Essays on Stock Exchange

[Submission Date] The Bank of America Corporation (BAC) is selected because it stands as the 11th largest organization by revenue in the world and 26th largest publicly held company in the United States by revenue. By assets, Bank of America Corporation (BAC) is the 2nd largest company in the United States. The Bank of America Corporation (BAC) is a multinational financial and banking organization which is selected for comparative analysis because its stock price per share has been appreciating since one year. Currently, the common stock of Bank of America Corporation (BAC) is being traded on the New York ...

Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Takeover of SABMiller

The global beer industry, which has been growing steadily for almost a century now, is filled with variety. There are many types of beer that vary in flavor, production technique, ingredients, color, alcohol levels, and geographic origin. Also, the many brands vary greatly as well. Some brands dominate global beer markets, while other brands are very local - and everything in between. Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller were two of the largest global dominating beermaker companies in existence. Together, they produced around 30% of all beer sold world-wide. The idea of Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller merging was simply astonishing. When ...

Benford's law also known as the first-digit law deals with the distribution of natural numbers in which it tends to major into their importance regarding significance. The law states that given any arrangement of natural numbers, the smallest number always seems to be the most significant while the largest number in the collection is always the least significant. Therefore, number 1 appears to be the most significant in any given combination of natural numbers 30% of the times. While on the other hand, number 9 appears only 5% of the times as the most significant number. The law states ...

The criminal case involved four players who are a C.E.O., a hacker, a stock exchange broker, and detective. All the four players are important in determining how the crime is executed and how the criminals can be found easily. The case is on the facts that there is an insider trading scheme that involves the C.E.O. and the stock exchange broker. The scheme is illegal and thus there is a detective involved who is investigation the case. In this case scenario, the C.E.O. is in charge of a company that trades in the NYSE as a securities broker. The ...

American Public University

1. Consider the nature of the trade-off between richness and reach of information. How is the trade-off defined? Give a real world example to qualify for the maximum possible credit. The trade-off between richness and reach of information means that reaching information at the different level of richness might cost differently. If someone would like to reach information, he needs to pay for this service, and the price depends on the richness of the information requested (Nayab, 2014). Advanced communication and information technologies have decreased the cost of reaching rich information nowadays; however, it does not mean we do ...

An Overview of the Standard-Setting Industry And Its History

Introduction Accounting Standards have been in existence since the beginning of the recorded history. Some of these standards were set up by rulers or reigning kings. However, as the world developed, States started coming up with bodies aimed at controlling the quality and standards of products and services in the accounting sector. In the ancient world, the man used to come up with standards with a desire of harmonizing his activities with important changes in the environment. Some standards were also set in response to a rise in needs in the society. The standard setting body in America was ...

Abstract

In this document, strategic analysis of the two selected industries from the London Stock Exchange for the period January 2015 to December 2015 is presented. 530 and 570 that are Pharmaceutical and Energy Exploration Sector. The second part of this report shares analysis and interpretation of the monthly capital using descriptive analytic and trend analysis. Moreover, business forecasting is done using regression analysis. After seeing the trend lines for market capitalization of the both sectors, it can be seen that the pharmaceutical industry had relatively higher market capitalization average during the period. On the other hand, the market capitalization ...

Introduction

This is an individual business research report that focuses on the Philip Morris International Corporation (PMI). This paper will critically analyze the corporate elements of the company and evaluate the various strategies employed by Philip Morris (PMI). The critical analysis will culminate in the identification of gaps that would be utilized in drawing a set of recommendations for the company.

Corporate History and Background

PMI is an American company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. It is known for producing and marketing cigarettes and tobacco around the world. PMI is a conglomerate of four major cigarette and tobacco companies including Sampoerna, PMFTC ...

Educational Institute

Research Objective The objective is to determine and examine the role of the stock market in economic development. This research would analyze data gathered and demonstrate the significance of stock markets in the development of economies. Insights would be gathered on what factors can support the notion that the stock market is an indicator of economic health and a guidepost for a better understanding of economies.

Literature Review

Kelly, 2010 The article is a direct expository address to the relation between the stock market and the economy. It focuses on the conceptual aspects rather than on the data and analysis and ...

