Valuation of Common Stock Ashok Banerjee Common (Equity) Stocks • Because common stock never matures‚ today’s value is the present value of an infinite stream of cash flows (i.e.‚ dividend). • But dividends are not fixed. • Not knowing the amount of the dividends—or even if there will be future dividends— makes it difficult to determine the value of common stock. • So what are we to do? Valuation Models • Dividend Valuation Model (DVM): – Constant dividend: Let D be the constant DPS: The required
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ABSTRACT This study tries to determine whether the Indian stock market is efficient by examining if the stock returns follow a random walk. Following previous studies‚ we use autocorrelation‚ the Box-Ljung test statistics and the run test and find that the Indian stock market was not efficient in the weak form during the testing period. The results suggest that the stock prices in India do not reflect all the information in the past stock prices and abnormal returns can be achieved by investors exploiting
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Markets Submission Tuesday 10th April 2012 Answer all questions. Q.1 (a)Explain the operation and activities of the stock exchange market in an emerging market/country of your own choice (for example Chinese market). (20 marks) (b) With close reference to the relevant theoretical and empirical literature and relevant financial data critically evaluate the efficiency of your chosen stock exchange market. (20 marks) Q.2 (a) Explain the key functions and operations of the Eurodollar Market. (10 marks)
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the these 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
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Stock Market Game Reflection In the stock market game I was a investor. Investors are meant to buy stock and usually they gain or lose money depending on how the stock markets and economy is. The way stocks work are you pay for a company and you can either make money if you are doing well or lose money if your business is failing. At first I bought 3 stocks. I bought 3 in fear of losing money. Then as the game went on I felt a little bit more comfortable spending more money because not much
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Penny stocks are inexpensive and risky stocks that can sometimes value a penny or a few dollars. Generally these stocks are often found under $1.00 but most identify them as stocks that trade under $5.00. Penny stocks cannot trade on the Dow Jones or Nasdaq but over the counter. There are several reasons why such types of stocks are so economical‚ but they can potentially be very good investments. First reason why penny stocks are so cheaper is because they signify a financially troubled firm. You
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Bombay Stock Exchange The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) (Marathi: Bombay Śhare Bāzaār) (formerly‚ The Stock Exchange‚ Bombay) is a stock exchange located in Dalal Street‚ Mumbai and is the oldest stock exchange in Asia. The Bombay Stock Exchange has the largest number of listed companies in the world‚ with 4990 listed as of August 2010. As of December 2010‚ the equity market capitalization of the companies listed on the BSE was US$1.63 trillion‚ making it the 4th largest stock exchange in Asia and
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Stock Exchange (Share Bazaar) is one of the most vital parts of the capital market. Stock Exchange is the market from where purchase and sale of industrial and financial securities are done. It is the place where trading in securities is done through rules and regulations laid down by the SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India). It performs various functions and provides useful services to the investors and borrowing companies. Stock exchange is an organized market for buying and selling of
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INVESTMENT CASE STUDY 3 (15%) Case 3: Gainsboro Machine Tools Corp (GMTC) Read the following about GMTC (GMTC). The questions posed to you are: - 1. In theory‚ to fund an increased dividend payout or a stock buyback‚ a firm might invest less‚ borrow more‚ or issue more stock. Which of those three elements is Gainesboro’s management willing to vary‚ and which elements remain fixed as a matter of the company’s policy? 2. What happens to Gainesboro’s financing need and unused debt capacity
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The Karachi Stock Exchange or KSE is a stock exchange located in Karachi‚ Sindh‚ Pakistan. Founded in 1947‚ it is Pakistan’s largest and oldest stock exchange‚ with many Pakistani as well as overseas listings. Its current premises are situated on Stock Exchange Road‚ in the heart of Karachi’s Business District. The KSE is the biggest and most liquid exchange in Pakistan and in 2002 it was declared as the "Best Performing Stock Market of the World" by "Business Week". As of December 20‚ 2007‚ 671
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