GLOBAL STOCK MARKETS: A CASE STUDY OF THE NIGERIAN STOCK MARKET RESEARCH BRIEF The history of stock trading and trading associations can be traced as far back as the 11th century when Jewish and Muslim merchants set up trade associations. After centuries of evolution‚ stock markets have become the symbol of commerce in the modern world. It operates in various countries and trades a range of securities. The world stock market capitalisation is estimated to be about $ 36.6 Trillion. The stock market
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STOCK WARRANTS INTRODUCTION A stock warrant gives the right but not the obligation to purchase the stock of a company at a specific price and date. Some of the characteristics are: Whenever such a warrant is exercised‚ the shares that fulfil the obligation are not received from another investor but directly from the company. Firms generally issue stock warrants for raising money through equity and is usually offered at a lower price in comparison to stock options. There is no lock-in period
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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 and other financial instruments‚ and capital events including the payment of income and dividends. Securities traded on a stock exchange include shares issued by companies‚ unit trusts‚ derivatives‚ pooled
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Evaluate the case for and against using a buffer stock scheme to stabilize the price of a commodity such as sugar or tin. S Buffer stock schemes seek to stabilize the market price of agricultural products by buying up supplies of the product when harvests are plentiful and selling stocks of the product onto the market when supplies are low. An example of a buffer stock scheme is the international coffee agreement. The international coffee agreement is an international commodity agreement‚ which
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Literature Review on Bangladesh Stock Market Literature Review: 1 Before the decade of eighty much of the stock market literature viewed the present value of dividends to be the principal determinant of market return of stocks. LeRoy and Porter (1981) and Shiller (1981) found that under the assumption of constant discount factor stock prices were too volatile to be consistent with movement in future dividends. The decomposition of stock price movements is very sensitive to what assumption
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How to Manage Risk in the Stock Market What is Risk Management? Risk management is the process of measuring‚ or assessing risk and then developing strategies to manage the risk while attempting to maximize returns. Typically involves utilizing a variety of trading techniques‚ models and financial analyses. The potential return from any investment is generally depending to the amount of risk the investor is willing to assume. Investors will not take on greater risks without the possibility
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ISSN (Print): 2319 – 801X www.ijbmi.org Volume 2 Issue 8ǁ August. 2013ǁ PP.17-22 Employee Stock Ownership Plans and Their Effect on Productivity: The Case of Huawei Zhibiao Zhu1‚ James Hoffmire2‚ John Hoffmire3‚ Fusheng Wang4 1‚3 Said Business School ‚University of Oxford; 2 School of Business‚ University of Wisconsin-Madision; 1‚4 School of Management‚ Harbin Institute of Technology ABSTRACT: Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) are utilized by many successful companies across the world. This
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FI-516 – WEEK 4 – CHAPTER 20 - HOMEWORK PROBLEMS Chapter 20 – Problem 20 – 1 (20–1) Profit or Loss on New Stock Issue Security Brokers Inc. specializes in underwriting new issues by small firms. On a recent offering of Beedles Inc.‚ the terms were as follows: Price to public | $5 per share | Number of shares | 3 million | Proceeds to Beedles | $14‚000‚000 | The out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Security Brokers in the design and distribution of the issue were $300‚000
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and put options on Lotus’s common stock that mature in February 1994 and that have an exercise price of $55 per share. a. Compute net profits and losses per share (actual dollar profit and losses‚ not rates of return) at expiration (February 19‚ 1994) for the following investment strategies: Buying a call option on Lotus’s stock; Writing a call option on Lotus’s common stock; Buying a put option on Lotus’s common stock; Writing a put option on Lotus’s common stock. Hint: Start by calculating
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Stock Valuation Problems Handout 1. ABC Company’s stock pays a fixed dividend of $2. If an investor’s required rate of return is 8%‚ then what is the value of the stock? $25 2. DEF Ltd. has stock outstanding that pays a fixed $5 dividend and currently markets for $22. What is the expected rate of return for the stock? 22.7% 3. GHI Inc.’s stock is selling for $33 in the market and pays a $3.60 annual dividend. a. If you purchase the stock at its current price‚ what will be the expected
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