1. How can the adverse selection problem explain why you are more likely to make a loan to a family member than to a stranger? Because you know your family member better than a stranger‚ you know more about the borrower’s honesty‚ propensity for risk taking‚ and other traits. There is less asymmetric information than with a stranger and less likelihood of an adverse selection problem‚ with the result that you are more likely to lend to the family member. 2. If mortgage rates rise from 5% to
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Definition of ’Stock Market Crash’ A rapid and often unanticipated drop in stock prices. A stock market crash can be the result of major catastrophic events‚ economic crisis or the collapse of a long-term speculative bubble. Well-known U.S. stock market crashes include the market crash of 1929 and Black Monday (1987). Investopedia explains ’Stock Market Crash’ Stock market crashes wipe out equity-investment values and are most harmful to those who rely on investment returns for retirement
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To what do you attribute Brita’s success? • It is owned by a well established and successful company‚ Clorox. • They own a large amount of market share. • Each pitcher sale starts a flow of filter sales. • Their customer lifetime value was remarkable. The retention rate is also a high 80%. • They didn’t give up in the early years when sales were very slow because they believed in their product. • They have a large advertising budget. • They focused advertising equally on how it worked and
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Emerging Markets: Brazil Case Study I. Summary Brazil’s agricultural advantage stems from its extensive natural resources. The country’s competitors either utilize more supplies or more time in order to yield an amount that can rival Brazil’s production. Although every other country desires the agricultural production capable of Brazil‚ Brazil‘s government is determined to invest in industrialization in order to modernize its economy. While Brazil has a large amount of natural resources available
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Foreword This following report was assigned to conduct a research on how to get international brands into Cambodian market. In order to compile this report‚ researchers have chosen one of the famous fast food restaurants‚ SUBWAY‚ as an example. Besides‚ researchers have done the fast food market analysis in order to ensure the success of SUBWAY in Cambodia. Meanwhile‚ we would like to show our appreciation to our lecture‚ Mr. Gael Campan‚ who has provided the guidance to conduct this report
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Research Bulletin Volume 3‚ Number 1‚ 2007 Bond Market Developments in Emerging Markets: Propsects and Challenges for Pakistan Ahmed M. Khalid• This paper investigates the development of bond market in emerging economies with a focus on Pakistan. The main objective of this paper is to explore the reasons for a slow development of bond market in emerging economies. To achieve this objective‚ we first provide a comprehensive survey of the bond market developments in a sample of Asian countries. For
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FINANCIAL MARKET: Mechanism that allows people to buy and sell financial securities(such as stock and bonds) and items of value at low transaction cost. Market works by placing many interested buyer and seller in one ‘place’‚ thus making easier for them to find each other. PURPOSES: Financial market facilitate; 1. Raising of capital 2. Transfer of risk 3. International trade HOW FINANCIAL MARKET WORKS: Borrower: issue a receipt to lender promising to payback the
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Topic 1: Financial Markets 1. You are among the OTC market makers in the stock of Bio-Engineering‚ Inc. and quote a bid of 102 1/4 and an ask of 102 1/2. Suppose that you have a zero inventory. (a) On Day 1 you receive market buy orders for 10‚000 shares and market sell orders for 4‚000 shares. How much do you earn on the 4‚000 shares that you bought and sold? What is the value of your inventory at the end of the day? (Hints: It is possible to have negative inventory. Further‚ there is more than
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Market at compelling Valuation–Good Opportunity to buy quality in staggered way (Based on Mean Reversion Theory) Dividend Yield‚ Price/Sales and EV/Sales ratios are more consistent to evaluate the valuations for equity markets. Generally the most popular tool-PE ratio is used to gauge the top and bottom of market. Contrary to this‚ we found that the above mentioned ratios have low standard deviation vis a vis PE or other multiples and hence are better for overall market valuation. Even though the
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To Money Market Content: * Introduction * Meaning * Definitions | INTRODUCTION: The money market is a key component of the financial system as it is the fulcrum of monetary operations conducted by the central bank in its pursuit of monetary policy objectives. It is a market for short-term funds with maturity ranging from overnight to one year and includes financial instruments that are deemed to be close substitutes of money. The money market performs three broad functions
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