macroeconomic variables and stock market indices 1.1 Introduction and Background The financial system is considered to be the key to economic growth. A well developed and sound financial system promotes investment by the identification and financing of profitable business opportunities‚ through the mobilization of savings‚ the efficient allocation of resources‚ by helping to diversify risks and by facilitating the exchange of goods and services. (Mishkin‚ 2001). As such‚ stock markets have assumed a developmental
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Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) |DATE |#Shares |Closing |Market |P/E |Dividends |Market | | | |Price |Value |Ratio | |Index | |6/7/10 |1000 |$50.80 |$50‚800 |16.94 |1.76 |118.87B | |6/8/10 |1000 |$51.56 |$51
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typically women. In the rebellious era of the 1920’s some young women began to declare their independence from the male figures in their life‚ these women were known as the flappers. A flapper was an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day. (McDougal 2003) Women in years before were very conservative‚ wearing ankle-length dresses‚ following orders from men‚ and their only job would be house cleaning and taking care of the children. These standards were not
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An Empirical Test of German Stock Market Efficiency A Master Thesis submitted by Lindsay Gillette (188816) to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Härdle in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science C.A.S.E. – Center for Applied Statistics and Economics Institute for Statistics and Econometrics Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Berlin‚ Germany September 13‚ 2005 II Declaration of Authorship I hereby confirm that I have authored this master thesis independently and without
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efficiency of such indexes. This study investigates whether stock market indexes based on an array of cap-indifferent measures of company size are more mean–variance efficient than those based on market cap. These “Fundamental” indexes were found to deliver consistent‚ significant benefits relative to standard cap-weighted indexes. The true importance of the difference may have been best noted by Benjamin Graham: In the short run‚ the market is a voting machine‚ but in the long run‚ it is a weighing
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points (+ 6 bonus points) 1.Firms that specialize in helping companies raise capital by selling securities are called ________. A) commercial banks B) investment banks C) savings banks D) credit unions E) all of the above. 2.Commercial paper is a short-term security issued by ________ to raise funds. A) the Federal Reserve Bank B) commercial banks C) large‚ well-known companies D) the New York Stock Exchange E) state and local governments 3.Which of the following is true of the Dow Jones
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Depression/Stock market Crash of 1929 The stock market crash of 1929 was the most significant crash in U.S. history. The crash began on October 24‚ 1929‚ the stock market opened at 305.85‚ falling 11% during day trading. It regained just 2% down for the day‚ the Wall Street bankers were worried because trading was triple the normal volume. They bought stocks to prop up the market but‚ it fell again on Black Friday. The stock market ended with a stampede out of the stock market on Black Tuesday
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Investor Sentiment in the Stock Market The Investor Sentiment in the Stock Market is a very interesting article. The following are my findings. From the article‚ I know that real investors and markets are too complicated to be stated by a few biases. The top down approach to behavioral finance focuses on the measurement of reduced form‚ aggregate sentiment and traces its effects to stock returns. In particular‚ stocks of low capitalization‚ younger‚ unprofitable‚ high volatility‚ non-dividend
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objective that firms are regarded pursuing is profit maximization. It best explains the normal behavior of the firm. The profit maximization model is based on the assumption that each firm seeks to maximize its profit under certain constraints (technical and market). Propositions of the Model: • By employing certain techniques of production‚ a firm converts various inputs into outputs of higher value. • Each firm aims to earn maximum profit. • A firm operates under given market conditions. • Alternative
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