influence that high frequency trading algorithms have had on asset markets. The objective of this study is to understand the rapid changes in the asset market as a result of High Frequency Trading. HFT influences various factors such as price‚ liquidity‚ welfare etc. To begin with the basic concept‚ an asset market is where an individual attains contractual right to a wealth that is either bought or sold. Common examples of assets are stocks‚ bonds‚ mortgages etc. The latest technological advances
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A financial market is a market in which people and entities can trade financial securities‚ commodities‚ and other fungible items of value at low transaction costs and at prices that reflect supply and demand. Securities include stocks and bonds‚ and commodities include precious metals or agricultural goods. There are both general markets (where many commodities are traded) and specialized markets (where only one commodity is traded). Markets work by placing many interested buyers and sellers‚ including
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STOCK WARRANTS INTRODUCTION A stock warrant gives the right but not the obligation to purchase the stock of a company at a specific price and date. Some of the characteristics are: Whenever such a warrant is exercised‚ the shares that fulfil the obligation are not received from another investor but directly from the company. Firms generally issue stock warrants for raising money through equity and is usually offered at a lower price in comparison to stock options. There is no lock-in period
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Can Monkeys Pick Stocks Better than Experts? — Automatic Finances 頁1/3 Can Monkeys Pick Stocks Better than Experts? by Jason Unger We’ve spent plenty of time explaining why investing in passive‚ low-cost index funds will out-earn actively managed funds in the long-run‚ and that most fund managers can’t even outperform the indexes they’re trying to beat over time. 33 tweets retweet The underlying theme of these posts is that stock market "experts" aren’t really experts at all
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Studies of Stock Price Volatility Changes Fischer Black‚ Massachusetts Institute of Technology This article explains the analysis of Fischer Black on the volatility of underlying shares that flow in the cash market. Fischer Black also determines and explains how futures trading affect cash market volatility. Volatility may be described as a time series indicator which enables traders to quantify changes in market prices. Volatility can be characterized as historical or implied. Historical
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Stock Valuation Problems Handout 1. ABC Company’s stock pays a fixed dividend of $2. If an investor’s required rate of return is 8%‚ then what is the value of the stock? $25 2. DEF Ltd. has stock outstanding that pays a fixed $5 dividend and currently markets for $22. What is the expected rate of return for the stock? 22.7% 3. GHI Inc.’s stock is selling for $33 in the market and pays a $3.60 annual dividend. a. If you purchase the stock at its current price‚ what will be the expected
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-Buying Stock Stock is issued in portions known as shares. By selling shares of stock‚ corporations raise money to start‚ run‚ & expand their businesses. -Benefits of Buying Stock Dividends- many corporations pay out part of their profits as dividends to their stock holders. Usually paid four times a year. Capital Gains- A second way an investor can earn a profit is to sell stock for more than he or she paid for it. Types of Stock Income Stock- By paying dividends‚ this stock provides
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Decrease in Stock Exchange The AAPL stock has declined in rate since its all-time high of $670.00 in October of 2012. A decline of which is greater than nearly 20 percent in September 2013‚ as an overall Investment-Return. Apple accumulates over 2 million dollars in gross sales per salesmen they invest in. An average of over 200 Billion Dollars in profit since the company’s date of birth. AAPL stocks as can be viewed on the chart provided by Money Watch CNN (IPhone-Apple-Stock)‚ have declined
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MARKET EFFICIENCY. Introduction. What is an "efficient" market? Can you say that the stock market in Zimbabwe is efficient?. Definitely our stock market is very small relative to others. For example‚ the ZSE carries only 75 counters‚ whereas the Johannesberg Stock Exchange (JSE) has more than five thousand firms‚ yet by world standards‚ even the JSE is still regarded as an "emerging market". So you can see that there are very few players on our ZSE‚ thus very little competition among the investors
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people to stereotype and draw conclusions based on a few indicators where the results can be quite different. For example in a stock market‚ people will often make decisions by comparing stocks of a similar industry. If companies in the industry have an overall poor performance‚ people will judge the companies as unexciting and have no prospects. Thus‚ any stocks of that industry will be assumed to be of poor performance. This may not be true and this stereotyping of information will lead to
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