write a training document about the US Bond Market for use in the new employee-training program. In your document‚ you must make sure to address each of the following: 1a: The key players in the market; and the types of investments available to both individual investors and institutional investors‚ Bond Characteristics A bond is a "security" which gives the holder a financial claim on the issuer. This claim protects the holder in circumstances in which the issuer is unable to pay the amount
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issuing bonds. However‚ when the interest rate of borrowing from banks is very high due to high inflation‚ together with the stock market is quite instable; calling for capital from bond market is much more preferred by investors. In the context of this report‚ some major points regarding the bond market in Vietnam are presented. Firstly‚ a common picture about the Vietnam bond market is drawn. Next come the types of bonds and major participants in this market. Finally‚ several ways by which bonds
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Bond Market Power: The reasons behind James Carville ’s quote stating that if he would want to be reincarnated as the Bond Market as appose to a political figure or religious leader (Ferguson‚ N‚ 2008) is clear‚ the Bond market since its inception over 800 years ago has been the most influential financial instrument throughout history. Its longevity and power far surpasses any leader. It affects the outcome of wars‚ the success and failures of even the largest economies and also touches the lives
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Discuss the extent to which Consumer law achieves its objectives. The most efficient way for consumers to get what they want is through the ‘market’‚ not the government‚ but businesses have more power than their customers. Some businesses can and will use abuse this power and cheat and steal from consumers to make money. Because of this‚ the government regulates the behaviour of businesses to have a market economy that functions properly. These laws mainly protect consumers against; misleading/deceptive
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objective of our report is find the weak regulatory framework‚ supply-side constraints such as a lack of the benchmark bonds‚ demand-side constraints such as the limited investor base‚ a lack of intermediaries with expertise in debt products‚ a lack of confidence in corporate borrowers‚ market distortions which are caused by the National Savings Scheme (NSS) offering above-market returns; and A lack of interest from private companies‚ including financial intermediaries and large business‚ In launching
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(A)Explain the ways in which the contract of agency may be constituted. To talk about the contract of agency‚ firstly the definitions of contract and agency are requited. According to Gloag (W.Green‚ 1929)‚ ’contract is an agreement which creates or is intended to create a legal obligation between the parties to it. ’ And it ’s a really important part in the business‚ commonly known as legal lynchpin of business activities such as provision goods and services (Gordon‚ G. 2011). Meanwhile‚ same
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VIETNAM BOND MARKET Nguyen Ngoc Anh Ministry of Finance – Vietnam 11/2009 A YOUNG AND GROWING MARKET • The Vietnam bond market development was boosted when Vietnam entered WTO in 2006. Total market capitalsisation is now at 15% of GDP. >500 government bonds outstanding on some USD 12 billion After 2008 foreign exodus the market today is predominantly Vietnamese with a handful of big players. In the absence of mutual funds and pension funds‚ banks dare key players. BOND GROWTH 2001-2008
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discusses the valuation of stocks and bonds. It says that in textbooks‚ the valuation of stocks and bonds is simply stated as the present value of all the future cash flows expected from the security. The concept is logical‚ straightforward‚ and simple. The valuation of bonds is usually presented first‚ since the relatively certain cash flows are broken into an annuity and a payment of the par value at some specific date in the future. Preferred stock valuation follows bond valuation and the value
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Arbitrage n Government Bond Market Case Facts: Samantha Thompson‚ who analyzed and traded government bond for the firm of Mercer and Associates‚ seems to believe that she has found an arbitrage opportunity in U.S government bond market in 1991. U.S government bond market is the largest‚ most liquid‚ and closely watched fixed-income markets in the world and hence finding an arbitrage opportunity there was unlikely. Mercers were active in repo markets and occasionally participated in bond arbitrage on its
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Topic 2 Bond market developments Overview Financial markets have been subject to significant changes in recent years due to the credit crisis. Experts believed that risk was being under-priced‚ which was expressed in the markets by a narrow spread. They believed that once the market corrected this under-pricing and re-priced the risk‚ it would likely cause a dislocation in financial markets by overshooting its equilibrium. Hence the prices‚ yields and returns on bonds have been significantly
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