Financial Markets in Pakistan A financial market is a place for buying and selling of financial securities such as stocks and bonds. It facilitates: * The raising of capital (in the capital markets) * The transfer of risk (in the derivatives markets * In matching those who want capital to those who have it. Financial Market in Pakistan consists of (i) Money Market which provides short term funds and (ii) Capital Market which makes long terms funds available to businesses and industries
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Financial Markets and Institutions In a global market when one country goes through an economic recession it can have drastic effects on the rest of the world. When the United States had a financial melt down it affect every country around the world. The financial crisis hurt the value of the dollar and it affect the way we trade and do business around the world. The financial institution that is having the greatest effect on our economic condition is the Investment Banks. Investment Banks
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Inflation and Interest Rate Interest and inflation are key to investing decisions‚ since they have a direct impact on the investment yield. When prices rise‚ the same unit of a currency is able to buy less. A sustained deterioration in the purchasing power of money is called inflation. Investors aim to preserve the value of their money by opting for investments that generate yields higher than the rate of inflation. In most developed economies‚ banks try to keep the interest rates on savings accounts
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other payments until then. The second is for $40 million. It requires an annual interest payment of $3.2 million. The principal of $40 million is due in 3 years. What is the duration of the bank’s commercial loan portfolio? What will happen to the value of its portfolio if the general level of interest rates increase from 8% to 8.5%? (MO1.2) Using the supply-and-demand for bonds framework‚ show why interest rates are procyclical (rising when the economy is expanding and falling during recessions)
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/22097609/Money-Market-Instruments-in-pakistan http://www.scribd.com/doc/22097656/money-market-instruments-in-Pakistan-term-paper Treasury Bill Treasury Bill is basically a short-term securities issued by the Government. Treasury bills (T-bills) are debt obligations of the U.S. Government that mature in one year or less. The U.S. Treasury regularly sells bills with maturities of three months (13 weeks)‚ six months (26 weeks)‚ and one year (52 weeks). All bills are
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The importance of financial statements in a business is great. There are several difference reasons for a business to need financial statements. Yet first‚ financial statements need to be explained in order to know how they are used. Financial statements usually present the picture of the financial health of a given entity. It is also critical that a business comes up with accurate financial statements‚ not only for their record keeping for for the purpose of satisfying external reporting expectations
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Question 1 Consider an option on a non-dividend-paying stock when the stock price is $30‚ the exercise price is $29‚ the risk-free interest rate is 5% per annum‚ the volatility is 25% per annum‚ and the time to maturity is four months. a. What is the price of the option if it is a European call? b. What is the price of the option if it is an American call? c. What is the price of the option if it is a European put? d. Verify that put–call parity holds. Question 2 Assume
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Banking‚ Financial Markets and Systems Set - 2 Theory and Structure of Interest rates P C Narayan IIMB PCN BFMS L02 1 Loanable Funds theory “Market interest Rate is determined by the factors that control the supply and demand for loanable funds” IIMB PCN BFMS L02 2 1 Demand for Loanable Funds • Household demand for loanable funds – As household income rises‚ so does installment debt – Inverse relationship between demand for lonable funds and interest rate • Business demand for loanable funds
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Financial market development The financial and economic crisis has highlighted the central role of a sound and well-functioning financial sector for economic activities. An efficient financial sector allocates the resources saved by a nation’s citizens‚ as well as those entering the economy from abroad‚ to their most productive uses. It channels resources to those entrepreneurial or investment projects with the highest expected rates of return rather than to the politically connected. A thorough
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GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS Name: Rasheed Akewusure Student no: 2710157 Module Reference Number: BAF-7-GFM.1 Module Coordinator: Dr. Carolina Valiente Word Count: 3‚997 Abstract The U.S. stock market experienced the worst bear market in its history since the Great Depression during the October 9‚ 2007-March 9‚ 2009 period. The stock market crash was mainly caused by the U.S. banking sector crisis in 2008. As a result of this crisis‚ the U.S. financial sector has received considerable attention
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