In the futures markets‚ there is no assurance that a liquid market may exist for offsetting a commodity contract at all times. Some future contracts and specific delivery months tend to have increasingly more trading activity and have higher liquidity than others. The most useful indicators of liquidity for these contracts are the trading volume and open interest. There is also dark liquidity‚ referring to transactions that occur off-exchange and are therefore not visible to investors until after
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entities interact and come into equilibrium - Topics 11-12. 4. Market equilibrium changing biz environment - Industry analysis: strategic groups/the five forces model - Industry structure and firms behaviour - Topic 2‚ 7 - . 5. Information implications to managerial operation/selling - for example‚ what if there is asymmetric infor b/ owners and managers or - b/ sellers and buyers - Topics 11-12. 6. Market structure and rivalry - various oligopoly firms behaviours
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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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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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Heiens / Market Orientation Market Orientation: Toward an Integrated Framework Richard A. Heiens University of South Carolina Aiken Dr. Richard Heiens is Assistant Professor of Marketing at the University of South Carolina Aiken‚ School of Business Administration‚ 471 University Parkway‚ Aiken‚ SC 29801. (803) 641-3238. RichardH@Aiken.SC.edu EXECUTIVE SUMMARY "Market orientation‚" may actually encompass several different approaches to the strategic alignment of the organization with the external
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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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Market Segment. Three good ways to define market segments: (1) Who the customers are; (2) Where they are; (3) How they behave. How does each of these definitions apply to you? Name three market segments of which you could belong. Why? What products or services are you being targeted for? Some of the best ways to define a market segment are: Identifiable: The process should identify one or more relatively homogeneous groups of prospective buyers with regard to their wants and needs and/or
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Market Analysis Andrews Corporation is a $40 million electronic sensor manufacturer. We are in a business-to-business market‚ providing sensors for our customer’s products. The sensor industry is increasingly growing at about 14-15% each year. The low-tech segment of the market has a 10% growth rate while the high tech segment has a 20% growth rate. Currently‚ the low-tech segment of the market makes up for more than 2/3 of unit sales. However‚ overtime the high tech segment will control a greater
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The secondary market‚ is also called aftermarket‚ is the financial market in which previously issued financial instruments such as stock‚ bonds‚ options‚ and futures are bought and sold.[1] Another frequent usage of "secondary market" is to refer to loans which are sold by a mortgage bank to investors such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The term "secondary market" is also used to refer to the market for any used goods or assets‚ or an alternative use for an existing product or asset where the customer
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Introduction Economists group industries into four distinct market structures: pure competition‚ pure monopoly‚ monopolistic competition‚ and oligopoly (McConnell & Brue 2004). Understanding the different market structures will help to understand how price and output are determined and will also help to evaluate the efficiency or inefficiency of those markets (McConnell & Brue 2004). This paper will briefly explain each market structure and will also explain how Quasar Computers evolved through
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