ros57395_ch01.qxd 12/21/04 2:45 PM Page 1 Part 1 The Global Financial System in Perspective Try to imagine living in a world in which there are no financial institutions, no financial markets, and no financial assets. In such a world, there would be no opportunity to borrow against future income in order to purchase a home or an automobile, or to finance an education. Nor would you be able to save some of your current income (and, thereby, accumulate wealth over time) to handle the future
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Investors Exchange or IEX) and Bill O’Brien (president of BATS Global Markets, Inc.), to talk about high frequency trading (HFT). The ensuing debate was explosive. O’Brien opened the interview with the following charge, “Michael and Brad, shame on both of you for falsely accusing literally thousands of people, and possibly scaring millions of investors, in an effort to promote a business model.” Katsuyama responded, “I believe the markets are rigged. And I also think that you’re a part of the rigging
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Question two The application of the CAPM in modern financial markets has been much debated and criticized from an empirical point of view. Does this imply that the theory underlying CAPM is flawed? Outline your argument. Should we reject the model outright? If you think that the model should be rejected, provide alternative model(s) to replace it with empirical studies to support your choice. Otherwise, provide the reasons why CAPM should be kept. The essay will argue that the numerous empirical
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Exchange… 3. Buy/ Sell is conducted through the exchange; no direct contact between seller & buyer; Exchanges acting as a counterparty to all trades. What’s an OTC? 1. No centralized place where trades are made. 2. Market is made up of all participants in the market trading among themselves. 3. Example FOREX/FX. Why Stock Exchange and not OTC? 1. Necessarily OTC is not the quickest means to trade. You may have to look for a suitable counterparty on your own. That may take time!
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TUTORIAL 1 BUSINESS PLANNING & FINANCIAL PLANNING 1. Candidate should explain that a stockholder owns part of a company and is entitled to income in the form of dividends. Stockholders also elect directors who run the company. Stakeholders are groups of people who have an interest in how the firm is run. These include stockholders, employees, management, creditors and customers among others. Each group is interested in the firm’s operation and profitability for its own reasons. All stockholders are
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INTRODUCTION FINANCIAL SYSTEM: it is the system of country which deals with the financial aspects. COMPONENTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEM: I. FINANCIAL MARKETS II. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS III. FINANICAL INSTRUMENTS IV. FINANCIAL SERVICES. I. FINANCIAL MARKETS * Primary markets: deals with new issues * Secondary markets: trading in existing securities II. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: these are the institutions which deal with the financial instruments. They create the various instruments
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Section‐B Case Study: A Bill with A Class Act The role of a well‐functioning financial market is to create conditions wherein the savings in the economy can be smoothly channelized into investments. To make this transmission smooth and attractive for all stakeholders, it’s important that everyone plays by the rules. So, the rules have to be well defined and the interests of all stakeholders adequately protected. Stock markets in India are regulated and monitored by the Securities and Exchange Board
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REVISITING MARKET EFFICIENCY: THE STOCK MARKET AS A COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEM by Michael J. Mauboussin, Credit Suisse First Boston t is time to shift the emphasis of the debate about market efficiency. Most academics and practitioners agree that markets are efficient by a reasonable operational criterion: there is no systematic way to exploit opportunities for superior gains. But we need to reorient the discussion to how this operational efficiency arises. The crux of the debate boils down to
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the above. Difficulty level: Medium Topic: Mm Proposition I 2. Financial leverage impacts the performance of the firm by: A. increasing the volatility of the firm's EBIT. B. decreasing the volatility of the firm's EBIT. C. decreasing the volatility of the firm's net income. *D. increasing the volatility of the firm's net income E. None of the above. Difficulty level: Medium Topic: Financial Leverage Difficulty level: Medium Topic: Mm Proposition I 3
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Brazil’s Government Bond Market: A liquidity mechanism or crowding-out effect? It is the country that leads the infamous BRICs, coined by Jim O’Neill, Brazil. The 5th largest country in the world now also boasts an almost corresponding, 6th largest economy in the world, recently overtaking the once economic powerhouse, the UK. As far as Latin America is concerned, Brazil is the flesh and blood proof that success stories can come out of a perpetually hopeless case that is Latin America. As recently
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