CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study For more than two decades after independence, the Nigerian financial system was repressed, as evidenced by ceilings on interest rates and credit expansion, selective credit policies, high reserve requirements, and restriction on entry into the banking industry. This situation inhibited the functioning of the financial system and especially constrained its ability to mobilize savings and facilitate productive investment. In Nigeria, we
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it is hard to conceive of a modern economy without well-developed financial markets and security types. How would the productive capacity of the U.S. economy be affected if there were no markets in which one could trade financial assets? Financial assets are the claims on real assets. By involving in the financial market, companies find it more accessible to the external financial resources. With the help of financial market, companies can raise money simply by issuing stocks or securities.
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suggest the securities market inefficiency. First we discuss how we define the securities market efficiency. According to the efficient-market hypothesis (EMH), the financial markets are “informationally efficient”. That is, no one can consistently achieve returns in excess of average market returns by using any information that market already knows. That means when the investment is made, the information is publicly available. One important characteristic of the efficient market is we assume the prices
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Introduction Managing portfolio and investing in stocks is very risky and could be tricky, as a result, financial experts and investors view it as necessary or smart to know what to expect when they invest. Due to this, different statistical models have emerged to attempt to scientifically measure the potential returns on an investment. The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) are two of such models. The purpose of this essay is to critically compare the Arbitrage
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Chapter 1 Why Study Financial Markets and Institutions? ( Multiple Choice Questions 1. Financial markets and institutions (a) involve the movement of huge quantities of money. (b) affect the profits of businesses. (c) affect the types of goods and services produced in an economy. (d) do all of the above. (e) do only (a) and (b) of the above. Answer: D 2. Financial market activities affect (a) personal wealth. (b) spending decisions by individuals
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INDIAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM 1. The Financial System – Nature, Evolution and Structure 1.1 The Nature of Financial System What is a Financial System? A system is generally defined as an ordered, organized and comprehensive assemblage of facts, principles or components relating to a particular field and working for a specified purpose. A Financial System aims at proper redistribution of surplus financial resources for the equitable growth of an economy. “Financial System is a set of complex
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failings during the financial crisis, MiFID II seeks to enhance investor protection. MiFID II has a goal of maximising transparency and reducing data fragmentation Product approval and target markets Organisational requirements have been expanded to include an approval process for new financial instruments and adaptations of existing financial instruments before they are marketed or distributed to clients, specifying the target market and ensuring that risks to the target market have been identified
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------------------------------------------------- MAF707 Portfolio investments and Financial Planning ------------------------------------------------- Group Assignment Group 77: Weizhe Shi_900443906 Ran Li_210037023 Yichao FU_900387184 Contents Question 1 3 Analysis of securities and the market index 3 Summary 3 Question 2 7 Question 3 8 Question 4. 9 Standard Consumption of CAPM 9 Expectation errors relied
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Nominal interest rate-the growth rate of your money. Real interest rate- the growth rate of your purchasing power. the real rate of interest is the nominal rate reduced by the loss of purchasing power resulting from inflation. the approximation rule overstates .The approximation rule is more exact for small inflation rates and is perfectly exact for continuously compounded rates. rr=rn-i ;rr=(rn-i)/1+i; conventional certificates of deposit offer a fuaranteed nominal rate of interest; Because future
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Problem 5-1 Current market price Given: Interest paid annually $1,000 par value 12 years to maturity Coupon rate of 8% Yield to maturity of 9% Using a financial calculator phone app PMT=80 FV=1000 I=9% N=12 Current market price=$928.39 Problem 5-2 Yield to Maturity Given: Interest paid annually $1,000 par value 12 years to maturity Coupon rate of 10% Current price=$850 Using a financial calculator phone app PV=-850 PMT=100 FV=1000 N=12 Yield to Maturity=12.48%
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