INDIAN STOCK EXCHANGE. A few men‚ started one association under a banyan tree for trading some commodity/security in 1875 !! Who knew at that time that it would grow and would become NSE/BSE? Interesting? Read some finest events and milestones of Indian Stock Exchange. To study the history of the capital market in India we have to look back in eighteenth century when East India Company started security trading in India. Security trading in India was unorganised during that time. Until the end
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History of West Kevin Capuder U.S. Stock Market Crash in 1987 Ana Barbakadze‚ Mariam Jakeli This paper contributes to the overview of U.S. Stock Market Crash of 1987 and it explores the major causes and effects of this crash. According to the Reuters‚ the crash of 1987 is included in the top five “major stock market crashes” (Narayana). Let us now define this term itself. Stock Market Crash associates with “A rapid and often unanticipated drop in stock prices”(Investopedia). As we can see
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How the Stock Market Works Why Do Companies Issue Stock? Companies throughout the world issue new stock shares every day. But what is stock‚ and why does a company issue it? To help you to better understand these important concepts in this tutorial we will discuss: What is Capital? Equity vs. Debt Why Do Corporations Issue Stock? Advantages for Stock Holders Let us begin by defining the word capital. What Is Capital? Let’s imagine that you decide to start up your own ice cream shop business
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The 1929 Stock Market Crash In early 1928 the Dow Jones Average went from a low of 191 early in the year‚ to a high of 300 in December of 1928 and peaked at 381 in September of 1929. (1929 ) It was anticipated that the increases in earnings and dividends would continue. (1929 ) The price to earnings ratings rose from 10 to 12 to 20 and higher for the market ’s favorite stocks. (1929 ) Observers believed that stock market prices in the first 6 months of 1929 were high‚ while others saw them to
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The proposed topic is “A study on impact of stock market volatility on individual investorsinvestment decisions”. This project would give the understanding of the reasons for the volatility in stock markets and its impact on investment decisions of the individual customers. The study also focuses on the various factors that play role in investment decisions of the individual investors in stock markets. 1.1 Background Volatility in equity market has become a matter of mutual concern in recent
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Stock Market Crash of 1929 Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History‚ 1999 During the 1920s increasing numbers of Americans became interested in Wall Street and in buying stocks. A prospective buyer did not have to pay the full price of a stock in order to buy. Instead the practice of "buying on margin" allowed a person to acquire stock by expending in cash as little as ten percent of the price of a stock. The balance was covered by a loan from a broker‚ who was advanced the money by his bank
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efficient Stock Markets in Pakistan‚ the SECP has implemented various corrective measures after the stock market crises in May 2000. List any five of these measures. What are Treasury bills? State any four main features of T. bills. International interest rates have an impact on the local financial system. State and TWO effects of (i) an increase and (ii) decrease in LIBOR on the local market. What are financial intermediaries? Give examples of FOUR key players in the Pakistani market and state their
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Exchange Commission (SEC) is the cause for the demise of the Committee on Accounting Procedure (CAP) of the AICPA and the Accounting Principle Board. When the stock market crashed in 1929‚ many of investors lost their life savings in the market crash. “There is a generally held opinion that accounting practices of the 1920s contributed to the stock market crash of 1929” (Roberts‚ (2011‚ para. 2). The accounting regulations emerged immediately after the crash‚ and the Securities Act of 1934 organization has
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DERIVATIVES ON STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY: A STUDY OF THE NIFTY INDEX T. Mallikarjunappa1* and Afsal E. M.2 Department of Business Administration‚ Mangalore University‚ Mangalagangotri – 574199‚ Mangalore‚ DK‚ Karnataka‚ India 2 School of Management and Business Studies‚ Mahatma Gandhi University‚ P.D. Hills‚ Kottayam – 686560‚ Kerala State‚ India *Corresponding author: tmmallik@yahoo.com 1 ABSTRACT This paper studies the volatility implications of the introduction of derivatives on stock market volatility
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“Study of Fluctuations of Indian Stock Market” Acknowledgement The completion of any project depends upon the co-operation‚ coordination and combined efforts of several resources of knowledge‚ inspiration & energy. Words fall short acknowledging immense support lent to me yet I will try to give full credit to the deserver’s. My sincere thanks go Burdwan University for giving me an opportunity to discover more knowledge. I am also thankful to my Project
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