reasons behind it. I have decided to carry out the analysis on a local pharmaceuticals company and chosen BPL which is a leading pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh. Since BPL is one of the leading companies and trading shares publicly on the stock exchange, it has made a wide range of information available to the public, availability of which played a vital role in deciding to choose this company... ... middle of paper ... ...ecided to do a ratio analysis using four ratios (Profitability, Liquidity
They are looking to trade in a quality stock, something that Glencore shares represents after changing the face of their operations in 2015. Cuts usually spell disaster for most company’s, but its actually resulted in the opposite for Glencore. By slashing the production levels of zinc, the price
Current situation According to Terms (2016), Superdry's products are sold in alomost 100 hundred countries across Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas, and the retail business is the main part for Superdry to expand in the world. In recent years, Superdry offers a various product range such as t-shirts, sweats, denim, bags and accessories. It has gained its stable and unshakable status in the costume field around the world due to its particular and novel appearance, high-quality texture, nostalgic
positive gains. To identify the market reaction towards an acquisition financed by stocks, external drivers such as CAR, tax, merger type, window period, and investor attention are used. Ideally, CAR is mainly used because it is observable and it is a portion of acquirer stock return from the takeover announcement, not from the ordinary market movement. However, CAR cannot be used as a primary source in measuring the stock return, as it is often inaccurate and fluctuates over
The Stock Market, a market economy providing companies with access to capital and investors a taste of ownership and potential of gains based on the company’s future performance. This fundamental Investment Concept comes with a fine line of risk and return that is based off of the realities of investment performance that can not only affect your money invested, but plays a vital role in your life as a whole. Understanding the stock market is essential to knowing the ups and downs you can encounter
‘Flash Crash’, the U.S stock market experienced one of the most severe price drops in its history. In the matter of five minutes, the Dow Jones Industrial Index declined by 900 points, and then recouped the balk of those losses within the next 15 minutes. This unprecedented and unexplained volatility has fired public debate ever since. In the aftermath of the US ‘Flash Crash’, regulators were quick to pin blame on HFT. Within a week the chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission determined
City of London is one of the world’s three leading financial centres, along with Tokyo and New York, and is by far the largest in Europe. While New York and Tokyo rely on very large domestic economies to fuel their business, London’s success can be attributed to its international business. Major financial institutions and markets in the City include the Bank of England, the London Stock Exchange, Lloyd’s insurance market, and the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange. 1.1 Facts
listed company on the stock market. We can see lots of advantages by listed companies compared to private companies such as financial stability or are more opportunities to do business. It is an absolutely interesting that the top biggest companies in the world, (by top 100 companies) are all listed on the Stock Market, such as Wal-mart stores the biggest companies by 2010 (Fortune global 500, 2010) listed on The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and also The London Stock Exchange (FTSE), Toyota Motor
A Stock Exchange is an organized market for buying and selling financial instruments known as securities, which include stocks, bonds, options, and futures. Most stock exchanges have specific locations where the trades are completed. For the stock of a company to be traded at these exchanges, it must be listed, and to be listed, the company must satisfy certain requirements. But not all stocks are bought and sold at a specific site. Such stocks are referred to as unlisted. Many of these stocks are
terms of market capitalisation, listed on the London Stock Exchange. It is maintained by FTSE group, a subsidiary of London Stock Exchange and was launched in 1984. FTSE 100 index is a good indicator of international and local economic conditions as it responses in changes to not just the local market but to markets all over the world. Companies included in the FTSE 100 represent about 80% of the total market capitalisation on the London Stock Exchange. Market capitalisation (size) of the index makes
conflicting presence of security price anomalies in stock exchange markets has been one of the most popular topics of research among academicians, economists, statisticians and market experts for many decades, as it provides the prospect of making unusual profits for investors. Several surveys have been conducted not only in developed countries like UK but also in emerging markets like China, in order to provide secure evidence for the presence of any stock anomalies. According to Ainhoa Ceresuela-Callen
by the exchanges that allow its existence. The Japanese stock market is third largest in the world by market capitalization, surpassed only by the United States and China. Market participants trade over the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange which combined to form the Japan Exchange Group (JPX) in 2013 (JPX.com). As of November 2015 there were 3500 companies listed as part of the JPX and over $400 billion dollars of shares traded in 2014 (World Federation of Exchanges). The role
Regulation of the Stock Market The Enrons and Worldcoms made it clear that the financial markets cannot be left under the auspices of corporate directors and officers, without oversight authority. "The corporate abuses and fraud that Enron exemplified, while not a first in the financial markets, they were certainly a first in terms of the magnitude of the losses to stockholders and the confidence the public reposed in the financial sector (Bequai 2003)." As a result of the stock market crash of
A stock market is a place where stocks and bonds are regularly traded. The stock market plays an important role in the economy where the prices of the stock reflect upon the growth of the country’s economy. Companies who choose to list themselves in the stock market are known as public listed companies where their company assets are open for investment to the public. The stock market connects the buyer and seller where companies are in need of funds and investors are looking for a place to invest
In answering the question on discussion whether it is important for stock markets to be efficient in order to fulfil its roles, it is important to discuss the roles and the functions of the stock market and why it is important for the stock market to be efficient in order to be able to operate and to perform its role as an efficient allocator of resources.. Secondly it is essential to look at the concept of capital market efficiency and what it means. Clearly, market efficiency is a concept that
Bank of New York one of the oldest banks in the world, but it is also a historic one because it was the first bank in the United States to issue a loan. Adding to that historic feeling, when the New York Stock Exchange was created in 1792, the first stock traded was the Bank of New York's stock. The Bank of New York played a major role in the economic growth in the New York metropolitan area. The Bank was also involved with the growth of transportation. The construction of the Morris Canal in
accompanied the bubble boom and bust (Simpson & Simons, 1998). In 1995 Netscape was one of the first dot.com businesses to enter the NASDAQ Stock Exchange, an automated exchange which has, since the Dot.com power struggle, become associated primarily with technology shares. At that time the NASDAQ was still not considered a technology exchange and Netscape entered the exchange. In 2000 the NASDAQ 100 Composite index peaked at 5,132 points at more than 500% from its original level in 1995. America was in the
regulation of their conduct of business; Investigation, enforcement and discipline; Regulation of investment exchanges and clearing houses; Regulation of collective investment schemes. The change has been a move away from largely self-regulation to a combination of self-regulation and government interventionist regulation. Before 1997 the UK relied ‘primarily on private regulation (by the stock exchange and, to an increasing extent, by the institutes of chartered accountants).’ (Benston, 1985). The regulation
they jumping into the billions with 5.04 billion dollars. In 1993, Gateway became a traded company in the NASDAQ market system under the symbol GATE. Making improvement along the way they moved to the New York Stock Exchange on May 22, 1997 and uses the symbol GTW. On June 16, 1997 the stock split. Gateway 2000 is a leading global marketer of personal computers. Although they are a leader in global marketing they have a problem with their laptop division. the laptop division holds one of the
Marketing Mix for Manchester United Product: A massive sports store selling Manchester united. Introduction Marketing Strategic marketing: defined by Stevens, Loudon, Wrenn, and Warren (1997). ‘Consisting of the complete plan for the accomplishments of the organisation’s mission statements and stated objectives’ And by Hiebing and Cooper (1995) ‘Marketing strategy is a statement detailing how an individual marketing objective will be achieved, and describes the method for accomplishing