An information system has four elements, such as: risk, advertising, expenses and record keeping. People risk every time they invest money in exchange. They also risk when they sell their shares. They can either win or lose large amount of money. According to the article, after offering Facebook shares, Nasdaq had some technical problems and cased many delays and chaos (Wallace 27). Lots of people lost their money and were very angry of that. Advertising helps the stock exchanges to do their job. Many people are looking for the income and they can receive it on the stock exchange, ...

IPOs

Abstract Large and small business move to expand their business by increasing funds through issuing shares. The reason to go public is that it opens up many financial doors as it raises cash. Therefore, companies trade in an open market to attract maximum investors.It can be explained in a way that if a company issued its stocks to the general public for the first time, the capital structure of the company changes that is it mainly begin to rely on debt for finance. TESCO Plc is one of those companies which in the list of world’s largest retailers. ...

Company Overview

GasLog Ltd. is an international firm engaged in managing, operating, and owner of the LNG carriers that includes a fully owned fleet of 22 carriers (Reuters). The company primarily operating in the liquefied natural gas market by providing worldwide maritime transportation including technical ship management services to five of the LNG carriers owned by third-party subsidiaries. The company’s corporate office is located at Rue Du Ga, Monaco, and currently trading in New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GLOG after being incorporated in 2006 (Reuters). The discussion aims to analyze the GasLog Ltd. in terms of financial ...

The efficient way to allocate private funds for corporate investments has always been a stock market. In Saudi Arabia, Tadawul is one of a kind international stock exchange. It is the largest stock exchange in the Gulf region. The physical office is located in the capital of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. The stock exchange has at its disposal financial and bank services, Petrochemical industries, real estate and property development, hotels and tourism industry, cement, retail, food industry and agriculture, energy and utilities, telecommunications, transport, media and publishing (Tadawul Official website). The stock exchange introduced to the world the first ...

This paper presents profitability analysis of two companies listed and active in the London Stock Exchange. The two companies selected for the analysis include Premier Oil PLC trading under the ticker symbol PMO and Genel Energy PLC falling under the ticker symbol GENL in the exchange. The two companies fall under the Oil and Gas Producer main market segment of the London Stock Exchange. At the time of presenting this report, GENL traded at a price of 97.50p with a 52-week range of 71.75p to 441.00p. On the other hand, the MPS of Premier Oil PLC was at 63.50p ...

Introduction

Multinational corporations across the world usually consolidate and present their operational results in financial and non-financial terms at the end of every term, usually a year. The financial aspect of reporting is supposed to comply with a clearly prescribed set of regulatory standards. The adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards and GAAPs was meant to ensure that all compliant firms across the world produce financial statements that conform to the industry specific reporting frameworks and thus achieve a degree of uniformity in reporting. Different firms in operating in multiple locations operate under the strict guidelines of the specific ...

1.0 Background Capital structure decisions are critical for the profitability and or growth objectives of for-profit organizations. Financial managers are given the liberty of choosing the components of their capital structure as long their maximize the value of the stock and at the same time achieve some of the core objectives of firms. Some of these include maximization of the company’s value. Managers all over the world strive to find a combination of investment with the best gearing ratio. According to Huber (2011) excessive use of debt financing could lead to too much of the firm's profits being ...

Abstract

The above paper appreciates the fact that most organizations go through difficult economic times and require effective working capital management. Moreover, the study recognizes the fact that inefficient management of the same has adverse effects on the financial performance of the business. Therefore, financial managers have an obligation to maintain a balance in liquidity as one approach to enhance the profitability of the firm. To achieve the study objective, the paper utilizes an efficient research design, which is believed to assist the business in achieving its set purpose. The study seeks to use data from three companies (Coca-Cola, Barclays ...

Impact of Debt Structure on Financial Performance of Saudi Arabian Firms

The study uses a sample of 125 firms that are listed on the Saudi-Arabia Stock Exchange. The sample was drawn from 13 different sectors (see Table 1). Firms from the Energy & Utility and the Real Estate sector formed the highest proportion (13.6%) while Agriculture/Food formed the lowest proportion (1.6%).

