...created by Jérôme Kerviel, a trader with the company. How did this event come about? This article will explain it below. Speculation is the practice of engaging in risky financial transactions in an attempt to profit from short or medium term fluctuations in the market value of a tradable good such as a financial instrument, rather than attempting to profit from the underlying financial attributes embodied in the instrument such as capital gains, interest, or dividends. The role of speculators is to absorb excess risk that other participants do not want, and to provide liquidity in the marketplace by buying or selling when no participants from the other categories are available. Successful speculation entails collecting an adequate level of monetary compensation in return for providing immediate liquidity and assuming additional risk so that, over time, the inevitable losses are offset by larger profits. Bank officials claim that throughout 2007, Kerviel had been trading profitably in anticipation of falling market prices; however, they have accused him of exceeding his authority to engage in unauthorized trades totaling as much as €49.9 billion, a figure far higher than the bank's total market capitalization. Bank officials claim that Kerviel tried to conceal the activity by creating losing trades intentionally so as to offset his early gains.and, Kerviel generated €1.4 billion in hidden profits by the end of 2007. His employers say they uncovered unauthorized trading traced...
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...2012 AUTUMN SEMESTER ECONOMICS LECTURE REPORT MARKET AND ITS PERFORMANCE : MAIN ELEMENTS AND FUNCTIONS TEACHER: EDITOR: Assoc Prof Yalcin BORLU Rasa ZABARAUSKAITE CONTENTS 1) What’s a Market? 3 2) Types Of Markets 4 1. Financial Markets 4 1. Stock Market 4 2. Bond Market 4 3. Foreign Exchange Market 4 4. Predictive Markets 4 2. Physical markets 4 3. Virtual Markets 5 4. Auction Market 5 5. Market for Intermediate Goods 5 6. Black Markets 5 7. Knowledge Market 5 3. Organization Of Markets 5 4. Mechanisms of Markets 6 5. Study of Markets 7 6. Size Parameters 8 Sources 8 1) What’s a Market? A market is one of many varieties of systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby parties engage in exchange. While parties may exchange goods and services by barter, most markets rely on sellers offering their goods or services (including labor) in exchange for money from buyers. It can be said that a market is the process by which the prices of goods and services are established. For a market to be competitive, there must be more than a single buyer or seller. It has been suggested that two people may trade, but it takes at least three persons to have a market, so that there is competition on at least one of its two sides. However, competitive markets rely on much larger numbers of both buyers and sellers. A market with single seller and multiple buyers is a monopoly...
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...Culture can be important, not only shaping the opportunities and risks in a country but also for the likelihood that a company can implement its market strategy. (True or False) 5. Microfinance, in its modern version, was introduced by Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi economist. (True or False) 6. The fair trade system attempts to intervene directly on both market and nonmarket issues by coordinating the flow of consumer revenue to participating producers. (True or False) 7. Rule of law can override politics and political ties when doing business in emerging market countries. (True or False) 8. Emerging markets countries have imposed a variety of restrictions on foreign direct investment, foreign exchange transactions, and the repatriation of earnings. (True or False) 9. Media restrictions, ethnic and religious conflicts, political corruption, and political megalomania are some of the risks faced in emerging market countries. (True or False) 10. Emerging market countries face financial restrictions, price controls, and regulatory risks when doing business in developed countries. (True or False) 11. One concern with the fair trade...
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...Export Plan Template Table of Contents Executive Summary This should be a maximum of half a page Introduction The key issues to address in this section are why the company should export and your overall objectives in entering overseas markets. These objectives could include spreading market risk, increasing production volumes, lowering unit costs and improving brand image or profits. About the company • Domestic business overview Outline a very brief history, and the key factors of success in the domestic market that have led to the success of the business. A healthy and successful domestic business provides a solid foundation for exporting. • Financial Resources Marketing budget Detail the total budget and how this will be spent. Don’t forget to include costs such as overseas market visits (at least 2 per year to each target market), advertising, promotional materials, listing fees, training for overseas partners etc. Cash flow to fund orders Address how the business will manage cash flow for potential large orders. This relates to the time between when your business is required to outlay costs to supply the order and when you are paid by your customer. Sustainability of export budget Is the business able to withstand additional expenditure to develop export markets in the medium term until export business generates profits? Define this period of time. Remember that export sales almost always take longer to develop than originally anticipated. • ...
