1. Introduction 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
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best performances for a bank stock across the industry and outperforming the S&P500 TR last quarter. For this reason‚ SBNY’s P/E and P/B ratio are massive and unappealing. This is signifying that the stock is over-valued and expected to grow. SBNY has the second largest market capitalization in its industry of $4.3 billion. ‚Yes that is right‚ there is only one large cap firm in commercial banking; MTB. So‚ if SBNY evolves into a large cap‚ purchasing the stocks right now would be a very profitable
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CFGB6102 Corporate Finance Stock Valuation 1. A firm’s common stock currently sells for $75 per share. The firm has total assets of $1‚000‚000 and total liabilities‚ including preferred stock‚ of $350‚000. If the firm has 10‚000 shares of common stock outstanding‚ (a) what is the book value of each share of common stock? (b) is the stock overvalued or undervalued in the marketplace? (c) what might be the reason(s) for your answer in (b). (a) (b) overvalued (c) market value of the assets
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Target Capital structure for Kaynat Manufacting is 50% common stock‚ 15% preferred stock‚ and 35% debt. If the cost of common equity for the firm is 19.6%‚ the cost of preferred stock is 12.9% and the before tax cost of debt is 9.5% what is the weighted average cost of capital? The firm’s tax rate is 35%. Answer: WACC = (50% x 19.6%) + (15% x 12.9%) + ( 35% x 9.5% x 65% = Q2: The following are the information of a company: |Type of capital |Book value (Tk) |Market value
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Someone being bullied Smith was angry because Brian threatened him for not telling his bad behavior at school. His parents only knew that their son was obedient and honest. But if Smith did not tell the truth he would be suspected for stealing the toys at class. Only Smith could prove it for he knew where Brian hid the toys. His anger started to rise‚ seeing Brian showing his fist after class A fight Smith could not control his temper for being accused as a thief. He came towards Brian and
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Women in the 1920’s A new era evolved in the 1920’s‚ a new style of women emerged with it. In the “Roaring Twenties” many women converted their lifestyle of being home makers who were in charge of cooking‚ cleaning and taking care of the children to women with short dresses‚ bob cut hair doos‚ a cigarette in her mouth and a drink in her hand. This new style of women who emerged with an older prositional style of dress became known as flappers. These women not only changed their appearance and mind
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profit motives of the stock exchange with the greater goal of investor protection. Toronto Stock Exchange 1. Background to the TSX’s Demutualization The Toronto Stock Exchange was formed in 1852 as a mutual member-owned‚ not-for profit corporation. Members of the exchange were brokerage firms whose membership interests (or seats) in the exchange gave them access rights to trade in listed securities‚ either as principal or on behalf of clients. . In 1997‚ The Toronto Stock Exchange closed the
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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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Companies’ Stock Buybacks Help Buoy the Market Share Repurchases Are at Fastest Clip Since Financial Crisis By DAN STRUMPF Sept. 15‚ 2014 7:24 p.m. ET Companies are buying their own shares at the briskest clip since the financial crisis‚ helping fuel a stock rally amid a broad trading slowdown. Corporations bought back $338.3 billion of stock in the first half of the year‚ the most for any six-month period since 2007‚ according to research firm Birinyi Associates. Through August‚ 740 firms have
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Brief History of Stock Exchanges News on the stock market appears in different media every day. You hear about it any time it reaches a new high or a new low‚ and you also hear about it daily in statements like ’The BSE Sensitive Index rose 5% today’. Obviously‚ stocks and stock markets are important. Stocks of public limited companies are bought and sold at a stock exchange. But what really are stock exchanges? Known also as the stock market or bourse‚ a stock exchange is an organized marketplace
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