Descriptive Statistics of Sampled Firms

The highest ratio of short-term debt to total assets was 100 percent. In other words, the firm financed all of its assets with short-term debt. The lowest ratio of short-term debt to total assets was 0 percent. The average ratio of short-term debt to total assets was 21.56 percent with ...

Garcia C.P.

Econ 2

2016/09/06 Stock Market in China China has two stock markets; Shanghai and Shenzhen that operate independently under the control of the China Securities Regulation Commission. The government agency commission has a lot of control on the actions of companies in the stock markets, from issuing initial public offers to controlling the level of price movements in the markets. The Chinese practices sponsored trading through the Chinese Securities Finance Corporation. In 2015, efforts of the holding company to soften the markets were futile with losses going up to $5 trillion. The government of China prioritizes market stability over ...

1.0 Abstract Stakeholders are of central importance to every business organization. The success of any business hinges on the relationship that it has with its stakeholders. Disclosure of quality financial reports is significant for the capacity of business organizations to build confidence with their key stakeholders. Corporate governance and the audit quality have attracted the interest of researchers to determine how they impact stakeholders. Additionally, the implementation of IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) has impacted the direction of business organizations especially with regards to corporate governance. The question of whether the quality and extent of disclosure of financial information ...

Vodafone

Introduction This report seeks to assess the expected returns for Vodafone using the CAPM model. The CAPM model is based on three inputs: risk-free return, market return and company beta. Therefore, the report will estimate these three parameters and use them to find the expected return of Vodafone. Finally, it will provide a critique of the CAPM estimation technique.

The risk-free rate of return is often taken as the return of short term government securities. The 3-month treasury bill for UK is 0.48 . Therefore, we assume that the risk free rate.

Market Return

Expected market return are the average rate of ...

Introduction

Microsoft is the world’s largest corporation in software and technology industry. William Gates and Paul Allen founded it back in the year 1975 and for about ten years, it became a multi-million company. The core objective of the company at early stages was to ensure, “there is a computer on every desk and every home.” The culture of the business is critical to all corporations. Culture influences almost all the operations of an organization throughout the life cycle of the firm. Culture would dictate to management when it comes to decision-making like for example, how are decisions made ...

Compass Group plc

Compass Group plc is a multinational company dealing with contract food service, support management, cleaning management and property management. It is a British multinational company with headquarter located in the compass house along Chertsey Surrey. Compass Group Company is the largest contract food service organization in the world. The company operates in more than fifty countries across the entire world. The company offers different food services in different locations and institutions such as the hospitals, cultural venues, offshore oil platforms, major sports, schools, offices, mining camps and various universities. The company has several shares and is very active in ...

High-risk investments mean volatility associated with the returns on investments and stock prices change. Any investment transaction has a risk element. Moreover, the major proportion of the investment theory states that the potential profitability is inversely proportional to the risk level . At this, it is not important whether it goes about the passive investment, active stock transactions or new business projects. Risk allows earning much and provokes losing much because associated with potential losses even in the case of success. It is extremely important to understand quantitative and qualitative characteristics of risks, which affect the amount of the invested ...

ABSTRACT

It is necessary for investors to consider their overall portfolio and analyze which investment option is lagging in which area. Thus, we took all the investment what we were involved in over a given period of time. The three markets taken were stock exchange options, Forex currency trading and bullion trading. Under stock exchange trading options, we considered the investments made in three separate quarters, for Forex trading, we took the two currencies: Euro and Yen and for the bullion trading we invested in gold and silver as precious metals. Later, we found the profit status from all the ...

China

1. COUNTRY

We have chosen China as a country for analysis

2. RECOMMENDATION We have decided to convert US dollar to Chinese yuan on May 24, 2016. The total cost in dollars according to this option is calculated further in question 9. 3. CHINESE ECONOMY OVERVIEW China’s role in the international arena has been growing in the recent years. Apart from being the most populous country with over 1.3 billion people and one of the largest countries in the world by territory, it has been experiencing substantial economic development in the past decades (Naughton 3). China is the second largest economy in the world after the USA. ...

