the reasons behind the Great Depression- in particular regards to how the Stock Market Crash greatly affected and commenced it- is vital to preventing any future economic depressions. This research paper will be explaining how the Stock Market crash contributed to the Great Depression‚ by causing bank failures‚ limiting consumerism‚ leaving Canadians drowning in debt
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Shares-A share is the interest of shareholder in terms of money in the business represented as a liability on the company. In the words of Justice Farewell‚ “The interest of a shareholder in the company measured‚ by a sum of money for the purpose of liability in the first place‚ and the interest (dividend) the second‚ but also consisting of various covenants entered into by the shareholder inter se.” It defines the relation between the company and shareholder. Shareholders are the real owners of
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Stock Market Vs. Gambling Jeff Galuardi The difference between gambling and buying stocks of companies is that you are betting on the future of the company and you have records you can research. If something terrible happens to the country‚ like a natural disaster‚ stocks will go down. If the country does well‚ the stock market will most likely go up. The key to doing well in the stock market is to research the companies you are trying to buy stock in. If you just pick a couple random companies
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Treasury stock is when a corporation ’s issued stock has been bought back from the stockholders. Since a corporation cannot be its own shareholder‚ when the corporation purchases shares‚ those shares are NOT considered assets of the corporation. If we assume the corporation plans to re-issue the share‚ then those shares are held in the treasury and reported as a deduction in stockholders ’ equity. This is reflected in the balance sheet. Those with shares of treasury stock not only give up the
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In 1929‚ the stock market crashed and people suffered. Everyone was affected by the crash and everyone said that they would never allow such a thing to happen ever again‚ but history repeated itself in the year 2008… The 1929 Stock Market crash started to brew at the start of the decade when people were buying a lot of stocks. Soon the stocks became overpriced for whatever the company was worth when the stock market was working turning at a high‚ Dow average of around 498. This was forming
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Macroeconomic Equilibrium and Stock Market Boom Let us assume the economy reaches its long-run macroeconomic equilibrium in 2020. When the economy is in the long run macroeconomic equilibrium‚ the stock market will also reach its boom. This will in turn lead to increases in stock prices more than expected‚ and the stock prices will stay high for some period. Answer the following questions based on the scenarios of long macroeconomic equilibrium and consequent stock market boom. a) Which curve will
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What is a rights issue? Distinguish between a renounceable and a non-renounceable rights issue. How would a company account for such issues? A rights issue is an issue of new shares to existing shareholders whereby they are given the right to purchase additional shares in proportion to their current shareholdings. Usually the issue price is set below the current market price of the company’s shares. A renounceable rights issue allows the shareholder to take up the rights issue‚ let it lapse
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CRISIS AND NIGERIAN STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY Abdul ADAMU Department of Business Administration‚ Nasarawa State University‚ Keffi – Nasarawa State. adamuabdulmumeen@yahoo.com uooba1009@gmail.com Tel. +2348029445391‚ +2348064851648. Paper presented at the National Conference on “Managing the challenges of Global Financial Crisis in Developing Economies” organised by the Faculty of Administration‚ Nasarawa State University‚ Keffi‚ Nasarawa State – Nigeria held between March 9 – 11‚ 2010.
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International Research Journal of Finance and Economics ISSN 1450-2887 Issue 30 (2009) © EuroJournals Publishing‚ Inc. 2009 http://www.eurojournals.com/finance.htm Determinants of Equity Prices in the Stock Markets Somoye‚ Russell Olukayode Christopher Dept. of Banking & Finance‚ Faculty of Management Science Olabisi Onabanjo University‚ Ago Iwoye‚ Nigeria P.O. Box 1104 Ijebu-Ode‚ Ijebu-Ode‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria E-mail: kayodesomoye@yahoo.com Akintoye‚ Ishola Rufus Dept. of Accounting‚ Faculty
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Stock dividend * Definition: * A corporate distribution to shareholders declared out of profits‚ at the discretion of the directors of the corporation‚ which is paid in the form of shares of stock‚ as opposed to money‚ and increases the number of shares. * A dividend paid as additional shares of stock rather than as cash. If dividends paid are in the form of cash‚ those dividends are taxable. When a company issues a stock dividend‚ rather than cash‚ there usually are not tax consequences
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