most common forms of marketable securities are stocks and bonds. Though they have some similarities to each other‚ they differ greatly in many aspects. Broadly speaking‚ both financial instruments enable one to invest in corporations‚ public and/or private‚ with possible profitable returns in the future. Stocks (or shares)‚ by definition‚ are shares of ownership in a company. By purchasing stocks in a company‚ the investor becomes a part owner‚ and thereby owns a percentage share of the company’s
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of the issued stocks and the un-issued stock of the corporation. Capital stock- represents the actual amount of stocks of all classes which are issued and outstanding any time and not necessary the total amount of authorized capital stock‚ a large part of which is un-issued. Capital- depends on whose point of view it is being defined. To accountants- capital refers to the total ownership of the business which is obtained by deducting the total liabilities from the total assets. To businessman-
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Indian athlete. The queen of Indian track and field for two decades‚ P.T. Usha has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979. The initials stand for Payyoli Tevaraparampil‚ her family names according to the traditional naming system in many parts of South India. She was born in the Kerala village of Meladi-Payyoli near Calicut‚ afflicted by ill health and poverty. In 1976 the Kerala State Government started a Sports School for women‚ and Usha was chosen to represent her district‚ at a cost
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What is values clarification? Howard Kirschenbaum (Co-Director of Sagamore Institute and Executive Director of the National Coalition for Democracy in Education‚ Sarasota Springs New‚ York) says: I think the basic thing that values clarification does — which is to identify an important issue that has value dimensions and to provide an effective way for young people to identify their own beliefs and feelings on this issue and to share these and to interact with others — is something that is a part
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Part 2 Fundamentals of Financial Markets Chapter 3 What Do Interest Rates Mean and What is Their Role in Valuation? Measuring Interest Rates Present Value Four types of Credit Market Instruments Yield to Maturity Global Box: Negative T-Bill Rates? Japan Shows the Way The Distinction Between Real and Nominal Interest Rates The Distinction Between Interest Rates and Returns Mini-Case Box: With TIPS‚ Real Interest Rates Have Become Observable in the United States Maturity and the Volatility of Bond
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com/locate/jbf Are corporate bond market returns predictable? Yongmiao Hong a‚b‚ Hai Lin c‚d‚ Chunchi Wu e‚⇑ a Department of Economics‚ Cornell University‚ Ithaca‚ NY 14853‚ USA Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics and MOE Key Laboratory in Econometrics‚ Xiamen University‚ Xiamen 361005‚ China c Department of Accountancy and Finance‚ University of Otago‚ Dunedin 9054‚ New Zealand d School of Economics and Finance‚ Victoria University of Wellington‚ Wellington 6140‚ New Zealand e School of Management
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Television Television has had a significant influence on the culture of many societies. To what extent would you say that television has positively or negatively affected the cultural development of your society? It is unarguable that television has had a considerable impact and changed the world in which we live. However‚ there is debate whether that change has been for the better or the worse‚ when we consider cultural development. While there are certainly strong feelings on both sides of the
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High schools should be able to sell candy‚ chips and soft drink. If “variety is a spice of life” than why shouldn’t it apply to younger people? Recently schools have been taking into consideration depriving students of branded “unhealthy” foods in canteens such as candy‚ chips and lollies. They condemn junk food as the cause for obesity and believe that by banning it completely‚ the problem will disappear. Banning junk food from schools won’t change anything or stop people from being overweight
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Decisions I Part 3: M-coupon 1). Why are m-coupons better than traditional paper coupons? Using m-coupons cuts down on time‚ less costly‚ and it reaches more potential customers than using traditional paper coupons. It can drastically reduce delivery and redemption cost‚ and trigger Impulse buys. Also since people carrier their cell phone with them‚ the coupon isn’t forgotten. 2). What are the risks involved with mobile marketing and m-coupons? Because
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expenses‚ profits‚ and free cash flows generated by Harmonic in years one through seven. -Model shown in chart below. • What is the terminal value of the company under each scenario? As you can see in the graph below‚ the terminal value for the company if it takes the equity route is about $106M‚ where if it takes the debt route its terminal value will be about $45M. • What cash payments will be made by the company at the end of year seven? As you can see in the graph below‚ the only cash outflows
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