The purpose of a marketing audit report is to enable an organization to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the marketing department relative to the use of alignment skills, processes, and systems because these processes affect the return on investment. Information revealed from this process can disclose the need for opportunities that can improvement the present marketing processes. As an example, if a company desires to achieve a higher performance level in its business, there will be the need to increase effectiveness while also improving the return on investment (Patterson, 2009). This could mean that the organization needs to ...

Corporate governance refers to a system in which companies in a given region are directed and controlled. It involves a set of relationships existing between the board, management, shareholders and any other stakeholders of the company. Corporate governance as well is instrumental in the provision of a structure of setting the objectives of a company, the means of attaining the set objectives and monitoring performance of the company. Corporate governance lies on four pillars which include accountability, transparency, fairness and responsibility (Sharar, 8). A corporate governance framework is necessary to safeguard the interest of the various stakeholders in any ...

1. Company oversight The company Relx Group is a provider of analytics and information for business, professional and academics to customers from different industries. The company has customers in 180 countries with offices in 40 countries. The company has 30 thousand employees; a half of the payroll is located in the United States of America. The company operates in the following market segments: ■ Scientific: The Company stores more than 16% of the scientific articles of the world that were published in the last ten years with peer-reviewed conditions with strategic associations with scientific magazines and universities. ■ Technical and Medical: ...

Question B:

The basic form of business is a single owner business, also known as a sole proprietorship. The main advantage of this form of business is that it provides the control of the entire business to the owner of the business and the owner has the power to direct the business. The owner of the business is entitled to all profits of the business. However, the main disadvantage of the sole proprietorship is that it creates the unlimited liability on the owner of the business. Another form of business is a partnership which provides the opportunity for more than one ...

Introduction

Shanghai and Hong Kong have become important in the global financial sector. Modern banking and finance started in HK and Shanghai in 1845 and 1847 respectively when the first British bank was opened, the Oriental Banking Corporation. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, a multinational Holdings was founded in 1864 with its Head office in Hong Kong. Other foreign and local banks from Britain, Europe, America and Japan were subsequently opened. The modern Commercial Bank of China was formed in 1897 with its head office in Shanghai. The first stock exchange was established in Hong Kong in 1891 ...

Introduction to Mongolian Financial Institution System

Introduction Following seven decades of communist rule, Mongolia adopted democracy in 1990, closely followed by a shift to a market economy (Wagner). The transition has been beset with turmoil, and the Mongolian financial system has undergone crises in ‘1994, 1998 and 1999’ (ADB), primarily due to the government’s predilection of interfering in the lending policies of banks and directing credit to poorly performing enterprises. More recently, the global financial crisis of 2008 and a drop in copper prices triggered another financial crisis in Mongolia, prompting the government into entering a standby arrangement with the IMF till 2010. The ...

The Qatar Stock Market

Before discussing Qatar’s stock market, let us gain some relevant information about the country itself. Qatar is located in the continent of Asia and covers over 11,000 square kilometers of land which makes the country the 168th largest nation when looking at land area. Qatar became an independent state in 1971 gaining its independence from the United Kingdom with a population of 1,951,591 people in 2012. The currency is the Qatari Rial (World Atlas, 2015). When viewing the stock market, there is information that every investor should know about Qatar before investing in the market ...

PERSONAL FINANCE INVESTMENT IN QATAR: INVESTING QR 1000000

Abstract This article describes a personal finance project which entails the investment of QR 1000000 in a short time frame, from 1 March to 27 May 2016. We first define personal finance and establish the five steps of a personal financial planning process, which entails: (1) assessment of the individual’s financial situation; (2) determination of the individual’s financial goals; (3) creation and details of the financial plan, based upon the determined goals; (4) execution of the aforementioned plan; (5) monitoring and reassessment of the plan. For each one of the five stages, we carry out the required ...

(Reforming the financial systems)

Introduction

The term financial crisis is mainly applicable to situations where certain financial assets suddenly lose a large part of the nominal value. Through the crisis, the financial institutions equally lose value and become incompetent in the local as well as international financial markets. Financial crisis is a major cause of economic crisis where the economy experiences a downturn in liquidity as well as unpredictable inflations. However, when the financial crisis occurs several things may be done as a solution but the reformation of the financial system is one of the actions that may be undertaken. ...