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...defense-related contracts. How would you design stakeholder management strategies to address their concerns? Their biggest issue is getting big contracts that help them be more profable. The only way this can be done is to market every industry. So far what they have done has made all three very successful. I believe if they keep the parts to a minimum they won’t lose much in revenue. Question 2: What are the benefits and drawbacks in such an arrangement? The demand for engines is very high and in demand. Biggest issue I see is making deals with countries that are not fully financial stable. For example, they made a deal with Turkey and some of the payment was several tons of pistachios. Now granted they did a trade but issue is now Roll’s has to then sell them in order to get cash flow so they can build more engines. I don’t think it’s smart business to trade goods for engines. You won’t see the profit right away and that’s bad business. To read up more on all their current operations go to the following link....
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... Save Paper * Marketing Plan For a Mock Company This is indeed a trend that is expected to become more, and more popular while the economy struggles. Companies are forced today to maximize their marketing dollar... Save Paper * a Look Into The Economics Of The Shipping Business / Mediterranean ports / ports in northwest Europe 6|Page Passenger Ships The company owns two passengers vessels that operate on the line of the Suez / Safaga... Save Paper * Shipping for impressive economic progress. There are over four hundred domestic and international shipping companies engaged in maritime trade making China an A class member... Save Paper * Economics - The World Economy 2 Section 3 Section 4 © Scottish Qualifications Authority 2004 Economics 2: The World Economy Unit Student Guide Scottish Qualifications Authority 5.12... Save Paper Financial Outcome: Ford Motor Company sales along with tighter credit markets, and other issues with the economy. Ford Company has also had additional pressure to liquidate as evident d * Economy Shipping Company (Abridged) Question 1. What are the relevant cash flows under each of the two alternatives? And in what years do they occur... Save Paper * Hgfdsaswe In the spring of 1950 the controller for Economy Shipping...
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...very large profit for the company. Because Ali Baba company it is easy to do business anywhere now. It work driving online and commercial centers in retail and wholesale exchange. As well as cloud computing and different administrations. Besides that, give innovation and administrations to empower customers, dealers and every member to direct business in biological system. It works different business furthermore backing for biological community from the organizations and administrations of related and associated with companies. The significant organization and the organizations related to companies include: Aliexpress, Aliyun, Cainiao and Taobao. The financial condition is good because Ali Baba runs commercial centers and has a giant client base. The measure of the business that stream sites bigger than the other electronic trade companies. Also Ali Baba wins less income than worldwide companions. It profits generally by charging traders for advertising and transaction fees. Ali Baba income has been becoming rapidly and make a lot of benefit on its income. The large number of traders utilizing its shopping destinations depend intensively on advertising to stand out from the group. Ali Baba has a big challenge because the world going portable and Ali...
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...What are these links: these links take you to a number of Financial Times articles. At first glance they seem connected with international trade, and so you might initially think that perhaps they would have been better served when we come to talk about international trade in a few weeks’ time. However, if you read the articles carefully then it soon becomes apparent that the motivating factors for the TPP; the TTIP; the new Silk Road; and the AIIB is political in nature. In the case of the TPP, to constrain the rise of China; in the case of AIIB, to act as a counter weight to the American dominated World Bank; in the case of TTIP the politics come in through the controversial decision to allow multinational firms to by-pass country specific democratic process and take sovereign governments to court. Finally, the new Silk Road allegedly will facilitate the rise of a new Chinese empire. In short, economics and politics are two sides of the same coin! http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62613e6a-6b5a-11e5-aca9-d87542bf8673.html#axzz3nnxovOLg http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4a31d08-6b4c-11e5-8171-ba1968cf791a.html%23axzz3nlirRmIU http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/df9ce46c-6aea-11e5-8171-ba1968cf791a.html#axzz3nhcLrEUY http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ac8ee418-6c24-11e5-aca9-d87542bf8673.html#axzz3nskylvln http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e104d4b8-6c11-11e5-aca9-d87542bf8673.html#axzz3nskylvln http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3e314a7a-5c74-11e5-a28b-50226830d644.html#axzz3nhcLrEUY http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/23c51438-64ca-11e5-a28b-50226830d644...
