Market Efficiency Extended Essay In this extended essay I will address a number of key issues in relation to market efficiency. I will define market efficiency and describe the three different forms of market efficiency which consist of; weak-form efficiency‚ semi-strong form and strong-form efficiency. I will also outline the characteristics of market efficiency. I will then define what a mutual fund is and compare and contrast an open-ended
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INDIAN MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY: CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS Ms.Renu Introduction India has been the fastest growing markets for mutual fund industry. With progressive liberalization of economic
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The Vanguard Group‚ Inc. Background: The Vanguard Group‚ Inc. is one of the most successful mutual fund companies in the United States. Vanguard is a for profit company which was found by John C. Bogle in 1974. John C. Bogle is credited with the creation of the first index fund available to individual investors‚ the popularization of index funds generally‚ and driving costs down across the mutual fund industry. Its Vanguard Index Trust 500 is the largest of the domestic funds managed by the firm
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INVESTOR’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS UTI MUTUAL FUND Submitted to CHITKARA BUSINESS SCHOOL in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of degree of Master of Business Submitted by: Supervised by: Gourav Chhabra Dr. Renuka Sharma CUN110551009 CHITKARA BUSINESS SCHOOL CHITKARA UNIVERSITY 2011-13 DECLARATION I‚ “Gourav Chhabra”‚ hereby declare that the work presented herein
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ACROPOLIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH‚ INDORE Faculty of Management Studies Major Research Project On “To Study Salaried Employees Perception Towards Tax Saving Schemes” Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Business Administration (2009 – 2011) Submitted To: Submitted By: Prof. Prerna Sharma
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BIMA ACCOUNT PLANS LIC’s Bima Account – I As the name explains “LIC’s Bima Account – I ” is a simple non-linked plan under which you can be covered without undergoing any medical examination subject to certain conditions. This plan offers you everything you think of an insurance plan should provide: 1. Simplicity Liquidity 2. 3. Guaranteed minimum return 4. No medical examination 5. Transparent charges 6. Risk cover Under this plan‚ the premiums paid by you‚ after deduction of charges‚ will be credited
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Indian mutual fund industry Distribution continuum: Key to success kpmg.com/in Foreword Though India’s savings rate has been between 30-35 per cent since last few years‚ investment in mutual funds have been minimal as compared to other avenues for investment1. Emphatically speaking‚ mutual fund business follows a business to business model (B2B) rather than a business to consumer (B2C) model and hence‚ distribution is a critical success factor for any mutual fund. Despite the efforts
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Trading Game report The FastMoola group opened the trading account on 18th of May the first trade positions the group opened was APN group limited by shorting 5 contracts (500 shares) on 19th of May at $0.69 we assumed the stock price will decrease due to its financial position and the technical analysis hinted that the stock would be bearish‚ however we were wrong and the stock price increased and we closed our position on 22nd of May by covering the shorted stocks back at $0.75 and our loss
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HIGHER returns invariably carry higher risks. Indian investors‚ long used to the cozy security of depositing their savings in state-owned banks‚ have many a times learned the truth of this maxim. Some may end up paying dearly for the tuition. Bhansali siphoned away investors’ money to the tune of 1200 crores through various lucrative investment schemes over a period of 4-5 years. The chief financial regulatory bodies like SEBI and RBI failed to sense the possibility of any fraud involved in the rosy
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How should governments handle large and complex financial institutions that are “too big to fail” and “too connected to fail”? The current crisis has brought that question to the forefront. Regulators need to address the too big to fail problem‚ as implicit guarantees raise the likelihood of crisis. Some have suggested progressive capital requirements‚ and many endorse macro-prudential regulatory approaches. Many‚ most prominently Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke (2009)‚ now say that adequate financial
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