As cited by Dimovski and Brooks, underpricing refers to transfer of wealth from the issuing firm to the investors in the IPO. (Brooks, 2010) The issue of IPO being launched at a price substantially less than their market value on the first day of listing, is a global phenomenon now. The issue is now widely documented as academic researchers are performing a plethora of research work to evaluate the IPO underpricing. Even though the issue of IPO under pricing is internationally pervasive, however, in the recent years, researchers are getting more inclined in evaluating the IPO pricing in emerging ...

The paper looks at the UAE stock exchange industry and the mergers between DFM-ND and ADX. The article further evaluates the risks and the business implications. According to the article, the security exchange market has grown to be a potential investment for many people in the world. Large players in the market such as the NYSE look at mergers with smaller security exchange markets in order to boost their revenues. The public stock exchanges have moved to acquire models that are for increased profits and cost effectiveness. As a result, there has been a growth in competition between the ...

Introduction

Tesla Motors Company is an American company that designs, manufactures, and sells electric cars as well as components of electric vehicle powertrains. Tesla Motors is also a public company that trades on the NASDAQ stock exchange using the symbol TSLA. The stock exchange of the company has been recently rising tremendously. In the year 2014 the stock of the motor company rose up to nearly 70% and in the last 12 months, the figure incredibly rose up to 618%. Tesla Motor Company was founded in California's Silicon Valley and was incorporated in July 2003 by two individuals, namely Eberhard ...

Recession refers to short period associated with decline in economic activities such as decrease in stock market business, high unemployment rates, poor housing facilities, high cost of due to low purchasing power of the country’s currency and general failure in the financial institutions. Recession may vary in terms of magnitude and in terms of how long it may persist (Gaston, 1994). Most economists’ belief on this subject is that recession differs from depression only by the degree of their severity. The implication is that depression is more severe form of recession-though with similar consequences. Usually, recession happens after ...

Introduction

As the modern day business sees the emergence of new capital markets with enhanced relaxation over foreign capital governance and raised flexibility of stock exchange rates, it is very important for academicians and industry experts to derive a relation between the foreign exchange rates and stock market fluctuations. This information is a key component for the international investors so that they can effectively diversify their investments with an adequate hedging strategy. Also, understanding the true nature of interrelation between the stock market and foreign exchange is also a must for the financial policymakers so that they can try to ...

China Stock Market and Currency

Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) is one of the largest stock markets in the world. The market has over a thousand listed companies, over 6700 listed securities, and over 1100 stocks. Chinese stock market has witnessed sporadic growth that is fueled by the fast economic growth that has been witnessed over the last thirty years. The economic growth was driven by the adoption of various economic reforms and opening up of China to the world. China is now integrated into the global economy and plays a major role in the stabilization of the regional and as well the world economy. ...

Reasons for the severe decline in Chinese Stock market in 2015

Between June 2014 and June 2015, the CSI 300 Index rose by 150%, reaching the peak at 5,166.3 on 12th June 2015. What follows was a severe decline in the stock index. Within just one month, the CSI 300 index had lost 30% to 3,507 on July 8. Several factors caused the fall.

Short selling

In the run-up to the stock market decline, investors were aggressively involved in short selling and margin trading. Short-selling and margin trading allowed investors to purchase shares using borrowed money thereby increasing the demand for stocks. Investors engaged in short-selling sell stocks borrowed from ...

Geographic Regions

China is the third largest country in the world after Russia and Canada, and it is located along the Pacific Ocean coastline in the Southeast Asia. The country covers 9.6 million square kilometers similar to the United States (Harbach et al. 2010). China is boarded by fourteen nations, which includes Laos, India, Korea, Bhutan, Vietnam, Pakistan, Napa, Burma, Tajikistan, Russia, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan. On the interior side of the country, China has 22 governing provinces and the most relevant cities include Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Xian. Shanghai is the largest city and is called the ...

