IMPACT OF CAPITAL MARKET ON ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The capital market is a highly specialized and organized financial market and indeed essential agent of economic growth because of its ability to facilitate and mobilize saving and investment. To a great extent‚ the positive relationship between capital accumulation real economic growths has long affirmed in economic theories (Anyanwu‚ 1993). Success in capital
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Gardening as a therapeutic intervention in mental health 11 November‚ 2008 ABSTRACT Page‚ M. (2008) Gardening as a therapeutic intervention in mental health. Nursing Times; 104: 45‚ 28–30 This article describes why one low-secure unit chose to initiate a horticultural therapy project and organize it as a ‘workers’ cooperative’. The therapeutic benefits of gardening are explored‚ particularly focusing on the social benefits. The article also discusses the issue of hope‚ which is an intrinsic requirement
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The Stock Market Do you think if your personal finance are affected and thousands of company’s shares traded because of the New York Stock Exchange? The biggest stock market in the world Billions of dollars pass from hand to hand every single day in this establishment. Two hundred years ago in front of Trinity Church in East Manhattan‚ the foundation of the New York Stock Exchange has started out. Recurrently owning shares in cargo was coming in on ships everyday for silver traders after the
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[pic] Functions of Stock Exchange - Main Functions In The Market Post : Gaurav Akrani Date : 11/01/2010 12:00:00 PM IST Comments (2) Labels : Economics 1 [pic] 1. Continuous and ready market for securities Stock exchange provides a ready and continuous market for purchase and sale of securities. It provides ready outlet for buying and selling of securities. Stock exchange also acts as an outlet/counter for the sale of listed securities. [pic] 2 [pic] 2. Facilitates
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is documented as the worst stock market crash in history. There are several factors which affect the stock market crash in 1987. However‚ the popular explanation for the crash is the selling of program trader‚ portfolio insurance and the great storm of 1987. Program trading is the use of computers in stock market to engage in arbitrage and portfolio insurance strategies. Through the 1970s and early 1980s‚ computers were becoming more important. As a result‚ the market was being controlled more
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Investing in Biotechnology Companies The “Stock Market” is a term that actually describes several markets such as the New York Stock Exchange NASDAQ‚ where the stocks of companies are traded. Shares in a company are sold and the shareholders then become part owners of the company. Offering shares of stock raises money for continued research and development of company products or services. When investing in a company‚ the goal is to buy shares at a low price and then sell them at a higher
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A company may issue both stocks and bonds which can be a sign of the company’s financial standing in a market. Since investors are risk averse and they would not like to put their money on stocks and bonds of a struggling company‚ but they would like to put their money on stocks and bonds of a stable and a progressing company. Investors benefit from company’s profit in the form of dividend when they buy a company’s stocks and investors can get higher or lower yield based on the bonds. This is the
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PREFERRED STOCK VERSUS COMMON STOCK The primary advantage to an investor of holding preferred stock compared with common stock is that the preferred stock return is somewhat more predictable (more certain). The issuing company will generally make a real effort to try to avoid defaulting on the preferred stock dividend. Since the return to preferred stock is reasonably well defined and since the preferred stockholders precede the common stockholders (the preferred dividends are paid before the
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OF THE STOCK EXCHANGES 1. SERVICES OF THE INVESTORS Inventors in the country are important component of secondary market. In stock market stock exchange provides the following services to their investors: Liquidity to their investment is ensured by enabling them to sell securities whenever they need liquid funds. Information about the price of securities listed on the exchange through daily quotations. Safety & security to the transactions entered into by the investors in the market. Better
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simplified "foot-to-height" ratios are now: Allie: 3 19 Mom: 3 19 "Oh!" she said‚ "the Ratios are the same". "So my foot is only as big as it should be for my height‚ and is not really too big." The following assignment illustrates the process a company initiates in order to implement a successful integrated marketing communications strategy. Please read the "Integrated Marketing Communcations at Ogden Publications" case study (page 524-525). After reading the case‚ please answer the Critical Thinking
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