Abstract: The project is done to find out the impact of stock split on the stock market. In our project‚ we have made use of event study methodology to assess the accuracy of stock price reaction of 39 public listed Indian companies in National Stock Exchange (BSE) in the year 2006 and onwards. The abnormal returns (actual returns-returns from regression line) results were taken for 20 days before and after the announcement date to test whether the result is significant or not (Level of significance=5%)
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three stocks: Answer: B‚ B;A 2. Your friend is considering adding one additional stock to a 3-stock portfolio‚ to form a 4-stock portfolio. She is highly risk averse and has asked for your advice. The three stocks currently held all have b = 1.0‚ and they are perfectly positively correlated with the market. Potential new Stocks A and B both have expected returns of 15%‚ are in equilibrium‚ and are equally correlated with the market‚ with r = 0.75. However‚ Stock A’s standard deviation of returns
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Trends in Stock Prices and Range to Standard Deviation Ratio The Hurst was proposed in 1951 by Hurst. “The Hurst exponent provides a measure for long-term memory and predictability of a time series.”(Mitra 2011) The Hurst exponent was used in hydrological studies‚ however in 1991 and 1994 Peters used the Hurst exponent in financial studies. This article studies the Hurst exponent by developing insight on the price movements in financial markets by taking the Hurst exponent and returns in the stock
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Global Asset Allocation Finance 656 (Please return to Fang Song’s locker #552) Michelle Bien Yushao Karen Chiu Srinivas Mudireddy Fang (Derek) Song‚ 12/08/2013 A Study on stock returns and volatility Abstract This paper applies two models to examine the intertemporal relationship between expected returns and market risk. By using ARIMA models‚ two findings can be found: 1) A positive correlation exists between the expected market risk premium and the predictable volatility. 2)
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Workbook 2 (Valuation of Bonds and Shares) 1. Verbrugge Company has a level-coupon bond outstanding that pays coupon interest of $120 per year and has 10 years to maturity. The face value of the bond is $1‚000. If the yield for similar bonds is currently 14%‚ what is the bond ’s current market value? [Ans: $ 895.68] 2. For the Verbrugge Company bond described in Problem 1‚ find the bond ’s value if the yield for similar bonds decreases to 12%. [Ans: $ 1‚000] 3. For the Verbrugge Company
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GEICO WARREN BUFFET Executive Summary Berkshire Hathaway has made a bid for the remaining portion of GEICO stock. This report reviews the offer initiated by Warren Buffett. The details of this report include: • Valuation of GEICO stock. The $70 offer made by Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway includes a 26% premium over the current GEICO stock price of $55.75. This report attempts to determine a range of appropriate stock prices for GEICO. Using the Gordon dividend discount model‚
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A stock market is a market for the trading of company stock‚ and derivatives of same; both of these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately. Contents [hide] [ The term ’the stock market ’ is a concept for the mechanism that enables the trading of company stocks (collective shares)‚ other securities‚ and derivatives. Bonds are still traditionally traded in an informal‚ over-the-counter market known as the bond market. Commodities are traded in commodities
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THE VIETNAMESE STOCK MARKET By Roberta S. Karmel Thirty years ago‚ I never imagined I would be visiting Vietnam and be warmly welcomed as an American‚ witnessing a nation enjoying economic growth and increasing prosperity‚ despite some of the lingering ill effects of Agent Orange in the countryside. Yet‚ last month‚ as part of a delegation from the Financial Women’s Association‚ I had the good fortunate to travel to Vietnam and meet with government officials and others and learn about business developments
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Examining Stock Returns for Normal Distributions July11‚ 2012 Part A. A1 (CRSP 2000-2008) | VW Daily | EW Daily | VW Monthly | EW Monthly | Mean | 0.00% | 0.05% | -0.12% | 0.50% | σ | 1.35% | 1.12% | 4.66% | 6.14% | Table A1 shows return means and standard deviations for the CRSP market portfolio from 2000-2008. In comparing daily vs monthly returns in both cases‚ equally weighted (EW) and value weighted (VW)‚ Table A1 shows the mean and standard deviation are bigger
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