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C/F/652. Review of Warwick's 'Searching for Alpha': Revolution of Indexed-Based Investing?
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- 2300
- DATE:
- 2010
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper reviews the first two chapters from the book “Searching for Alpha: The Quest for Exceptional Investment Performance” by Ben Warwick devoted to the examination of the modern investment process. The book is discussed with references to Warren Buffet, the world's second richest man, as proof of alpha in operation.
KEYWORDS: Review, Ben Warwick, Searching for Alpha, Indexed-Based Investing, modern investment process, Warren Buffet,
C/F/635. Dissertation. Impact of stock market on economic growth: comparative study of relationship between GDP and stock market performance in UK and USA
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- 13300
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- Excel Sheet Data
- DATE:
- 2010
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- 139.99 GBP
The dissertation explores the relationship between the GDP and stock market performance in the UK and USA seeking to identify whether the stock market influences GDP or vice versa. The review of literature touches on the methods previously used to establish the relationship between the stock market and economic growth. The methods of the research are based on econometric analysis of secondary data, cointegration and causality tests are conducted using the methodologies of Engle-Granger and Johansen. Conclusions are made about the causal relationships between the GDP and stock market performance in the long and short run discussing the implication of the findings for the forecasts of economic growth and stock market performance in the UK and USA.
KEYWORDS: Dissertation, GDP, economic growth, stock market, S&P 500, FTSE 100, UK, USA,
C/F/598. CAPM and calculation of expected returns for Boeing and Amazon
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- 1400
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 19.99 GBP
The paper investigates the risk and expected returns of Amazon and Boeing that operate in different industries using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). The theory of CAPM is briefly reviewed, the expected returns of both companies are estimated and compared.
KEYWORDS: CAPM, S&P 500, Amazon, Boeing, risk, Beta, Expected returns,
C/F/586. Role of Externalities in Market Failure
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- 1900
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 19.99 GBP
The paper examines the causes of market failures describing their types, explaining the notion of externalities as costs or benefits associated with the market activity, exploring the role of externalities in market failure, and considering the ways to lessen the impact of externalities.
KEYWORDS: market failures, externalities,
C/F/489. Exchange Rates: Efficient Market Hypothesis and Hedging
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- 2900
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper looks at the efficient market hypothesis discussing whether hedging in the long run is necessary. The problem of exposure to exchange rate risks is addressed discussing the case of Hutley Enterprises Ltd who use forward contracts to protect themselves from exchange rate risks, addressing the issues of raw material imports from overseas from the perspective of UK-based production, looking at the exchange rate risks that can affect the opening of a new plant in the US or Japan, etc.
KEYWORDS: International trade, exchange rates, hedging, efficient market hypothesis, Hutley Enterprises,
C/F/534. Choice Is Yours: guide to investment in Mutual Funds
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- 4200
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 49.99 GBP
The paper examines the concept of Mutual Funds (MF) identifying their types, explaining their functions, and making suggestions about the ways to select the best MF on the basis of their past performance and the risk associated with the fund. Facts about MF that can help to compare them are outlined, analysis of MF data is performed making recommendations about investment decisions.
KEYWORDS: Mutual Funds, risk and return, investment,
S/F/205. Theoretical approaches to capital mobility
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- 2400
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper argues whether perfect capital mobility is a realistic assumption reviewing the Mundell-Fleming model of exchange rates (e/r) and discussing the implications of the capital movement with floating e/r and fixed e/r. the issues of capital controls, the joint use of monetary and fiscal policy, etc.
KEYWORDS: capital mobility, exchange rate, Mundell-Fleming model,
C/F/442. Analysing Bank of England's Interest Rate Cuts through Keynesian Cross Model
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- 1000
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 19.99 GBP
The paper provides a brief analysis of the Bank of England's interest rate cuts and their effect on the British economy applying to the analysis the framework of the Keynesian cross model.
KEYWORDS: Macroeconomics, monetarist theory, economic policy, Keynes, Bank of England, recession,
C/F/309. Money Markets
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- 2000
- DATE:
- 2008
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper examines the trend of short term borrowing and lending providing definitions of the money market (MM), comparing MM to capital markets, identifying the features of MM financial intermediaries, and describing money market instruments, i.e. treasury bills, commercial papers, etc. Risks associated with MM are considered.
KEYWORDS: Money market, financial, risk,
C/F/455. Currency trades: calls, puts and forwards
- WORDS:
- 1900
- DATE:
- 2008
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- 19.99 GBP
The paper presents a number of exercises where interest rates of different currencies need to be found, carry trade arbitrage needs to be found, spreads are used to find possible arbitrages, covered calls and long puts are used, and future spot parities are identified in order to find hedges.
KEYWORDS: f, currency, trades, calls, forwards,
S/F/161. Efficiency of world's major stock markets
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- 790
- DATE:
- 2008
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- 9.99 GBP
The paper examines the efficient market hypothesis describing efficient markets, discussing the causes and effects of efficiency, and arguing whether corporate problems provide evidence of stock markets inefficiency.
KEYWORDS: Efficient market, stock market,
S/F/175. As the capital markets are efficient, no one can earn abnormal returns. Certainly, there is no point to pay a fund manager to manage your investment portfolio. Discuss
- WORDS:
- 2000
- DATE:
- 2008
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper examines the forms of efficiency in capital markets providing their definitions and arguing whether market prices fully reflect information about the markets. Weak and strong market forms are discussed with reference to related academic sources and examples from the USA economy.
KEYWORDS: Capital market, efficient, price,
S/F/176. Arbitrage and stock index futures pricing
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- 2200
- DATE:
- 2008
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper examines arbitrage opportunities (AO) existing in capital (futures) markets describing the types and features of arbitrage, the reasons why AO arise, the impact of market imperfections on stock index futures, etc.
