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FI516 IPO Paper Identify the company and its industry. Pandora Media‚ Inc. is an internet streaming radio service used by more than 80 million listeners. Pandora‚ which has a catalog of 800‚000 songs from more than 80‚000 artists‚ has roughly half the market for Internet radio in 2010‚ according to a study published in November by Ando Media. Though the service is wildly popular‚ it has yet to make a profit. The Internet radio station generates playlists based on a user ’s favorite artist or
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MEDIA PLANNING The largest category in your advertising budget is likely to be your media costs--the dollars you spend for air time on radio or for ad space in newspapers‚ magazines‚ and more. Because of this‚ it makes sense to have a sound plan to manage that investment. You’ll want to set goals. You’ll want to describe strategies for achieving them. You’ll have to organize the day-to-day tasks of carrying out the strategies. The tool you’ll need to do this is a media plan that begins with an overview
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be crazy or certainly living in a dream world: well‚perhaps‚ but I don’t think that either is quite the case. A typical scenario‚ particularly in today’s economic climate‚ is that the business owner approaches his bank for an expansion loan. The banker asks for the appropriate amount of acceptable collateral‚ personal guarantees‚ past three years financial statements‚ both business & personal‚ along with‚ perhaps‚ a business plan and cash flow projections for the proposed life of the loan. The probability
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The Securitisation & Reconstruction of Financial Assets & Enforcement of Security Interest Act 2002[SARFAESI] Asset reconstruction – acquisition by any securitisation Co or reconstruction Co‚ of any right or interest of any bank/financial institution‚ in any financial assistance‚ for the purpose of realization of such financial assistance Financial assistance – means any loan/advance granted or any debenture/bond subscribed /any guarantees given / LOC established/any other credit facility
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