ABSTRACT Behavioural finance is part of finance that seeks to understand and explain the systematic financial market implications of psychological decision processes. It utilizes knowledge of cognitive psychology, social sciences and anthropology to explain irrational investor behavior that is not being captured by the traditional rational based models. INTRODUCTION Classical investment theories are based on the assumption that investors always act in a manner that maximizes their return.
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R C H The State of Bangladesh Debt Market A u g u s t 0 6 , 2 0 0 1 ™ End June 2000 Bank Deposits, 72.19% Tk 749.32 billion Debt Market, 27.81% Tk 288.64 billion Government, 99.64% Tk 287.60 billion Treasury bills, 26.58% Tk 76.45 billion Treasury bonds, 13.91% Tk 40.01 billion Savings schemes, 59.28%Tk 170.48 billion ™ Private, 0.36% Effective Yield Tk 1.04 billion 8.63% 7.02% 11.49% 16.58% 7.26% 13.98% The financial sector of Bangladesh is characterized by strong
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LITERATURE REVIEW 23 3.1. Domain Research 23 3.1.1 Commodity Trading 23 3.1.2 Algorithmic Trading 24 3.1.3 Advantage of using Algorithms in Algorithmic Trading 25 3.1.4 Web Application 25 3.2 Market Research 26 3.2.1 Similar Web Based Systems in the Market 27 3.2.1 Conclusions Derived from Market Research 29 3.2.2 Benefits of the Proposed System over Similar System Implemented 29 3.3 Services and Technology Growth in India 29 3.3.1 Internet Growth in India 30 3.2 Critical Evaluation
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Global Banking and Markets provides a full range of credit, risk management and investment banking products and services relevant to the financing and strategic development needs of our clients. Our products include investment banking, mergers & acquisitions, corporate banking, institutional equity sales, trading and research, debt products, derivatives, foreign exchange and bullion & base metals. We also cross-sell the full range of wholesale products and services offered by Scotiabank. Position:
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Table 8 Market price and Book price of PepsiCo Inc. in 2011 and 2012 According to the analysis above, we can conclude that market price, book price, P/E ratio, and M/B ratio for PepsiCo Inc. in fiscal 2012 have an obvious increase comparing with those in 2011, and therefore, the performance of PepsiCo Inc. on common stock is relatively favorable. Market price increased about 20.7% from 2011 to 2012, and book price for common stock rose up 9.8% in the same period. P/E ratio and M/B ratio
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will look at applying the CAPM in calculating a project-specific discount rate, and will review the theory, and the advantages and disadvantages of the CAPM. Whenever an investment is made, for example in the shares of a company listed on a stock market, there is a risk that the actual return on the investment will be different from the expected return. Investors take the risk of an investment into account when deciding on the return they wish to receive for making the investment. The CAPM is a method
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the duty the corporate insider owes the company is now imputed to the friend and the friend violates a duty to the company if the corporate insider trades on the basis of this information. Are Financial Markets Efficient? Market efficiency levels Eugene Fama identified three levels of market efficiency: 1. Weak-form
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investors) for the bond you analyze. Your recommendation should be based on the bond's different yields, duration, company risk, default risk, interest rate environment, and a comparison of the expected yield with that of other similarly rated bonds in the market. Use the bond search function at the FINRA site and try to find bonds as close in major characteristics to your bond as you can. If their yields are very different, this may be indication of something very important in your bond. If they are all
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Financial Terms Jessica Williams FIN/370 August 12, 2013 Christine Helbling Financial Terms Finance- The study of how people and businesses evaluate investments and raise capital to fund them. Its role is to manage revenues and monetary transactions within the banking and investment fields. Efficient market- A market where pertinent information is available to all participants at the same time, and where prices respond to immediately available information. Using the
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transactions carried out at all three stock exchanges of the country. Through efficient functioning of CDC, approximately 99% of the market settlement is in book entry form. The aim of CDC is to operate as a central securities depository on behalf of the financial services industry so as to contribute to the country's ability to support an effective capital market system which will attract institutional and retail level investors from Pakistan and abroad. CDC is regulated by the Securities and Exchange
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