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...campus I found the interactive reading and activities to be the most useful to me. This was because it helped me understand the content and practice what I learned. There are three basic business environments(legal, social, and economic) that affect the success of a business. The legal environment of a business is the law as it affects a business and is governed by state, country, and international laws. This includes laws on what can and can't be produced or sold, consumer and employee protection laws, tax and other financial laws, as well as many rules and regulations with regards to business ethics, code of conduct, arbitration, and when and how to seek legal advice. The social environment of a business is the factors that affect a business socially. Every business works in a society and different factors such as family, educational institutions, and religion affect a business. Other social factors such as demographics, racial diversity, and social financial issues also affect a business. The economic environment of a business is the factors that affect a business economically or influence the buying behavior of consumers and institutions such as employment, income, inflation, productivity, economic conditions such as wealth and poverty, economic...
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...Top 10 Trading Mistakes with CFDs June 2013 Over leverage - the biggest killer of CFD trading accounts Averaging down - never fall in love with a stock If a share drops by 30% - you need it to rise by 43% just to break even Sponsored by: TOP 10 TRADING MISTAKES | 24 MAY 2013 10 5 June 2013 #1 Too Little Preparation Many people start trading without a trading plan, thinking they can beat the market. You need to set out your rules of trading and guiding principles. At least covering major components like methods of trading, method of identifying positions to trade, entry and exit rules, risk management and trading reviews. Treat your trading like a business. Have a business plan. Set goals and understand what you want to achieve and answer the following questions: 1) Why are you trading? To make money? If that is your answer think again. How will you make that money? Disclaimer Trading Mistakes with CFDs No responsibility for loss occasioned to any person or corporate body acting or refraining to act as a result of reading material in this publication can be accepted by the publisher, sponsor or author. The author may have a position in any or all of the speci c investments or investment categories mentioned in this publication. MarketViews™ is a dianomi service and some of the companies or investments mentioned may be clients of dianomi. Most...
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...Globalization in Business Donovan Chase PHL/320 12/22/2014 Bridget Peaco Globalization in Business Is globalization good or bad for your business? (1, premise) Globalization is viewed as either good or bad depending on your particular situation. For example, if you are an emerging growth industry, globalization represents a significant opportunity to access broader geographic markets, to accelerate growth and expand your business. (1, conclusion) However, if your business is an industry that has imploded due to the onslaught of global competition, or you have suffered a job loss due to downsizing or outsourcing you probably have a very negative view on globalization being good for business. Is Globalization “Good” Before we can decide what is good we need to have a definition of “good” as it relates to our topic. According to "Merriam Webster" (2014), Good is defined as something that is right or good. Something that has economic utility or satisfies an economic want. An example of good in the way we are defining it is the difference between good and bad. I personally feel that globalization is not good for the business of America. (2, premises) Globalization takes jobs away from people in the United States which raises the unemployment rate. (2, conclusion) Therefore, negatively impacting our economy. Workers can often be forced into accepting worsening...
