Journal of Finance and Accountancy Insider t nsider trading and market efficiency: Do insiders buy low and sell h high? Stephanie Roddenberry Longwood University Dr. Frank Bacon Longwood University ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to test the semi-strong form efficient market hypothesis strong using insider sale and purchase announcements and their effect on the risk adjusted rate of return of the firms’ stock price. Past studies using varying methodologies‚ including the risk adjusted
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M-Commerce 1.1 Introduction M-commerce is also known as Mobile Commerce which is another form of wireless E-commerce. As M-commerce is "the delivery of electronic commerce capabilities directly into the hands‚ anywhere‚ via wireless technology" and "putting a retail outlet in the customer’s hands anywhere." This can be done with just a mobile phone‚ a PDA connected to a mobile phone or even a portable PC connected to a mobile phone. The term M-Commerce is all about wireless E-Commerce
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A statement by the witches‚ “Fair is foul and foul is fair” is very ironic because this statement translates to what is good is bad and what is bad is good. That shows that nothing good is really good and also no matter what you do it’s bad. Another event that was not expected to happen was when
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theme in the play is "Fair is foul‚ foul is fair." Basically‚ this means that appearances can be deceiving. What appears to be good can be bad‚ and this is seen in such things as the deceptive facade of Lady Macbeth and in the predictions of the witches. In the first scene of the first act‚ three witches plan their next meeting in which they will encounter Macbeth. It is in this scene that the theme is first presented‚ as the tree witches chant‚ "Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair‚ hover through the fog
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Functions and Power The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) is the administrative body responsible for implementing the Fair Competition Act (FCA). The functions of the FTC include the following: ◦ To carry out‚ on its own initiative or at the request of the Minister or any other person‚ investigations in relation to the conduct of business in Jamaica in connection with matters falling within the provisions of the FCA; ◦ To advise the Minister on matters relating to the operation of the FCA;
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Office Space: Report‚ Group 35 1.) With reference to specific examples from the film‚ critically reflect on how Office Space illustrates tensions in the wage and effort bargain between management and workers. The purpose of this question is to illustrate tensions in the wage and effort bargain between management and workers‚ more specifically‚ the wage and effort bargain issues that arise in the film Office Space. Throughout this essay we will discuss the theory behind the wage effort bargain
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The right of the people The accountability of a leader is felt during the most challenging times of his governance. In a normal setting‚ the many reprobate violations perpetrated by leaders are enough to remove a person from office. In a political environment however‚ the situation is not so simple. The arduous process of impeaching a public official accused of crimes has not avoided the upper echelons of power as even presidents are culpable to impeachment. Presidents Clinton and Johnson withstood
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info Emerald Article: Mobile phones and micro-trading activities conceptualizing the link Richard Boateng Article information: To cite this document: Richard Boateng‚ (2011)‚"Mobile phones and micro-trading activities - conceptualizing the link"‚ info‚ Vol. 13 Iss: 5 pp. 48 - 62 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14636691111160635 Downloaded on: 17-02-2013 References: This document contains references to 39 other documents To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight
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Trading Report Strategy Chosen Our strategy is consisted of two parts: when the market is neutral without obvious trends‚ we play like the role of market maker; on the contrary‚ we put our bet on the trend. At first‚ we calculate the weighted average quantity from the order book‚ says 1st to 4th layer‚ for both sides. If bid quantity is larger than 2.5 times of ask‚ we believe that bulls prevail and this trend will be continued in a phase. Thus we place a market order to buy‚ expecting to earn
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ALGORITHMIC TRADING Algorithmic trading (also known as Black-box trading) refers to the use of automation for trading in financial markets. Simply put‚ it is computer-guided trading‚ where a program with direct market access can monitor the market and order trades when certain conditions are met. Earlier‚ the trading strategies were executed by humans but now it is majorly done by algorithms thus removing human emotion element in trading. Now‚ you may be thinking who uses this concept? Well‚
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