is documented as the worst stock market crash in history. There are several factors which affect the stock market crash in 1987. However‚ the popular explanation for the crash is the selling of program trader‚ portfolio insurance and the great storm of 1987. Program trading is the use of computers in stock market to engage in arbitrage and portfolio insurance strategies. Through the 1970s and early 1980s‚ computers were becoming more important. As a result‚ the market was being controlled more
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it started off on high revenue‚ and dropped‚ it has recovered. Causes: - New Devices and softwares are being designed to end the long waits at theme parks or banks. Pensioner subsidy cut hits National Express John Lewis Partnership is to raise its staff bonus payout for the first time in two years Large companies- Best Buy‚ JC Penney‚ Toys R Us‚ Staples‚ and Safeway‚ oust their leaderships as they search for new ideas in the face of weak sales Good retail group’s supermarket chains expanded
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A company may issue both stocks and bonds which can be a sign of the company’s financial standing in a market. Since investors are risk averse and they would not like to put their money on stocks and bonds of a struggling company‚ but they would like to put their money on stocks and bonds of a stable and a progressing company. Investors benefit from company’s profit in the form of dividend when they buy a company’s stocks and investors can get higher or lower yield based on the bonds. This is the
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Seminar Questions – Stock Valuation 1. How much should you pay for the preferred stock of the Dakota Doorknob Company if it has $100 par value‚ pays $8.50 a share in annual dividends‚ and your required rate of return is 10 percent? 2. NDV Corp.’s common stock is expected to pay a $2 dividend‚ which will grow at a compound rate of 4 percent indefinitely. a. If the market requires a 14 percent return‚ what should be the current market price of the stock? b. If the
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TRADING STOCKS Stock trading has become one of the most popular and efficient ways to make money since it is easy to access and it could bring a lot of money back to investors. With some extra money‚ anyone can purchase stocks from a company or corporation and make profit. A stock is basically a type of security that signifies ownership in a corporation and represents a claim on part of the corporation’s assets and earnings. There are two main types of stock: common and preferred. Common stock usually
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LECTURE STOCK VALUATION 1. Common stock valuation A share of common stock is more difficult to value in practice than a bond‚ for at least three reasons. First‚ with common stock‚ not even the promised cash flows are known in a advance. Second‚ the life of the investment is essentially forever‚ since common stock has no maturity. Third‚ there is no way to easily observe the rate of return that the market requires. Nonetheless‚ as we will see‚ there are cases in which we can come up with
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Edilyn M. Esquivel AB-Economics 3A San Isidro‚ Leyte Public Market: An Economic Impact Analysis Chapter I: Introduction Background of the Study San Isidro is a 4th class municipality in the province of Leyte‚ Philippines. Its number of population as of 2011 according to the Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS) is 19‚ 655. San Isidro is politically subdivided into 19 barangays with a total land area (in has) of 14‚ 254.12. San Isidro’s economic activities lie on agriculture
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IMPACT OF CAPITAL MARKET ON ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The capital market is a highly specialized and organized financial market and indeed essential agent of economic growth because of its ability to facilitate and mobilize saving and investment. To a great extent‚ the positive relationship between capital accumulation real economic growths has long affirmed in economic theories (Anyanwu‚ 1993). Success in capital
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Week 7 Chapter 6: Investors in the Share Market True/False QUESTIONS 1. Investing in shares of publicly listed corporations should‚ on average‚ over time provide a higher return than investing in fixed-interest securities. a. True b. False 2. Investments through a stock exchange are limited to ordinary shares issued by listed corporations. a. True b. False 3. Portfolio theory contends that a diversified share portfolio enables an investor to significantly reduce the portfolio’s exposure to systematic
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Shardena Perry Tiffin University MGT 506 Week 7 Assignment October 9‚ 2014 From NASDAQ‚ my chosen stock is AAPL‚ which is the symbol for Apple Inc. “ Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino‚ California‚ Apple designs‚ develops‚ and sells consumer electronics‚ software‚ online services‚ and personal computers. “(Apple.com) Apple’s most successful items have been the Mac computer‚ the iPod‚ and iPhone Apple was founded on April 1‚ 1976
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