1: Introduction To Financial Markets

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I: Introduction

1: Introduction to Financial Markets


Dow Jones Industrial Average

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Circular Flow
FINANCIAL MARKETS
CAPITAL
FACTORS OF
LABOR PRODUCTION
LABOR MARKETS

HOUSEHOLDS GOVERNMENT FIRMS

CONSUMPTION PRODUCTION
GOODS MARKETS

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Markets
 Exist to bring buyers and sellers together

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Markets
 Labor markets

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Markets
 Primary market
FINANCIAL MARKETS

 Secondary market

FINANCIAL MARKETS

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Circular Flow

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Financial Markets
 Facilitate optimal allocation of
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 .
 through .

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Returns Mechanism
 Normal Return
 .

 Abnormal Return
 .
 .

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The
Returns Mechanism beginning
of a
bubble

 Normal Return  Abnormal Return

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Efficient Markets Hypothesis
 Weak Form
 .
 Semistrong Form
 .
 Strong Form
 .

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Technical Analysis
 Double Bottom (shaped like a W)
 [A] Breakout #1
 [B] Breakout #2
 [C] New Trend

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Fundamental Analysis
 Earnings Per Share (EPS)
Net Income
EPS 
Shares Outstanding

 Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E)


Stock Price
P/E 
EPS

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Fundamental Analysis
availability of
 Current Ratio working capital
Total Current Assets
CR 
Total Current Liabilities

 Quick Ratio liquidity

Cash & Marketable Securities  Accounts Receivable


QR 
Total Current Liabilities

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Fundamental Analysis
 Return on Assets (RoA) efficient use of
assets
Net Income
RoA 
Total Assets

 Return on Equity (RoE)


profitability
Net Income
RoE 
Shareholders Equity efficient use of
factors of
 Gross Profit Margin on Sales production

Sales - Cost of Goods Sold


MarginGross 
Sales
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Practice Questions

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Q&P 1-1:
 I use my computer and Internet link to chart the movement of all 30 Dow
Jones Industrial stocks. I buy and sell according to my analysis of these price
movements. If I can generate consistent abnormal returns in this manner then
this is a failure of
 Charles is a member of the Board of Directors of the Royal Bank. If he can
generate consistent abnormal returns in trading Royal Bank shares then this is
a failure of
 Varya checks out all the Value Line publications and buys everything that
Value Line recommends. If she can generate consistent abnormal returns then
this is a failure of
 I watch Wall Street Week every week. Then when it's over I throw a dart at
the Wall Street Journal. I buy whatever the dart hits. If I can generate
consistent abnormal returns in this manner then this is a failure of
 John Q. Investor analyses the quarterly earnings statements of some fifty
obscure small-cap stocks. He then buys according to the earnings pattern
disclosed. If he can generate consistent abnormal returns in this manner then
this is a failure of
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1: Financial Markets in the Economy

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