MONEY MARKET The money market is a component of the financial markets for assets involved in short-term borrowing and lending with original maturities of one year or shorter time frames. Trading in the money markets involves Treasury bills‚ commercial paper‚ bankers’ acceptances‚ certificates of deposit‚ federal funds‚ and short-lived mortgage- and asset-backed securities. It provides liquidity funding for the global financial system. Money markets and capital markets are parts of financial
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TARGET MARKETS Market Analysis Target Market - Your target customers are those who are most likely to buy from you. Target Marketing can– Help in Clearer understanding of markets needs‚ wants and desires More specific and effective use of marketing resources (e.g. budget‚ time expertise) More strategic approach Maximize profit. Importance Steps of Market Analysis: Market Segmentation Market Size Market Dynamics Competitors Historical Background Emerging Trends Market Share
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reach different markets or to promote your products to different locations or people one has to use a method called market segmentation. "Market segmentation describes the division of a market into homogenous groups which will respond differently to promotions‚ communications‚ advertising and other marketing mix variable" (Cumming). Market segmentation is extremely important for companies around the world. If a company doesn’t research the area in which they are going to market or they put a product
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The market mechanism must allow such adjustments and reallocations of economic inputs‚ which are not painless to market participants. The awesome complexity and dynamism of a market economy‚ however‚ require laws‚ rules‚ and norms‚ based on transparency and openness that encourage and facilitate economic interchange and that at the same time take into account the fact that‚ because market participants are human and thus not perfect‚ some degree of governmental intervention in the “free” market is
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Free Markets and Rights:Locke Govt needs to play a very limited role in markets as human beings have natural rights that only a free market can protect; the two natural rights are right to freedom(as they enable individual to voluntarily exchange goods with others free from coercive power of govt.) and right to private property(as each individual is free to decide what will be done with what he owns without interference from govt.); Locke argued that if there were no govts.‚human beings would find
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MARKET SEGMENTATION‚ TARGETING AND POSITIONING MARKET SEGMENTATION INTRODUCTION: - The market for any product is normally made up of several segments. A ‘market’ after all is the aggregate of consumers of a given product. And‚ consumer (the end user)‚ who makes a market‚ are of varying characteristics user and buying behavior. There are different factors contributing for varying mind set of consumers. It is thus natural that many differing segments occur within a market. In order to capture this
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Indian Capital Markets Since 2003‚ Indian capital markets have been receiving global attention‚ especially from sound investors‚ due to the improving macroeconomic fundamentals. The presence of a great pool of skilled labour and the rapid integration with the world economy increased India’s global competitiveness. No wonder‚ the global ratings agencies Moody’s and Fitch have awarded India with investment grade ratings‚ indicating comparatively lower sovereign risks. The Securities and Exchange
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Market segmentation‚ targeting and positioning MARKET SEGMENTATION Definition: This is the process of dividing the total market for a good or service into several smaller‚ internally similar (or homogeneous) groups. All members in a group have similar factors that influence their demand for the particular product. 4-2 BASES FOR SEGMENTATION Geographic — The city size‚ urban/ suburban/ rural population distribution and climate. Demographic — The distribution
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sense is duration a measure of market risk? The market risk calculations are typically based on the trading portion of an FI’s fixed-rate asset portfolio because these assets must reflect changes in value as market interest rates change. As such‚ duration or modified duration provides an easily measured and usable link between changes in the market interest rates and the market value of fixed-income assets. 12. Bank of Ayers Rock’s stock portfolio has a market value of $10 000 000. The beta
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Money Market an integral part of the financial market of a country. It provides a medium for the redistribution of short-term loanable funds among `financial institutions‚ which perform this function by selling deposits of various types‚ certificate of deposits and discounting of bills‚ treasubillry s etc. The participants in the money market are: the central bank‚ commercial banks‚ the government‚ finance companies‚ contractual saving institutions like the pension funds‚ insurance companies‚ savings
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