FINANCIAL MARKETS & INSTITUTIONS ASSIGNMENT 1. Explain how interest rates decline following major Fed purchases of mortgage-backed securities. The FED implements quantitative easing by buying financial assets of longer maturity‚ e.g.‚ mortgage-backed securities‚ from commercial banks and other private institutions in order to inject a pre-determined quantity of money into the economy. This is a means of stimulating the economy and lowering longer-term interest rates further out on the yield
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Financial Market and Financial Instruments Market is simply defined as an area for potential exchanges. Thus market is a group of buyers and sellers interested in negotiating the terms of purchase or sales of goods and services. Similarly‚ financial market is that market is traded- loaned or borrowed-in-terms of different financial assets or instruments stocks and bonds are traded. "Securities" means shares‚ stock‚ bond‚ debenture‚ debenture stock issued by a corporate body or a certificate to unit
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the investment challange was to maximize expected returns by investing in risky assets. We pursued an active trading strategy and as general rule bought stocks when the prices were relatively low in comparison to historical prices and sold them when the prices were high. At the end of the challenge 58.94% of our potrolifio was invested in stocks‚ 9.74% in bonds‚ 7.63% in equities and 23.67% in currencies. We started the Challenge with a global value of 1‚000‚000 USD and this value ranged between
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GLOBAL STOCK MARKETS: A CASE STUDY OF THE NIGERIAN STOCK MARKET RESEARCH BRIEF The history of stock trading and trading associations can be traced as far back as the 11th century when Jewish and Muslim merchants set up trade associations. After centuries of evolution‚ stock markets have become the symbol of commerce in the modern world. It operates in various countries and trades a range of securities. The world stock market capitalisation is estimated to be about $ 36.6 Trillion. The stock market
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Financial Markets Some of the oldest financial markets could be found in India. There are 21 securities exchanges in India including Mumbai‚ Ahmedabad‚ Kolkata‚ National Stock Exchange (NSE)‚ and the Over the Counter Exchange (OTEC) of India. India has the fastest growing and the best financial market within the emerging countries. The Indian’s stock market was very stagnant until the 1990’s due to the lack of competition in many industries. The major industry sectors were controlled by monopolies
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world economy is regarded as period of globalization and trade liberalization. In this period‚ one the crucial issues in development and international economics is to know whether trade openness indeed promotes growth. With globalization‚ two major trends are noticeable: first is the emergence of multinational firms with strong presence in different‚ strategically located markets; and secondly‚ convergence of consumer tastes for the most competitive products‚ irrespective of where they are made. In
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country‚ or "more developed country" (MDC)‚ is a sovereign state that has a highly developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations. Most commonly‚ the criteria for evaluating the degree of economic development are gross domestic product (GDP)‚ the per capita income‚ level of industrialization‚ amount of widespread infrastructure and general standard of living.[1] Which criteria are to be used and which countries can be classified as being developed
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such as FDs offer safety and liquidity‚ but at the cost of return. Mutual funds seek to combine the advantages of investing in arch of these alternatives while dispensing with the shortcomings.Indian stock market is semi-efficient by nature and‚ is considered as one of the most respected stock markets‚ where information is quickly and widely disseminated‚ thereby allowing each security’s price to adjust rapidly in an unbiased manner to new information so that‚ it reflects the nearest investment value
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1. What issues did Martha Stewart‚ Bacanovic‚ and Faneuil miss in making their decisions about selling the ImClone stock in their conduct following the sales? Apply the models and make a list of suggested questions they could have asked that might have affected their decisions. I do not feel any of them were thinking about any consequences! Why was this small amount of money so important to them‚ especially Ms. Stewart‚ who was a multi- billionaire at the time? It is clear that they weren’t
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The Stock Market Crash of 1929 The Stock Market was the most important event in the 1900s starting the beginning of the Great Depression. It all began after the end of World War I‚ changing the social and political lives of people. On September 3‚ 1929‚ the Stock Market peaked only to fall a month later (The Stock Market). The Stock Market started to fall for a month and on October 29‚ 1929‚ the stocks fell an entire 13 percent and more as days went on (Lange). The United States lost twenty five
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