Regulating the Philippine stock market: the Securities Regulation Code and the information efficiency of Philippine stock prices Noel B. Del Castillo* Miriam College‚ nbdelcastillo@gmail.com ABSTRACT This paper investigates the impact of the Securities Regulation Code (SRC) on the information efficiency of the Philippine stock prices. Research in other countries has shown that new regulation has had a long-term effect in improving the information efficiency of stock prices. The paper
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In the case of bankruptcy‚ bonds generally provide more safety than stocks. You can read more about why here. Bonds vs. Stocks: Lender vs. Shareholder When you buy a stock‚ what you are buying is a small piece (or a large piece if you are someone like Warren Buffet!) of ownership in a company. As an owner you have special privileges‚ including the ability to vote on matters that affect the future of the company. More importantly however‚ is the fact that as a stockholder you have the right to
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How the Stock Market Works Why Do Companies Issue Stock? Companies throughout the world issue new stock shares every day. But what is stock‚ and why does a company issue it? To help you to better understand these important concepts in this tutorial we will discuss: What is Capital? Equity vs. Debt Why Do Corporations Issue Stock? Advantages for Stock Holders Let us begin by defining the word capital. What Is Capital? Let’s imagine that you decide to start up your own ice cream shop business
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Penny Stocks vs. Options: The similarities and the differences By SEC‚ the meaning of penny stocks is given as the following. The expression "penny stocks" for the most part alludes to a security issued by a little organization that exchanges at under $5 per offer. Penny stocks‚ for the most part‚ are cited over-the-counter‚ for example‚ on the OTC Bulletin Board (which is an office of FINRA) or OTC Link LLC (which is possessed by OTC Markets Group‚ Inc.‚ earlier known as Pink OTC Markets Inc.);
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I. Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to evaluate the stock price of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (which ticker symbol in NYSE is WMT) by fundamental analysis. According to this analysis‚ I recommend that Wal-Mart is worth to invest in the long term because of the potential growth of market shares and revenue. Besides‚ based on P/E method and Gordon model‚ WMT price is undervalued; therefore‚ if investors buy the stock‚ they will get benefit not only in capital gain but also in dividend cash
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Investor Sentiment in the Stock Market The Investor Sentiment in the Stock Market is a very interesting article. The following are my findings. From the article‚ I know that real investors and markets are too complicated to be stated by a few biases. The top down approach to behavioral finance focuses on the measurement of reduced form‚ aggregate sentiment and traces its effects to stock returns. In particular‚ stocks of low capitalization‚ younger‚ unprofitable‚ high volatility‚ non-dividend
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Stock market: Barometer of indian economy Many assume that the stock market represents the state of the economy. That is the primary reason for this distorted obsession about the market. There are several factually incorrect assumptions about the role of the market‚ says R. Vaidyanathan. | IT is that time of the year when many suggestions are offered to the Finance Minister to modify the Budget to boost the stock market and‚ through that‚ the economy. This year the market is already in an upswing
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1. What issues did Martha Stewart‚ Bacanovic‚ and Faneuil miss in making their decisions about selling the ImClone stock in their conduct following the sales? Apply the models and make a list of suggested questions they could have asked that might have affected their decisions. I do not feel any of them were thinking about any consequences! Why was this small amount of money so important to them‚ especially Ms. Stewart‚ who was a multi- billionaire at the time? It is clear that they weren’t
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warrant When firm repurchases stock‚ it will reduce amount of shareholder. Therefore it will reduce common equity proportion in B/S. Due to the fact that cost of equity is higher than cost of debt ( you may need to show the calculation ) ‚ Therefore‚ if the proportion of equity is reduced‚ it will definitely reduce in WACC. Issuing the put warrant will have the same result as re purchasing stock‚ but there will be the risk that company can not buy stock back if Intel price is higher then
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The purpose of this case study is to discuss the issues related to stock options and how they should be accounted for. Introduction In the early 1990s‚ FASB proposed an accounting rule calling for corporations to recognize compensation expense for certain stock options when they were granted to executives and employees. This proposal was met with strong opposition from many different sources including: Congress who passed a resolution by vote urging FASB to drop the proposed standard‚ business
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