CONTENTS IV ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS VII CHAPTER ONE 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.2 Statement of the problem. 3 1.3 Purpose of the study. 3 1.4 Objectives. 3 1.5 Hypothesis. 3 1.6 Significance of the study 3 1.7 Scope of the study. 3 1.8 Limitation of the study 4 CHAPTER TWO 4 LITERATURE REVIEW 4 2.1 History of the NSE 4 2.2 The role of the Nairobi Securities Exchange 6 2.3 ARCH model 7 2.5 GARCH model. 8 2.6 EGARCH model. 9 2.7 Indices study for the Nairobi Securities Exchange
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Hathaway has made a bid for the remaining portion of GEICO stock. This report reviews the offer initiated by Warren Buffett. The details of this report include: • Valuation of GEICO stock. The $70 offer made by Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway includes a 26% premium over the current GEICO stock price of $55.75. This report attempts to determine a range of appropriate stock prices for GEICO. Using the Gordon dividend discount model‚ along with historical dividend information and projections
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A stock market is a market for the trading of company stock‚ and derivatives of same; both of these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately. Contents [hide] [ The term ’the stock market ’ is a concept for the mechanism that enables the trading of company stocks (collective shares)‚ other securities‚ and derivatives. Bonds are still traditionally traded in an informal‚ over-the-counter market known as the bond market. Commodities are traded in commodities
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value if the yield for similar bonds decreases to 12%. [Ans: $ 1‚000] 3. For the Verbrugge Company bond described in Problem 1‚ find the bond ’s value if the yield for similar bonds decreases to 9%. [Ans: 1192.53] 4. What conclusions can you draw out of the solutions of the problems 1‚ 2 and 3 ? 5. Suppose the Verbrugge bond paid interest semiannually. What would its value be if the yield is 14%? [Ans: $ 894.06] 6. Sasha Company has a level-coupon bond with a 9% coupon rate; interest
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Stock Market Prediction Using Artificial Neural Networks Tariq Waheed in supervision of Dr. Xiang Cheng Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering‚ National University of Singapore Engineering Drive 3 Singapore 117576‚ Email: tariq@nus.edu.sg Abstract— Stock market is a very dynamic field whose prediction still remains a very challenging task for scholars and veteran traders alike. The study presented in this paper is an attempt to predict the daily and weekly rates of returns of the stock
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A MARKETPLACE BOOK McMillan on Options Second Edition Lawrence G. McMillan John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. McMillan on Options Founded in 1807‚ John Wiley & Sons is the oldest independent publishing company in the United States. With offices in North America‚ Europe‚ Australia‚ and Asia‚ Wiley is globally committed to developing and marketing print and electronic products and services for our customers’ professional and personal knowledge and understanding. The Wiley Trading series features
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CAPM is a model which enables investors to determine the expected return from a risky security. It observes the relationship between the risk of an asset (Mobil Oil) and its return. The model uses Beta as the main measure of risk. This model works under the following situations: • In a perfectively competitive market where they are many price-takers’ investors‚ who have a small market share each. • Investors behaviour is myopic • Also investments included in the model are publicly
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Stock Prices prediction using Artificial Neural Networks Ajay Kamat Flat 2‚ Jaysagar 2‚ Navy Colony Liberty Garden‚ Malad west‚ Mumbai – 400064 +919833796261 ajay1185@gmail.com ABSTRACT The aim of this research paper is to facilitate prediction of the closing price of a particular stock for a given day. A thorough analysis of the existing models for stock market behavior and different techniques to predict stock prices was carried out. These included the renowned Efficient Market Hypothesis
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In finance‚ the discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis is a method of valuing a project‚ company or asset using the concepts of time value of money (Wikipedia‚ 2004). Three inputs are required to use the DCF‚ also called dividend-yield-plus-growth-rate approach‚ include: the current stock price‚ the current dividend‚ and the marginal investor’s expected dividend growth rate. The stock price and the dividend are east to obtain‚ but the expected growth rate is difficult to estimate (Ehrhardt & Brigham
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problem‚ you do not need to do any computations by hand nor do hypothesis tests using test statistics and rejection rules. If there are questions of this type‚ answer them using appropriate software. Include the output and indicate from where‚ on the output‚ you obtain the answer. For any hypothesis test‚ finding and using the p-value is sufficient for computational purposes. PROBLEM: Financial analysts are often concerned with how the volatility—that is‚ the change in price—of a stock depends on
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