1 The Stock Market in India: Its Growth and Prospects. by Subid Chakraborty St. Xavier’s College‚ Kolkata (Autonomous) Email: subid_06@yahoo.co.in Rachit Agarwal St. Xavier’s College‚ Kolkata (Autonomous) Email: rachit_agarwal4u@yahoo.co.in Hemangi Desai St. Xavier’s College‚ Kolkata (Autonomous) Email: hemangi221@gmail.com Nilesh Agarwal St. Xavier’s College‚ Kolkata (Autonomous) Email: nilesh_airan@hotmail.com Acknowledgement: We are grateful to the faculty of the Department of Economics‚ St
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price—of a stock depends on the volatility of the stock market in general. For example‚ consider the following variables pertaining to Amazon stock: AMZN = the fractional change in the price of Amazon stock on a day‚ MKT = the fractional change in the market on that same day. The data file Amazon.xls contains 503 historical values of these two variables; thus‚ for example‚ the first value of 0.005193 for AMZN and −0.01003 for MKT means that‚ on that particular day‚ the price of Amazon stock increased
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Introductory Part 1. Background: A stock market / share market is a public market for the trading of company stock and derivatives at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange. Usually‚ a stock market is the reflector of its countries economy. The stock market has become an essential market playing a vital role in economic prosperity that fostering capital formation and sustaining economic growth. Stock markets are more than a place to trade securities; they operate as
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A stock market index is a method of measuring a section of the stock market. Many indices are cited by news or financial services firms and are used as benchmarks‚ to measure the performance of portfolios such as mutual funds. Types of indices Stock market indices may be classed in many ways. A ’world ’ or ’global ’ stock market index includes (typically large) companies without regard for where they are domiciled or traded. Two examples are MSCI World and S&P Global 100. A national index represents
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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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their finance stock market project. We felt that our risk tolerance was different then it normally would be sense we had 500‚000 to invest in the stock market compared to our own money. Due to the fact that this was fake money we found ourselves to be conservative as well as risky depending on the situation. We have been given three months to invest money in the stock market as well as with different types of investments such as shorting‚ limiting‚ etc and to come out with a positive return. Our strategy
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The financial markets of the United States‚ today‚ are collectively known as "Wall Street." These words represent the heart of the business and financial world in the United States today. Many of us conjure up well known images of companies being bought and sold‚ traders screaming out to get the best prices for their clients‚ fortunes won and lost many times over‚ and the billions of dollars exchanged in deals. Some may even claim that it is the "Crystal Ball" that can predict and control the
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Introduction Blue Chip Blue chips are the biggest‚ most stable‚ and often the most reputable companies in existence. The term comes from casino houses‚ whihc use colored plastic chips to represent the money patrons gamble with. Traditionally‚ blue chips were the most valuable color chip of all; but in gambling today blue chips are among the lowest valued chips‚ and also the most widely recognized. This is in standing with the financial industry’s strong feeling for its own history: investors aren’t
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Effective Investing: Barons that Beat the Market Introduction The most pertinent question to modern investors is whether it is possible to predict prices and attain arbitrage. Since the time when academics first entered the field of financial investing after World War II‚ the developments in the stock market have encircled this central question. There have of course been developments on both sides‚ as men like Alfred Cowles and Eugene Fama have made their cases for market efficiency and random walk
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Examining market efficiency in India: an empirical analysis of the Random Walk Hypothesis Alan Harper South University Zhenhu Jin Valparasio University 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.
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