American Finance Association Efficient Capital Markets: A Review of Theory and Empirical Work Author(s): Eugene F. Fama Source: The Journal of Finance‚ Vol. 25‚ No. 2‚ Papers and Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Finance Association New York‚ N.Y. December‚ 28-30‚ 1969 (May‚ 1970)‚ pp. 383-417 Published by: Wiley for the American Finance Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2325486 . Accessed: 02/08/2014 05:59 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your
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M. Velas FUNCTIONS OF LEISURE Relation to Increased Production and Consumption The function of leisure is largely determined by the kind and amount of free time and by the ideas of the age. When spare time consists of short breaks between long periods of sustained labor‚ its function is thought of as recreation – relaxing the worker so that he can work more efficiency after the break. When the goals are efficiency of work‚ increased production‚ more power and more wealth‚ the function of leisure
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Capital Budgeting Assignment #2 Breana N. Rainge 23. Bauer Industries is an automobile manufacturer. Management is currently evaluating a proposal to build a plan that will manufacture lightweight trucks. Bauer plans to use a cost of capital of 12% to evaluate this project. Based on extensive research‚ it has prepared the following incremental free cash flow projections (in millions of dollars): | Year 0 | Year 1-9 | Year 10 | Revenues | | 100.0 | 100.0 | -Manufacturing expenses (other
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WORKING CAPITAL AND FIXED CAPITAL AND ITS ADVANTAGES Introduction: A firm requires funds to acquire two types of assets : fixed assets and current assets .Fixed assets include land biulding ‚ plant‚ and machinary ‚ vehicles ‚ equipment etc.These assets relatively permanent in nature and are necessary for carrying on the bussiness .Current assets ‚on the other hand ‚are kept for supporting day-to-day operations and keep changing during the course of the business.They liquidated within short period
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Walter Bagehot‚ in his classic Lombard Street‚ argued that it was England’s efficient capital markets that made the industrial revolution possible. Centuries later‚ modern day economists hold largely the same view that access to investment capital‚ through well functioning financial markets‚ is crucial for growth and development‚ particularly in capital-scarce developing countries. They maintain that stock markets facilitate the pricing and diversification of risk‚ aid in the price-discovery process
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Corporate Finance and Investment 1. Define “Working Capital” Working Capital=Current Assets-Current Liabilities =Accounts Receivable + Inventory - Accounts Payable “Working capital is how much in liquid assets that a company has on hand. Working capital is needed to pay for planned and unexpected expenses‚ meet the short-term obligations of the business‚ and to build the business.” 2. Give concrete measures how w.c. can be optimized (receivable‚ inventories (JIT
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FUNCTIONS OF FINANCE Finance function is the most important function of a business. Finance is‚ closely‚ connected with production‚ marketing and other activities. In the absence of finance‚ all these activities come to a halt. In fact‚ only with finance‚ a business activity can be commenced‚ continued and expanded. Finance exists everywhere‚ be it production‚ marketing‚ human resource development or undertaking research activity. Understanding the universality and importance of finance‚ finance
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FUNCTIONS OF MARKETING The marketing process performs certain activities as the goods or services move from producer to consumer. Every firm does not perform all these activities or jobs. However‚ any company that wants to operate its marketing system successfully must carry them out. The following marketing tasks have been recognized for a long time. 1. Selling It is core of marketing. It is concerned with the persuasion of prospective buyers to actually complete the purchase of an
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FUNCTIONS OF SEBI SEBI is the nodal agency which protects the interests of an investor in the India market. Otherwise regulation of the capital markets is primarily the responsibility of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)‚ which is located in Bombay. Some of the major functions of SEBI are: • " SEBI is expected to regulate the business in stock exchanges and any other securities markets. • " Registering and regulating the working of collective investment schemes‚ including
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Life-time examples: 1. In the Deliotte report‚ it is said 44% of respondents list business intelligence systems as enablers or disruptors that may threaten their business model‚ which makes it second most concerning technology threat. 2. One example of how business intelligence systems have been maximised is at women’s underwear manufacturer Maidenform. Their CIO Bob Russo said recently after implementing BI‚ “Providing targeted information at the right place and time is central to improving the
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