Analysis of a Panic of 1907

The world has a witnessed some global financial crisis. The most notable one is the great depression that had severe impacts on the economy of the world. Developing nations were adversely affected by the crisis that hit many free markets. Nevertheless, the 20th century was marked by a panic, which ensued on the Wall Street. The aftermath is that American economy and Europe was not spared either as well as the rest of the world. The main aim of this exposition is to analyze the book The Panic of 1907; lessons learned from the Market’s Perfect Storm by ...

Introduction

Following the drops witnessed with the overall prices within the oil industry, it has been recorded that majority of the dependent industries have been reported devaluation in both their asset bases and their stock items. This is the suggestion of the Bushee and Miller (2013) on presenting the oil industry as one industry that is heavily depended upon by a majority of the sectors within commerce and industrialization. Suggestively, this is true based on the use of oil within the manufacturing sector, the energy and allied sectors, the transport sectors, and production industries. With this highlighted, the effect of ...

Stock exchange entails an exchange in which the stock traders and brokers buy and sell securities. As described in a video by Kurzgesagt studio, securities are essentially the rights to assets. Bonds and shares/stocks are some of the examples of securities traded in the stock exchange markets. A stockholder or shareholder is a person or an institution that owns bonds, shares/stocks, or other securities in a company, thus, owning such a company. As the partial owners of a company, the stockholders are entitled to certain rights. The present paper describes these rights and what an ethical lapse entails. One ...

Financial crisis is not a new word in today's economy. The world's economy has consistently been a victim of the financial crisis, and these cases will continue to happen. The global financial crisis in 2008 relates to the 1930's great depression that nearly brought down the economy of the United States. The actors in the financial sector have grown big and are becoming uncontrollable. These financial institutions have now become tough to monitor and control. Government and central banks have a duty of controlling commercial structures through proper supervision and regulation of financial market (Flannery 275). Due to the ...

The Souk Al-Manakh was a classic financial bubble that comprised of investors from around the oil-rich Persian Gulf, and it exploded after confidence in the system was affected. In August 1982, Investors’ checks were reported to bounce and the stock market exchange buckled within a month. The Kuwaiti Ministry of Finance demanded the clearance of all postdated checks by Banks to speed the close down of the stock exchange. The Kuwaiti government conveyed a clearinghouse company that tried to solve disputes and other plights of the investors and brokers (Al-Deera Holding). The arbitration panel was expected to address all ...

Introduction

The technique of high-frequency trading has been around for years, but especially close attention and a new surge of interest in it arose after the sensational release in May 2010 of the book by Michael Lewis “Flash Boys”. In fact, it is hard to call high-frequency trading methodology a revolutionary or even new. Although now, talking about it, everyone remembers high-performance computers and automatic programs with elements of artificial intelligence, but if to leave these technological “tricks” and the terms out of the brackets, everything becomes much easier. Actually, we are dealing with a business model, when using a ...

ABSTRACT

The multinational enterprises have incorporated in their mission statement and business model the ethics and the social responsibility. McDonalds is not the exception to this trend, the company with more than 37,000 restaurants in the world have a presence in the most important cities of the world exposed to critics of citizens and non-government organizations related to the quality food and the marketing techniques. McDonalds changed its business model toward ethical behavior and to improve their economic performance.

INTRODUCTION

McDonalds Corporation is the owner and franchise operator of the McDonalds restaurant in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and ...

Introduction

China is one of the largest countries in the world. Its territory is home to more than 21% of the world's population. The economy of China is characterized by consistently high growth rates. However, the Chinese government faces numerous economic challenges, including:

• reducing its high domestic savings rate and correspondingly low domestic demand;

• support of respective job growth for tens of millions of workers and creating new jobs; • reducing corruption and other economic crimes; • reducing harm to the environment and the growth of social inequality, which is related to the rapid transformation of the economy. Economic development was much faster in coastal areas than in inland, and approximately 200 million ...

