efficiency of such indexes. This study investigates whether stock market indexes based on an array of cap-indifferent measures of company size are more mean–variance efficient than those based on market cap. These “Fundamental” indexes were found to deliver consistent‚ significant benefits relative to standard cap-weighted indexes. The true importance of the difference may have been best noted by Benjamin Graham: In the short run‚ the market is a voting machine‚ but in the long run‚ it is a weighing
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Principal Component Value at Risk: an application to the measurement of the interest rate risk exposure of Jamaican Banks to Government of Jamaica (GOJ) Bonds Mark Tracey1 Financial Stability Department Research & Economic Programming Division Bank of Jamaica Abstract This paper develops an effective value at risk (VaR) methodology to complement existing Bank of Jamaica financial stability assessment tools. This methodology employs principal component analysis and key rate durations for
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macroeconomic variables and stock market indices 1.1 Introduction and Background The financial system is considered to be the key to economic growth. A well developed and sound financial system promotes investment by the identification and financing of profitable business opportunities‚ through the mobilization of savings‚ the efficient allocation of resources‚ by helping to diversify risks and by facilitating the exchange of goods and services. (Mishkin‚ 2001). As such‚ stock markets have assumed a developmental
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Analysis on Mutual fund as a mode of investment to reduce the Market risk SUBMITTED BY: Raghav Vashist: 10BBL061 UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF Dr. Pranav Saraswat SUBMITTED TO INSTITUTE OF LAW‚ NIRMA UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC YEAR 2012-2013 CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION A Mutual Fund is a trust that pools the savings of a number of investors who share a common financial goal. The money thus collected is then invested in capital market instruments such as shares‚ debentures and other securities. The
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will never change (FCF)‚ only the denominator will based on the cost of capital 3. What is the estimate of the risk-free rate that should be employed in calculating the cost of capiual for Ameritrade ’s proposed investment? - the risk free rate should be the T-bills rate or the average annualized total annual returns on US government securities = 3.8%. In my opinion‚ we should use the risk-free rate equal to yield of 20-year US government securities‚ because it is long-term capital investment. We
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GLOBAL STOCK MARKETS: A CASE STUDY OF THE NIGERIAN STOCK MARKET RESEARCH BRIEF The history of stock trading and trading associations can be traced as far back as the 11th century when Jewish and Muslim merchants set up trade associations. After centuries of evolution‚ stock markets have become the symbol of commerce in the modern world. It operates in various countries and trades a range of securities. The world stock market capitalisation is estimated to be about $ 36.6 Trillion. The stock market
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FINANCE TESTING SEASONALITY IN THE INDIAN STOCK MARKET A Project Report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Business Administration Under the guidance of: Dr. S.K. Tuteja Submitted by: Sachin Garg F-045‚ MBA(FT) 2011-13 Faculty of Management Studies University of Delhi Delhi – 110007 CERTIFICATE This is to certify that this project report titled “Testing Seasonality in the Indian Stock Market”‚ submitted in partial fulfilment of the
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1. Is raising money in U.S. stock markets more - or less - difficult than in the rest of the world? To start‚ using the article that is cited for the class is…well‚ dated at the very least. The United States has gone through at least a complete financial cycle since after the article was written. The tech bust and then the quickly following tragedy of September 11‚ 2001 with the ensuing market meltdown were just the beginning. Just to put it into perspective‚ “’During the last seven years
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Microeconomic Study of the Indian Stock Market A brief overview of the Indian stock market 3 Purpose of the stock exchange 3 PRIMARY MARKET 3 SECONDARY MARKET 4 Role of ‘Supply and demand’ on the stock price movement 4 EVOLUTION OF MARKET STRUCTURE AND THE SELF REGULATORY APPROACH 5 Traditional structure of the stock exchanges: 5 Changes in the market structure and demutualization: 5 Stock Markets as Perfectly Competitive markets: 6 Transaction Costs in
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economy continued to grow weaker. The stock market had been falling at such a rapid pace‚ that it had become questionable on whether or not the United States would be able to recover‚ because it had led the United States into a depressing period in history. The stock market had officially reached it’s lowest point on October 29‚ 1929. Leading up to this day‚ there were several stock markets across the country that had begun to lose value of majority of their stocks‚ compared to the beginning of the decade
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