A market is a place where willing buyers and willing sellers meet. There are several markets; capital markets which includes stock markets and bond markets, market for goods and services (commodities), derivatives market consisting of future markets, insurance market and foreign exchange markets. The markets can be international or local with trading taking place at a given location e. g. NYSE, LSE or electronically e. […]

My experience at union Investment Management (I-JIM), an investment house located in Mayfair Village, sheds some light onto the attention explanations for this configuration. One of the things I noticed during my first few days of work was the Incredible time that the employees devoted to their jobs In order to maximize productivity. Financial services companies have offered a tempting bait for potential employees: a […]

A market is a place where willing buyers and willing sellers meet. There are several markets; capital markets which includes stock markets and bond markets, market for goods and services (commodities), derivatives market consisting of future markets, insurance market and foreign exchange markets. The markets can be international or local with trading taking place at a given location e. g. NYSE, LSE or electronically e. […]

International Financial Market | Assignment – 01 V. Prabaseelan S/07/735 introduction to international financial market Background to international finance International finance as a subject is not new in the area of financial management, it has been widely covered earlier in international economics and it is only the fast growth of international business in the post-world war II and the associated complexities in the international transactions […]

The Law of One Price in Financial Markets Owen A. Lamont and Richard H. Thaler The Law of One Price is an economic way of rational perspective to explain the expectation of price uniformity of a particular commodity or say any economics goods across national boundaries. The law tries to explain what a market price condition of a given goods should be, all things being […]

Cross-listings can also be made for marketing reasons. According to this reasoning, foreign listing can boost corporate marketing efforts by broadening product identification among investors and consumers in the host country. The listing, it is claimed, creates greater market demand for the firm’s products as well as its securities In addition, cross-listing can be an advertisement for the firm’s products and thereby increase its foreign sales, […]

Financial markets refer to mechanisms that allow individuals to trade on financial securities such as bonds and stocks with the sole aim of facilitating the growth of business investors to increase their incomes and wealth (Madura, 2008, p. 26). In a much broader perspective, they are known to be the markets used by business investors for exchange of credit and capital throughout the business ventures. […]

A financial institution is an institution that issues deposits and other financial liabilities and invests predominantly in loans and other financial assets (Kidwell, Blackwell, & Whidbee, p. 636, 2008). Financial institutions include organizations such as banks, trust companies, insurance organization, pension, and mutual funds, and investment dealers or banks. In some shape or form individuals and corporations deal with a financial institution on a daily. […]

Title: Discuss the reasons why bonds are held by variety of financial institutions such as pension fund, insurance companies and banks. Summary: Any country’s Bond market returns are determined by: global, sectarian, and cross-country factors and country-specific effects. Bilateral linkages between the world’s 5 largest economies and about 40 other markets to decompose the cross-country factor loadings into: direct trade flows, competition in third markets, […]

An investor is usually expected to buy stocks that are projected to appreciate as well as stocks with high expected earnings. The performance of Polaroid stock over recent past has oscillated from a low of $ 49 in November 2007 to high of $ 57 in December to the current price of $ 53. This indicates that this stock is volatile and is not a […]