between the stock market and GDP Submitted by: Muhammad Zeshan Abstract: This research will analyze the stock market earnings impact on the GDP growth of a developing country i.e. Pakistan. This study will help to establish a relationship between stock market earnings and economic (GDP) growth of the country‚ basically it will answer this question‚ “How the stock market earnings affect the GDP?” In this research‚ I shall apply the co integration and error correction model to the stock market performance
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common stock that mature in February 1994 and that have an exercise price of $55 per share. a. Compute net profits and losses per share (actual dollar profit and losses‚ not rates of return) at expiration (February 19‚ 1994) for the following investment strategies: Buying a call option on Lotus’s stock; Writing a call option on Lotus’s common stock; Buying a put option on Lotus’s common stock; Writing a put option on Lotus’s common stock. Hint: Start by calculating the profit or loss per share
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The Stock Markets The main function of the stock market is to enable trade in the shares of public companies‚ which in turn reflect the performance of th3 companies whose shares are traded in the stock market. Stock markets are also a vital part of an economy or the economic system of a country or nation. Research has shown that most economies around the world‚ today‚ are judged by the performance of their stock markets. To trade in the stock market‚ a company has to be transparent about its fundamentals
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Chapter 11 ___________________________ Stock Valuation and Risk 1. The common price-earnings valuation method applied the ______ price-earnings ratio to ________ earnings per share in order to value the firm’s stock. A) firm’s; industry B) firm’s; firm’s C) average industry; industry D) average industry; firm’s ANSWER: D 2. A firm is expected to generate earnings of $2.22 per share next year. The mean ratio of share price to expected earnings of competitors in
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2 MODELS FOR THE VALUATION OF SHARES. 2.1 The concept of a cost of equity The cost of equity is the cost to the company of providing equity holders with the return they require on their investment. The primary financial objective is to maximize the return to equity shareholders. This return is as the future dividend yield and capital growth. Until new shareholders become members of the company‚ the objective above is concerned with existing shareholders. Company management will need to offer
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EXCHANGE RATE SENSITIVITY AND STOCK PRICE : ESTIMATING ECONOMIC EXPOSURE OF TURKISH COMPANIES INTRODUCTION Variability in exchange rate is a major source of macroeconomic uncertainity affecting firms. After the 1970 ’s‚ the rapid expansion in international trade and adoption of floating exchange rate regimes by many countries led to increase exchange rate volatility. The firm ’s exposure to exchange rate risk increased. In the literature three types of exposure under floating exchange rate regimes
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Preference Shares As in section 4 of Company Act 1965‚ it interpret preference share as “a share by whatever name called‚ which does not entitle the holder thereof to the right to vote at the general meeting or to any right to participate beyond a specified amount in any distribution whether by way of dividend‚ or redemption‚ in wind up‚ or otherwise.” (the library book) Besides that‚ section 66(1) of Company Act 1965 also states that “No company shall allot any preference shares or convert any
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collective results did not provide clear evidence that encouraging students to read more actually led to improved reading achievement. Of the few studies that did find gains in student reading‚ "the gains were so small as to be of questionable educational value." (p. 3-26). In short‚ the panel concluded that the research has yet to prove that sustained silent reading efforts lead to improved reading achievement. In addition‚ the panel suggested that their findings didn’t mean that encouraging students to
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Exchange Rate Volatility: Impact on Industry Portfolios in Indian Stock Market K N Badhani*‚ Rajani Chhimwal** and Janki Suyal*** This study examines the interaction between changes in the exchange rate of Indian Rupee and returns on different BSE-based indices representing the firms of different sizes and industries. In absolute sense‚ the returns on all the stock portfolios are found to be positively correlated with the external value of Indian Rupee. However‚ the analysis with an extended market
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evolutionary process has been a gradual one. The past ten years‚ however‚ have witnessed dramatic changes in real estate secured lending. Inflation‚ high real and nominal interest rates‚ the deregulation of financial institutions‚ the growth of pension funds‚ the changing role of life insurance companies‚ the impact of new tax laws and the development of computer programs for sophisticated financial forecasting have all combined to radically change the capital markets and structure of real estate financing
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