The issue of how much a company should pay its stockholders‚ as dividend is one that has been of concern to managers for a long time. The optimal dividend policy of a firm may be defined as the one that increases shareholders wealth by the greatest amount. It is therefore necessary‚ to understand the nature of the relationship between dividend and value of the firm. It is in the light of this that the study examines the possible effects of a firm’s dividend policy on the market price of its common
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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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(GMTC). The questions posed to you are: - 1. In theory‚ to fund an increased dividend payout or a stock buyback‚ a firm might invest less‚ borrow more‚ or issue more stock. Which of those three elements is Gainesboro’s management willing to vary‚ and which elements remain fixed as a matter of the company’s policy? 2. What happens to Gainesboro’s financing need and unused debt capacity if: a. no dividends are paid? b. a 20% payout is pursued? c. a 40% payout is pursued?
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Stock Market Efficiency: How does It Reflect on the Securities Trading Abstract: Stock market efficiency has been the subject matter of research studies for periods well over the past three decades. Several theories have been established about basically how the competition will drive all information into the prices of securities quickly. Centering this idea the concept known as Efficient Market Hypothesis has been evolved which also has been the subject of intense debate among academics and financial
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IJRESS Volume 1‚ Issue 1(October‚ 2011) (ISSN 2249-7382) A STUDY OF TRAINING IN INSURANCE AND THEIR IMPACT ON EMPLOYEES PRODUCTIVITY Dr. Shefali Verma* Rita Goyal** ABSTRACT The training and development function plays a further enhanced role and holds more importance‚ as it deals with knowledge of workers .Employees are entrusted different roles and responsibilities in the LIC. Training enables them to carry out these roles and responsibilities efficiently and also learn new things‚ which will
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If you bought a share of stock‚ what would you expect to receive‚ when would you expect to receive it‚ and would you be certain that your expectations would be met? 2. If most investors expect the same cash flows from Companies A and B but are more confident that Company A’s cash flow will be close to their expected value‚ which should have the higher stock price? Explain. 3. When is a stock said to be in equilibrium? At any given time‚ would you guess that most stocks are in equilibrium as you
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Fauzias Mat Nor DIVIDEND POLICY AND STOCK REPURCHASES TEAM MEMBERS: NO. NAME I.C. NO. STUDENT NO. 1. Mohd Hatta Ahmad 641225-05-5601 ZP00664 2. Azizul Azrin Mahmor 761117-04-5189 ZP00580 3. Hazri Zan Abu Kassim ZP00398 4. Fazriman Fazli Othman ZP00665 Date: 10.10.11 INTRODUCTION Dividends and stock repurchases are firm’s payout policy where a firm pay cash to shareholders Dividend Policy Dividend policy is a decision to pay out earnings versus retaining them. Dividend policy issues include
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In this paper the impact of dividend policy of the companies on the firm’s share prices is analysed and different views in the context of the semi-strong form of the efficient market hypothesis are contrasted. The overview of the traditional and most recent empirical investigations of the stock market reaction to the dividend announcements is provided and different findings are discussed and compared. Three companies have been selected from the FTSE All share price index. These companies are Tesco
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INV3701/101/3/2012 Tutorial letter 101/3/2012 INVESTMENTS: EQUITY ASSET VALUATION INV3701 Semester Course Department of Finance‚ Risk Management and Banking This tutorial letter contains important information about your module. Bar code Open Rubric CONTENTS 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME ............................................................................................... 3 Tutorial matter .....................................................................
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Theoretical Stock Prices 1 Running head: RISK AND CAPITAL: THEORETICAL STOCK PRICES Risk and Capital: Theoretical Stock Prices Prepared by FIN410‚ Unit 3‚ IP Risk and Capital: Theoretical Stock Prices Have you ever wondered how companies come up with stock prices? What makes one company’s stock prices so much different from another company and why do the prices go up and down? We will analyze at a set of financial data to calculate theoretical stock prices for IBM. We
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