Part 2. Total 50 marks ( 10 marks each). 1. Explain why you would be more or less willing to buy gold under the following circumstances: a. Gold again becomes acceptable as a medium of exchange. (2 marks) b. Prices in the gold market become more volatile. (2 marks) c. You expect inflation to rise‚ and gold prices tend to move with the aggregate price level. (3 marks) d. You expect interest rates to rise. (3 marks) Outline of solutions: (a) More‚ because it has become more liquid;
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funds. A) the Federal Reserve Bank B) commercial banks C) large‚ well-known companies D) the New York Stock Exchange E) state and local governments 3.Which of the following is true of the Dow Jones Industrial Average? A) It is a value-weighted average of 30 large industrial stocks. B) It is a price-weighted average of 30 large industrial stocks. C) The divisor must be adjusted for stock splits. D) A and C. E) B and C. 4.Federally sponsored agency debt A) is legally insured by the U. S
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Intercontinental University Unit 1 Individual Project FIN630 International Financial Markets April 5‚ 2013 ABSTRACT This paper will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of starting a Greenfield Production Facility in one of two places Estonia or Turkey. The paper will then conclude with my recommendation to Acme as to which foreign country is best suited for their investment. International Financial Market As a multinational enterprise that is considering establishing a Greenfield
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has been centred on the management of the exchange rate. The main objective is to promote price stability as a basis for a sustainable economic growth. The exchange rate represents an ideal intermediate target of monetary policy in the context of the small and open Singapore economy. It is rather controllable through direct interventions in the foreign exchange markets and it bears a stable and predictable relationship with the price stability as the final target of policy over the medium-term. There
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bankrupt you have a better chance at getting some money back where as equity holders will only get back money if bondholders have been paid in full and there is excess funds. Ch 2 Q12 “In the world without information and transaction costs‚ financial intermediaries would not exist.” Is this statement true‚ false‚ or uncertain? Explain your answer. Uncertain. I can see this question in two ways‚ individuals could loan out money to each other at no cost if there were no information and transaction
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MACROECONOMICS POLICY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION In normal economic condition‚ macroeconomic policy drivessustainable development of anation. The two main branches of macroeconomics policies are based on monetary and fiscal economics. Central Bank‚ the nationalapex bank controls the monetary policy while the Ministry of Financeplays major role in national fiscal policy. However‚ most economists concur that‚ synergy exists between micro-and macro-economics variables and two policy agents
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Davao City GM 208 Research Methods and Applied Statistics Catalyst for Excellence Society and the economy have changed hastily and erratically over the past decades that has been very reflective to the general socioeconomic trends worldwide. Nowadays‚ I must say if you don’t innovate and keep yourself updated you will lose track. Everybody aims to be on top and to get there? You have to be like a catalyst. A catalyst in chemistry is a substance that increase the rate of the reaction
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Opportunities in the Industrial Cassava Market in Nigeria Henk Knipscheer‚ C. Ezedinma‚ P. Kormawa‚ G. Asumugha‚ K. Makinde‚ R. Okechukwu‚ and A. Dixon International Institute for Tropical Agriculture 2007 1 Contents Contents...........................................................................................................................................2 Acknowledgements.....................................................................................................
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Assignment- Financial Markets (APC 313) Hand in Date: Monday 8th July 2013 Answer all questions and all parts. Q1. (a) Explain what you understand by the following two terms .In each case give an example relating to the financial markets to illustrate your answer. asymmetric information moral hazard (10 marks) (b) With close reference to your answer in part (a) above‚ discuss why there is a need to regulate financial markets. (10 marks) Q.2 Distinguish between the spot and the forward exchange
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money is to invest it to shares. Although the Stock Market Crash of 1929 was devastating to the United States of America‚ it opened the eyes of the civilians to what money can really do the nation. The stock market had become very popular in the 1920’s. It was organized in 1792 by a group of stockbrokers‚ people who arrange the sale of stocks‚ looking for a more efficient way to buy and sell stocks. The stock market was a way for businesses to get financial support to expand their facilities and workforce
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