important themes in the class has been “assimilation; ie. The desires and efforts by social reformers to ‘americanize’ various peoples: freed slaves‚ Indians‚ immigrants‚ and so on. ;assimilation; could be problematic‚ however‚ because it involved forcing on groups’ various values and viewpoints on other‚ even if it was done with the best of intentions. Consider ‘assimilation’ in the context of Coney Island amusement parks. According to Kasson’s Amusing the Million‚ who embraced the “mass culture”
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PIMCO analysis of bond markets This analysis gives investors thorough information about bond markets and provides an overview risks faced by bondholders. Purchasing a bond means you are lending money to a government‚ whereby the issuer provides a bond in which promises to a specified interest rate during the bond’s life. The capital value will be repaid at the time of investment when a bond reaches maturity. Therefore‚ it is suitable for those investors who seek a predictable income with
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BONDS MARKET IN INDIA What are Bonds? A bond is a debt security in which the authorized issuer owes the holders a debt and‚ depending on the terms of the bond‚ is obliged to pay interest (the coupon) and/or to repay the principal at a later date‚ termed maturity. A bond is a formal contract to repay borrowed money with interest at fixed intervals. Thus a bond is like a loan: the issuer is the borrower (debtor)‚ the holder is the lender (creditor)‚ and the coupon is the interest. Bonds have a maturity
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- All firms are price takers - All firms have a relatively small market share - Buyers know the nature of the product being sold and the prices charged by each firm. - The industry is characterised by freedom of entry and exit. Perfect competition is a theoretical market structure. It is primarily used as a benchmark against which other market structures are compared. The industry that best reflects perfect competition in real life is the agricultural
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INSTITUTE FOR FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON MONEY MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNIQUES OF SECURITIES TRADING-LAGOS‚ NIGERIA MARCH 4-14 2008 THE BOND MARKET IN GHANA-CHALLENGES FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT A. Introduction A bond has been defined as a debt (loan) instrument which requires the issuer to repay the investor the amount borrowed with interest over a predetermined period of time. Bonds can be callable‚ redeemable‚ convertible‚ extendable or retractable. They may
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INTRODUCTION: ~ Capital market is the market for leading and borrowing of medium and long term funds. ~ The demand for long-term funds comes from industry‚ trade‚ agriculture and government (central and state). ~ The supply for funds comes from individual savers‚ corporate savings‚ banks‚ insurance companies‚ specialized financial institutions and government. *SIGNIFICANCE: ~ A sound and efficient capital market is extremely vital for the economic development of a nation. ~ So‚ the significance
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States Postal Service (USPS‚ 2008) has no close substitutes‚ competition does not exist. The Postal Service’s universal service obligation (USO) is broadly outlined in multiple statutes and encompasses multiple dimensions: geographic scope‚ range of products‚ access to services and facilities‚ delivery frequency‚ affordable and uniform pricing‚ service quality‚ and security of the mail (USPS 2008). When monopolists are not protected by law from competition‚ the companies may have to keep their prices
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RUNNING HEAD: MARKET STRUCTURES Market Structures University of Phoenix Market Structures In this paper‚ we will discuss the four market structures of Monopoly‚ Oligopoly‚ Monopolistic Competition and Pure Competition. We have identified four companies that operate in each of these market structures: Salt River Project‚ The Coca Cola Company‚ Russ ’s Market‚ and Columbia House. In each market structure we will describe the pricing and non-pricing strategies of the companies operating in that
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Many people do not have the time in their tight and busy schedules to prepare or cook food at their homes‚ so they drive to the nearest fast-food restaurant of their choice. Time and speed are two critical factors that the fast-food industry uses to market itself. Workers and employees of this type of industry have to work extremely quick in order to serve and prepare food for hungry customers. Examples of the largest international competitors of the fast-food industry are McDonald’s‚ Wendy’s‚ Burger
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century‚” Coney Island consisted of citizens whom abided to an old‚ reserved set of values (or culture) that America lived by. The culture is commonly referred to as Victorian‚ and it is believed that American’s lived in more of a Victorian era than England; ironically England was the country reigned by Queen Victoria. Victorian values were values of moral‚ and self-righteous. In Kasson’s book‚ it referred to these values as matters of self-control‚ moral integrity‚ industriousness‚ and sober earnestness
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