stock market of both developed and developing countries. The former is represented by S&P 500(Standard and Poor) from USA while the latter is represented by BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) from India. The daily data of stock return was collected for the time – period of July 1998 to December 2013, and analyzed using single factor ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) and two sample t-test of equal variance. Our Null Hypothesis for this study states that the calendar anomaly does not exist in stock market of US
Theories concerning finance have developed throughout the years evolving from the efficient market theory to behavioural finance. The efficient market theory had a large following in the 1970s although in the 1980s this theory became problematic as the theory didn’t explain the volatility of the actual stock market. Shiller argued that efficient market model needed to be grounded more in reality. Behavioural finance was a solution that many looked to and is becoming a favourable model, as it looks
Growth of financial market in Brazil stimulated mainly through developed markets of coffee, soybeans, iron ore and other minerals. Because prices on those commodities are high, traders are making good profits. The Brazilian sugar industries attract a lot of domestic and international investors and are doing very well in IPOs. In addition, Brazil has a modern financial market; including a solid banking system, a state-of-the-art payment system and a reliable market infrastructure, with the capacity
discrete-valued variables. In this paper, we describe these characteristics of medical practices in three developed managed care markets. The amount of revenues from health insurance premiums that is spent to pay for the medical services covered by the plan. It demands nonprice controls on utilization, such as gatekeeping and concurrent review Throughout the nineteenth century, there was scarcely a market for health insurance in the United States. One advantage is that they have experience in other states
The art market has developed through the centuries from the patron commissioned economy. The art landscape is allocated on the reputable risk of attention and the purchasing power. Those who capitalize in this dicey financial arena are wealthy status symbol seekers, instead of monetary. Technology has progressed globalization, too. Galleries in countries, not thought of as art hubs, can now competing with the major global hubs in the art world. Total art sales are increasing every year, as the market
Developing Markets: · Marketing, sales and distribution of the handsets is handled by the manufacturer. Vast distribution network and penetration in the market is vital for success. · Handset market in developing countries is volume driven market (low end handsets; low ASP) as well as price driven (high end handsets; high ASP) market. So, the revenue will be driven by both low end and high end handsets (see appendix
Usually, the firms of developed countries dominated the globe and developed countries’ markets were the most attractive. However, new attractive markets and new players have emerged from areas outside the developed world. These new markets such as the BRICs and the MISTs have large populations, high economic growth and increasing demands for goods. Also, they are expected to surpass the developed economies by 2050 (Goldman Sachs, 2003). According to Jagdish N. Sheth, the emerging markets have impacted both
Investors’ on-off relationship with emerging market debt (EMD) was again on display during much of 2016: annual performance reached double-digit heights by September, before falling back in the three days following the US elections. Despite this seesaw pattern of returns, EMD finished the year as one of the best performing fixed income markets, underscoring the merit of having a strategic allocation to the asset class. Less obvious is what, if anything, investors can do to reap consistently more
Market Soft Case study Situation: MarketSoft founded by Greg Erman, in 1999 had designed an innovative software product that addressed the problem of managing sales leads across the “extended enterprise”. The product eLeads was strategically developed upon extensive research to address three critical areas many of the fortune 1000 companies in the modern times are facing: 1.Leads get lost 2. No qualifying systems for the leads exist and 3.The leads are never tracked. Problems: 1. The entire
The Paradigm Shift in Consumption: The New Food Equation Consumer behaviors are constantly changing, as can be seen with the recent trends of obesity in the global north and hunger and malnutrition in the global south. Understanding global food systems is very important as it helps explain opportunities and well as problems that exist in the current global food system. In 1950’s and 60’s an industrial food formula, was created in order to take strides towards delivering ample, affordable, healthy