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...Additional Protocol to the Treaty of Asunción on the Institutional Structure of MERCOSUR Protocol of Ouro Preto * Date: December 17, 1994 * Number of Chapters and Articles: 12 Chapters and 53 Articles * Main Motive: To create an institutional structure for MERCOSUR In this protocol, the institutional structure of the MERCOSUR was defined. Each article describes in detail the languages to be used, the various bodies, their roles and their objectives. The various bodies identified under this are: * Common Market Council: The CMC is comprised of the ministers of Foreign Affairs and of the Economy of the four countries. It is the highest-level organization in charge of MERCOSUR’s decision-making and it is responsible for overseeing compliance with the strategic objectives laid out in the Asunción Treaty and the Ouro Preto Protocol. The Council meets twice a year, in two-stage sessions: the first involves only the ministers that make up the CMC, and the second includes the presence of the countries’ presidents. In spite of being the highest-level organization, the Council has delegated many of its responsibilities to the Grupo Mercado Común (GMC, Common Market Group), thus diminishing its ability to generate policies and promote actions aimed at consolidating MERCOSUR. In practice, the Council’s meetings have had political importance in terms of setting grand directions and sending political signals within and outside of MERCOSUR. * Common Market Group:...
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...the economy of the country but its effect on the mindset and the culture is noticeable gradually in the way people think and react. It’s like the Iceberg theory wherein what we do and say are at the tip and what we think and believe is at the base. The base is not visible but manifestations at the top are conspicuous. It applies here as well where people do not change abruptly but may be after a decade the change starts showing and seems radical. Pro-globalization Globalization is not a new phenomena, the base was laid long back when the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company started trading with India. In history there were trade relations between different countries like Arab and Egypt and now in modern times that has translated into Globalization or Free Trade. It’s true that ultimately all the free trade resulted in the white man taking the burden proactively but then globalization leads to more employment and higher standard of living,...
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...exceptional advertising tool, and many employers choose to issue workwear to their staff as a marketing strategy. Working clothing is gaining popularity worldwide, and the INDIA market, being one of the fast-evolving markets, is likely to witness a huge opportunity to increase the penetration. It is very well likely to reflect the future of the workwear market throughout the world. This research identifies major trends and challenges within the INDIA workwear market and details market size and segmentation from 2005 to 2015. This workwear and uniforms research is separated into three main market segments. First is “General Workwear,” which is further broken down into blue and white workwear. Blue workwear is made up of clothes worn by trades people and workers in heavy industry and manufacturing. Generally, these clothes include coveralls, shirts, jackets, boiler suits, aprons, warehouse coats or overalls. White workwear is made up of clothes worn by employees in the healthcare and hospitality industries. Medical uniforms and chef’s white uniforms are the examples for this type. The second market segment is the “Corporate Workwear/Imagewear,” which includes career wear and casual workwear. Career wear is made up of workwear used for office-based jobs and customer-facing airline workers. It’s also known as business clothing / business wear / corporate clothing. For men, the business wear includes shirts, trousers, jackets and blazers. For women, it ranges from skirts, trousers...
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...Readiness to Internationalize at Maynooth Natural Granite Shingirayi A. Mutandiro – 6565816 Date: 14/11/14 ADM 3318C Professor Lynn MacDonald Executive Summary Primary problem Mr. Hyland is trying to find suitable markets for expanding his granite rock business profitably by relinquishing some control of his business. Mr. Hyland is also concerned with achieving a balance between his local business interests and family life in Canada. Alternatives 1. Keep ongoing operations as is (status quo) 2. Service Boston, Hamburg and London only 3. Expand to Tokyo and Amsterdam (in addition to Boston, Hamburg and London) Facts considered 1. There is a significant household gardening market, especially in USA 2. The local Canadian gardening market is saturated 3. The need to localize MNG’s granite products in international markets 4. The trading advantages for MNG brought about by NAFTA 5. The rising cost of auto-propane fuel 6. Mr. Hyland is fluent in English and French 7. Mr. Hyland plans to balance his local business and family life Recommendation After much careful analysis of Mr. Hyland’s primary problem, the recommended plan of action for Maynooth Natural Granite is to expand to Boston, Hamburg and London only. Assumptions * Declining profit margins for MNG, since the local Canadian market is saturated * High possibility of stronger brand recognition in North America largely due to the benefits of NAFTA * Little...
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