1.) ‘The free market is the most efficient way of allocating resources in Singapore.’ Do you agree? Every society in the world‚ including Singapore faces the basic problem of scarcity. I.e Allocating resources occurs because there is unlimited human wants and limited resources‚ hence the problem of scarcity derives. There is three basic choices to be made: What‚ How‚ and for Whom to produce. Where the choice of what to produce is dependent on product prices‚ Product prices are determined
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Financial market is a significant factor in economy development. Through financial market‚ people are able to transfer their surplus funds to those who have shortage which enhance efficiency. China’s financial market started relatively late compared with developed countries. After the economy reform in 1978‚ China’s step by step build up its own financial system. With the continuous improvement of the financial markets‚ people are started to question about whether China’s financial market can perform
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The potential contributions of behavioral finance to Post Keynesian and institutionalist finance theories Abstract: In their paper “Behavioral Finance and Post Keynesian–Institutionalist Theories of Financial Markets‚” Raines and Leathers discuss how the theories of Keynes‚ Davidson‚ and Galbraith could explain financial bubbles and crises and show how those theories are both confirmed by actual events and supported by some findings in behavioral finance. The current paper comments on their
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First Exam Notes CHAPTER ONE 1. The two reasons why you (or anyone) should study financial markets and financial institutions). Answers: * Personal needs‚ your career‚ your life‚ less surprise in the future. You could not avoid financial markets and institutions anywhere * Assume us work for business‚ government; non-profit program is affected by financial institution and market. 2. Define security. Answers: * A security also called a financial instrument is a claim on
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FINC/ECON 3240 - International Finance Homework Solution Chapter 1 2. Comparative Advantage. a. Explain how the theory of comparative advantage relates to the need for international business. ANSWER: The theory of comparative advantage implies that countries should specialize in production‚ thereby relying on other countries for some products. Consequently‚ there is a need for international business. b. Explain how the product cycle theory relates to the growth of an
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which has more solid empirical evidence supporting it than the Efficient Market Hypothesis.” The term ‘Efficient Market Hypothesis’ (EMH) is concerned with the behavior of prices in asset markets. It was initially applied to the stock market‚ but the concept was soon generalized to other asset markets. EMH has also been a subject of debate since its inception in the 1960s. INTRODUCTION This essay critically discusses’ A market is efficient with respect to a particular set of information if it is impossible
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CHAPTER 12: BEHAVIORAL FINANCE AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS PROBLEM SETS 1. Technical analysis can generally be viewed as a search for trends or patterns in market prices. Technical analysts tend to view these trends as momentum‚ or gradual adjustments to ‘correct’ prices‚ or‚ alternatively‚ reversals of trends. A number of the behavioral biases discussed in the chapter might contribute to such trends and patterns. For example‚ a conservatism bias might contribute to a trend in prices as
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Table of Contents Question # 1a The finance profession has had difficulty in developing a practical approach to measuring risk premiums and thus investor’s required rate of return ‚ but financial managers most often use a method called the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) .The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is the standard risk-return model used by most academicians and practitioners. The important concept of CAPM is that investors are rewarded for only that portion of risk which is
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<b>Abstract</b> <br>According to the Efficient Market Theory‚ it should be extremely difficult for an investor to develop a "system" that consistently selects stocks that exhibit higher than normal returns over a period of time. It should also not be possible for a company to "cook the books" to misrepresent the value of stocks and bonds. An analysis of current literature‚ however‚ indicates that companies can and do "beat the system" and manipulate information to make stocks appear to perform above
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Discuss: “The concept of efficient diversification implies that for an investor wishing to efficiently assume risk in their portfolio; the risky part of the portfolio should consist of weighted proportions of all possible risky assets.” Abstract: Minimizing investor’s portfolio risk was a dominant goal influencing decision making of investment. The effective method of reducing risks was to efficient diversifying the portfolio. The author’s purpose in this article was to share thoughts and concerns
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