Journal of Financial COMMON Economics 9 (1981) 139-183. STOCK REPURCHASES North-Holland Publishing Company AND MARKET SIGNALLING An Empirical Study* Theo VERMAELEN lJ/niversity of British Columbia‚ Vancouver‚ BC‚ Canada V6T 2 W5 Received January 1980‚ final version received January 1981 This paper examines the pricing behavior of securities of firms which repurchase their own shares. The results are consistent with a market in which investors
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While the overvaluing of stock and the panic generated by the media was enough to lower stock prices‚ both market crashes were exacerbated due to a lack of government regulation. In both the 1929 and 1987‚ new trading techniques emerged that would have dire consequences for the market yet were left almost completely unregulated. While the specific trading techniques varied between the two crashes‚ both ended with the same result. For the crash in 1929‚ the trading technique in question took the form
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CHAPTER ONE OVERVIEW Nigeria‚ like many other African countries‚ was created from a multi-ethnic‚ socially and culturally diverse people‚ situated between the Equator and the tropic of cancer‚ its climate and vegetation can afford the growth of many tropical commodities such as cocoa‚ groundnuts‚ palm produce and rubber. Starting from a low technological base after political independence in 1960‚ the country embarked on the arduous task of building a state with one identity by integrating the different
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CENTRAL BANKS‚ STOCK EXCHANGE AND COMMERCIAL BANKS CENTRAL BANKS A central bank is the main national bank that provides a government and its commercial banking system with financial and banking services controlling the government’s monetary policy and issuing currency. Functions of a central bank include: • It has the sole right to issue currency – it maintains uniformity in the currency and manages it accordingly using knowledge about the economy • It is a banker‚ advisor and agent to the government
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F Jurusan Akuntansi‚ Fakultas Ekonomi‚ Universitas Syiah Kuala ABSTRACT The objective of this research is to examine the influences of earnings per share and dividend payout ratio to common stock holding period. The research was conducted at the companies listed in the LQ-45 Index in the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2008-2010. This type of study is a hypothesis-testing research. The research method used in this research is purposive sampling. Sample in this study are companies registered in the
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The crash In the fall of 1929 the economy experienced one of the most devastating stock market downturns ever recorded. At the time the economy seemed to be prosperous and many investors felt the market was invincible and enjoyed their economic good fortune; it was a feeling that would soon be replaced with despair as an event unprecedented in scale and well beyond the imaginations of even the savviest investors loomed. The 1920s After World War 1 the United States experienced a period of sustained
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World War I only small fractions of Americans invested or had interest in the Stock Market. Many Americans thought of Wall Street with fear and loathing. Populist politicians denounced Wall Street as the center of financial shell games thought up by millionaire operators like Gould‚ Drew‚ Morgan and others. But with the conclusion of the War‚ many of Americans were getting a different perspective of the Stock Market. Many lost fears of investing due to many were previously buyers of
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capitalization and adjusted on stock market using time series data from 1991 to 2011. A result shows that there is a significant relationship between foreign direct investment and stock market‚ as well as there is also a significant relationship between adjusted saving and stock market but there is insignificant relationship between market capitalization and stock market. Foreign direct investment‚ Market capitalization and Adjusted saving explains 90% of variation in the stock market. It is recommended
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MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LTD. Maruti Suzuki India Limited manufactures‚ purchases‚ and sells motor vehicles and spare parts primarily in India and internationally. It offers 15 brands and approximately 150 variants‚ primarily including passenger cars‚ vans‚ utility vehicles‚ sedans‚ SUVs‚ MUVs‚ and life utility vehicles. The company is also involved in the facilitation of pre-owned car sales‚ fleet management‚ and car financing. It operates through a sales network of 1‚100 outlets 801 cities; and 2
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If you were a manufacturer holding a substantial inventory of a product that has been outlawed in the United States‚ would you have any ethical concerns about selling the product in countries that do not prohibit its sale? Suppose the inventory write-down that you will be forced to take because of the regulatory obsolescence is material- nearly a 20 percent reduction in income will result. If you can sell the inventory in a foreign market‚ legally‚ there will be no write-down and no income reduction
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