KEYWORDS: Arbitrage, capital market, stock index futures, market imperfections, efficiency,
S/F/181. Capital market failures provide a clear justification for public policy to help small and medium size enterprises. Discuss
- WORDS:
- 1500
- DATE:
- 2008
- PRICE:
- 19.99 GBP
The paper examines the role of capital markets in the world economy focusing on their importance for small and medium enterprises (SME). Benefits and drawbacks of the market influence on SME are highlighted.
KEYWORDS: Capital market, SME,
C/F/216. Seasonality in the Canadian Stock Market
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- 5200
- DATE:
- 2007
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- 59.99 GBP
This work examines the trend of stock market seasonality in the Canadian stock market. This makes use of the set of data across various sectors, the work employs the GARCH(1,1) model to study the various effects within the sectors. The whole study of seasonality affecting the stock markets is a global phenomenon and it continues to persist even today having various impacts on the stock prices across sectors. Although the presence of seasonality implies a lack of informational efficiency in the respective stock market, this study does not disprove the validity of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), as the presence of significant returns is not the same as to abnormal profits.
KEYWORDS: Seasonality, Canada, stock markets, GARCH, market efficiency,
S/F/132. Chronicles of the Capital Minds: An Incisive Look at Peter Bernstein's Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Wall Street
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- 5500
- DATE:
- 2007
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- 59.99 GBP
The paper offers a review of Peter Bernstein's 'Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street', relating Bernstein's biography, analysing his investment theory and financial market theories and pricing models, i.e. the models by Alfred Cowles, Dow Jones, the Modern Portfolio theory, the Black-Scholes model, etc. Their contribution to understanding the mindset of modern investors, is discussed.
KEYWORDS: Financial market, capital, Wall Street, investment, pricing, portfolio, Dow Jones,
C/F/124. Option exercises
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- 1500
- DATE:
- 2006
- PRICE:
- 19.99 GBP
The work is divided into a series of exercises that look at the following: 1)How to hedge when a call option needs to be sold and a number of shares needs to be bought 2) evaluation of call and put options when the interest rate is given 3) common exercise price of puts and calls 4) caps and floors and their relation to interest rate swaps 5) exotic derivatives and their price compared to European options: Asian, barrier, look-back and American
KEYWORDS: Option, European, Asian, barrier, look-back, American, call, put, sell, buy,
E/F/37. Theoretical approaches to exchange rate
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- 4000
- DATE:
- 2006
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- 49.99 GBP
The paper examines the theory of the purchasing power parity (PPP), the interest parity theory, the Fisher effect, etc. The factors affecting exchange rate are outlined comparing it to PPP, the arguments against PPP are reviewed, the relationship between exchange rate and inflation are discussed.
KEYWORDS: Exchange rate, purchasing power parity, PPP: Fisher effect, inflation,
E/F/42. Theoretical approaches to stock market efficiency
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- 3000
- DATE:
- 2006
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- 39.99 GBP
The paper examines theoretical approaches to stock market efficiency reviewing the efficient market hypothesis (EMH), the conditions leading to market efficiency, the types of market efficiency, the concept of random walk, etc. The paper argues whether current information can predict future returns reviewing criticism of EMH and anomalies in the movement of stock market prices.
KEYWORDS: Stock, market efficiency hypothesis, random walk,
E/F/64. Effects of overconfidence for investors in the stock market
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- 964
- DATE:
- 2006
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- 9.99 GBP
The paper examines the implications of overconfidence for investors in the stock market reviewing economic literature on the relationship between 'overconfidence' and 'overmuch'. Methods of measuring the effects of overconfidence are reviewed.
KEYWORDS: Overconfidence, investor, stock market,
E/F/65. Role of financial institutions in securing the flow of funds
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- 2500
- DATE:
- 2006
- PRICE:
- 29.99 GBP
The paper examines the role of financial institutions in securing the flow of funds between suppliers and users defining types of funds, addressing the issues of risk reduction, describing various financial institutions and regulations aimed to ensure protection against risks.
KEYWORDS: financial institutions, flow of funds, risk,
E/F/75. Information asymmetry in the market
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- 1500
- DATE:
- 2006
- PRICE:
- 19.99 GBP
The paper reviews academic approaches to the perfect and asymmetric information in the market highlighting the problems arising from information asymmetry and considering their implications for the insurance market, labour market, market for credit, etc.
KEYWORDS: f, information, asymmetry, market,
P/F/384. Asymmetric information in finance: review of problems and theories
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- 2000
- DATE:
- 2006
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper examines the concept of asymmetric information and its importance for the financial system. The problems caused by asymmetric information are outlined reviewing the principal-agent theory, the theory of Lemons, the theory of credit rationing, etc.
KEYWORDS: f, asymmetric, information, finance, review, theories,
P/F/439. Benefits and risks of monopoly market for firms and customers
- WORDS:
- 1500
- DATE:
- 2006
- PRICE:
- 19.99 GBP
The paper examines the advantages and disadvantages of monopoly market (MM) from the perspective of monopoly firms and customers reviewing the features of MM, economies of scale, impacts of price discrimination, etc.
KEYWORDS: f, benefits, risks, monopoly, market, firms, customers,
P/F/458. Volatility analysis
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- 1500
- DATE:
- 2006
- PRICE:
- 19.99 GBP
The paper looks at the concept of volatility reviewing theoretical opinions about its importance and examining volatility in the stock market index of Standard & Poors (S&P) 500 for daily and weekly data from January 1990 to December 2004.
KEYWORDS: Volatility, stock market,
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