IMPACT OF CAPITAL MARKET ON ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The capital market is a highly specialized and organized financial market and indeed essential agent of economic growth because of its ability to facilitate and mobilize saving and investment. To a great extent‚ the positive relationship between capital accumulation real economic growths has long affirmed in economic theories (Anyanwu‚ 1993). Success in capital
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between the stock market and GDP Submitted by: Muhammad Zeshan Abstract: This research will analyze the stock market earnings impact on the GDP growth of a developing country i.e. Pakistan. This study will help to establish a relationship between stock market earnings and economic (GDP) growth of the country‚ basically it will answer this question‚ “How the stock market earnings affect the GDP?” In this research‚ I shall apply the co integration and error correction model to the stock market performance
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Questions 1. What is the possible meaning of the changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.55 billion gain in Berkshire’s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of PacifiCorp? 2. Based on the multiples for comparable regulated utilities‚ what is the range of possible values for PacifiCorp? What questions might you have about this range? 3. Assess the bid for PacifiCorp. How does it compare
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CHAPTER 12 QUESTIONS 12-1 Operating leverage affects EBIT and‚ through EBIT‚ EPS. Financial leverage generally has no effect on EBIT—it only affects EPS‚ given EBIT. 12-2 Because Firm A has a higher fixed operating costs‚ its operating income will change by a greater percentage than Firm B’s operating income if sales change. Firm A has a higher degree of operating leverage than Firm B. 12-3 If sales tend to fluctuate widely‚ then cash flows and the ability to service fixed charges
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Over the years‚ policies were pursued in order to achieve the goal of a balanced national development that reflects the “Federal Character” of Nigeria. Since independence‚ the search for a political system‚ which enhances stability for social and economic development‚ has been going on. In recent times‚ many developing countries have recognised that a market based economic system needs political institutions supportive of the free market concept. Thus Nigeria‚ like any other nation‚ has been involved
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Question 1.1. (TCO D) Which of the following statements concerning common stock and the investment banking process is NOT CORRECT? (a) The preemptive right gives each existing common stockholder the right to purchase his or her proportionate share of a new stock issue. (b) If a firm sells 1‚000‚000 new shares of Class B stock‚ the transaction occurs in the primary market. (c) Listing a large firm’s stock is often considered to be beneficial to stockholders because the increases in liquidity and
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A stock market or equity market is a public (a loose network of economic transactions‚ not a physical facility or discrete) entity for the trading of company stock (shares) and derivatives at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately. The size of the world stock market was estimated at about $36.6 trillion at the start of October 2008.The total world derivatives market has been estimated at about $791 trillion face or nominal value‚[2]
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DOMINGO -ARVYNNE FAJARDO Chapter 8: Corporate Stocks 3 Classification of Capital Requirements 1. short term 2. intermediate-term 3. long term Stock Financing-when shares of stock are sold to raise funds for the long term financing requirements of the firm. Capital Stock‚ Dividends‚ and Retained Earnings CAPITAL STOCK- interest of the owners of a corporation. -Issued Stock- portion of the authorized stock has been issued and sold. - Unissued Stock- those which are not yet issued. DIVIDENDS-
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COMMON Economics 9 (1981) 139-183. STOCK REPURCHASES North-Holland Publishing Company AND MARKET SIGNALLING An Empirical Study* Theo VERMAELEN lJ/niversity of British Columbia‚ Vancouver‚ BC‚ Canada V6T 2 W5 Received January 1980‚ final version received January 1981 This paper examines the pricing behavior of securities of firms which repurchase their own shares. The results are consistent with a market in which investors price securities such that
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Treasury stock is when a corporation ’s issued stock has been bought back from the stockholders. Since a corporation cannot be its own shareholder‚ when the corporation purchases shares‚ those shares are NOT considered assets of the corporation. If we assume the corporation plans to re-issue the share‚ then those shares are held in the treasury and reported as a deduction in stockholders ’ equity. This is reflected in the balance sheet. Those with shares of treasury stock not only give up the
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