The Economics of White-Collar Crime: An Economic Analysis of Insider Trading in Canada Introduction In the past decade‚ white-collar crime such as illegal insider trading‚ banking fraud‚ ponzi schemes‚ corporate embezzlement and political money laundering has reached an all-time high. In North America alone‚ respected and highly influential individuals such as Martha Stewart‚ Bernie Madoff‚ and Conrad Black have been prosecuted for their crimes and companies such as Fannie Mae and AIG were
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Energy Trading Assignment 1 1).What is Risk? Risk = Uncertainty * Exposure 2).Name the 3 offices within a trading organization and list their functions. Front Offices: Its functions are trading‚ structuring‚ marketing‚ information and analysis‚ scheduling and risk management; Middle Offices: Its functions are risk control‚ control market risks by measuring portfolio price risk and stress testing portfolio‚ also control credit risks by measuring credit exposure. Back Offices: Its functions
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LaFleur Trading Company XMGT216 LaFleur Trading Company is an international food supplier located in Vancouver‚ British Columbia. They handle a large amount of different food and wine products and ship to consumers around the world. Their trading partners are listed to be in 38 different countries and they are based in Canada (which makes 39). LaFleur’s website lists the company mission as “We will provide our customers with the highest quality foods at a reasonable price.” (LaFleur‚ 2009) The
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for Labouring People: European Slave Trading in the Indian Ocean‚ 1500-1850” - 02/27/2016 Richard Allen’s article replaces the “want for labouring people” or slaves in its context. The French‚ British and Dutch colonies of the Indian Ocean had a strong need for an inexpensive labor‚ especially since the local workforce was every expensive. The article also refutes common misconceptions about the slave trading in the Indian Ocean and shows that this slave trading was actually more significant in the
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Share Trading Assignment Student no. 497432 Unit Code U21083 Due Date 19/02/2013 Introduction This project is about whether or not an investor with only publicly available information is able to “beat the market”. We have £100‚000 which we can invest in the stock market however this amount must be split into two portfolios. Each portfolio will be made up of investments chosen through theories and strategies which come from either the fundamental analysis or technical analysis approaches. Fundamental
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Introduction Much of the field of finance is focused on creating abnormal returns—that is to say‚ returns that are different from what one might expect them to be based on various characteristics of the investment—by identifying so-called “inefficiencies” in the stock market. Perhaps one of the most well-known strategies for taking advantage of these inefficiencies‚ a strategy widely discussed in academic as well as industry literature‚ is following the trades of company insiders. In the United
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Introduction What is HFT? While there is no definite answer to what "high frequency" might be‚ it has been generally accepted that they are the type of trades automated by machines using proprietary algorithms and trade at very high speeds‚ often executing at least a few trades in under a second. HFT strategies can be broadly categorized into 4 groups: Liquidity Providence: Rebate Trading‚ Automated Market Trading. Pricing Inefficiency Arbitrage: Scalping‚ Latency Arbitrage‚ Statistical Arbitrage
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Something very special to me is my football trading cards‚ because of the past experiences‚ favorite football players‚ and it’s old. “Don’t judge a book by its cover‚” is something we should all go by when we have special things to us. My brother told me‚ “Keep something from the person you love because you might not never have that person anymore.” First‚ my past experiences with the football trading cards I got. My step-brothers gave them to me when I was about six years old. They
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Fair Trading Act 1986 1. The Fair Trading Act exists to promote fair competition and in this way it contributes to the economic wellbeing of all New Zealanders. It prohibits certain conduct in trade‚ provides for the disclosure of consumer information relating to the supply of goods and services and promotes product safety. Protects consumers from being mislead or being treated unfairly by traders or shops. It also sets out when information about certain products must be disclosed to consumers
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For the people who wanted to understand the stock trading mechanism. The trading mechanism exists because of the need to channel money from investors into business entities. The combination of investors and borrows creates the market for securities. The trading mechanism refines the market by matching buyers and sellers with the prices they are will to pay or take. The way how the system works are handled by brokers‚ dealers‚ and specialists. A broker is a party that arranges transactions between
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