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.: Financial Ratio Analysis

Introduction Financial ratios divulge valuable information to the management of a firm that guides them in making significant operational and strategic decisions for their organizations. Financial ratio analysis is a significant technique that is used to analyze financial statements. Accounting ratios are a source of valuable information that helps the management of a firm to understand the financial state of their companies and be able to formulate strategies that will help them achieve the desired financial goals. Activity ratios, for instance, are used to judge the efficiency of the firm in using various assets that it has to generate ...

Introduction

The economy of Qatar is primarily dependent on petroleum and liquefied natural gas. These contribute to over 70% of the total revenues to the government (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). In fact, Qatar is the third largest exporter of natural gas in the world (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2016). For the progress of any economy, the financial sector is the backbone. It provides the financial resources for companies to expand and hence contribute to overall growth of the economy. In the current study we look at the financial markets and institutions operating in Qatar. The report provides an overview of ...

(Institution Name)

Bernie Madoff

Abstract Bernie Madoff was found guilty of having administered the biggest monetary fraud in the history of the United States. He administered a Ponzi scheme for more than four decades before he got caught. The court sentenced him to prison for 150 years, and his company was dissolved. To increase his credibility for the Ponzi scheme to work, Bernie Madoff used his designation as chairperson of NASDAQ and also used Wall Street as his business point. In addition to that, he used his Jewish background to extract money from Jewish investors. The national authorities of taxation and ...

About the paper

The paper is commissioned to evaluate the stock performance of Toyota Motors, a non-US based entity that is listed on NASDAQ and Tokyo Stock Exchange. However, since the currency units are different on both the exchanges,we will transform the stock price in terms of monthly return percentage from 2009 till present date.

About the company and its stock listing

Founded in the year 1973, Toyota Motors Corporation is a Japanese automobile manufacturer. The company is headquartered in Aichi, Japan and is the second largest automobile manufacturer after General Motors. As of December, 2015, the company had employed 3,44,109 employees and is also the ...

INTRODUCTION

The value of a company may be interpreted in different ways. One way is by the summary of all the assets (physical and intangibles) that the company have considering minus liabilities in short and long term. The other way to determine the value of a company is by the estimation of the future cash flow of the company considering the current data, investments, current products and future products under development. The price and the value of the company are not the same concepts. The price of a company is an objective value that is available in the Stock Exchanges, ...

(Excel Maritime Company) 1 Introduction According to Albertijn et al. (2011), the maximization of the shareholders’ wealth depends on the type of capital structure employed by the company. As defined by Ali, Salleh and Hassan, (2010), the capital structure is how an entity funds its operations and expansion using the various sources of funding available in the market. The capital structure of a company can comprise of equity, debt or a mix or both. The maritime companies listed on the New York Stock exchange can either be funded by equity, debt or a mixture of debt and equity based ...

The United States of America Maritime company under consideration is the company Matson, Inc. The most important companies of maritime transport of the world have headquarters outside the United States of America. A.P. Moller-Maersk is the most important company in the world according to its annual transport capacity of 2.8 million twenty-foot containers, its headquarters are in Copenhagen, Denmark. The second company is Mediterranean Shipping Company from Geneva, Switzerland with a capacity of 2.4 million twenty-foot containers. The third company is CMA CGM from Paris, France with a capacity of 1.6 million twenty-foot containers (Moggomcom, 2015). Matson Inc. is ...

Introduction

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is the largest e-commerce company of China and one of the largest online business to business service providers in the world. The company started its operation in 1999 when Jack Ma started a web portal named Alibaba.com. This was a business to business portal to connect Chinese local manufacturers and suppliers with global buyers. The company currently accounts for about 80% of all online sales in China (Zhang). Alibaba has more than 350 million active users, which is more than the entire population in the United States (Zhang). Alibaba made the world record for maximum ...

A ticker symbol represents a group of letters associated to every traded stock in the stock market listings. When a company goes public, it chooses an available ticker symbol that is then used by investors when they engage in trade with these securities. The NYSE uses up to four-character symbols. Some examples: for the 3M Company the ticker symbol is MMM, for International Business Machines the ticker symbol is IBM, for Dell Computer it is Dell, for Advanced Micro Devices it is AMD, for American Standard Company it is ASD while for Bed, Bath & Beyond it is BBBY. The ...