Efficient-market hypothesis

Why We’re All Poor When man first walked out of Africa, it marked both a cultural and technological revolution. From 10,000 BCE onwards, man learned to harness the power of fire, bone, stone, and even animal hides and natural dyes. In this time, however, arose what some people claim to be the greatest of human achievements: Capitalism. In fact, the earliest records of trade for profit come from the Indus River Valley civilization, which formed in what is now eastern India more than a thousand…

of the shareholders and investor of Standard Chartered find him a non-core and underperforming business. Additionally, if the US economy will rebound the FED will most likely start to raise interest rates (one way or another). As result emerging market companies will find it more difficult to service their loans which could ultimately end up in a few defaults. Consensus Forecast Normally I am not a keen follower of what analysts have to say in regards of stock recommendations. Nonetheless, in…

target market is everyone who owns computers, smartphones, MP3 players, tablets, and other devices, which can pair with our Bluetooth enabled devices, because we want everyone to have a unique and better lifestyle and make their life easier. Since Google has great brand awareness and sufficient budget, we decide to target all our segments with different offering to each. We use the differentiated targeting strategy because it helps us obtain a bigger share of the market and increase of the…

Model through its individualistic model. First, the commodification in the factors of production addresses the shift that capitalism took when expanding the market. What had once been a market providing a subsistence routine and specialization of employment…

Neoliberalism In the final four decades of the twentieth century, America underwent a stupendous shift in national politics and economics scales. Politically, government embraced neoliberal policies that favored the economic and social theory of free market to encourage deregulation and privatization to result in economic restoration against inflation. Economically, deregulation favored wealthy corporation to reduce wage on workers and expend their savings to invest which expanded income…

Learning Team A Global Business Financial Environment ACC/300 Brandy Havens Alesia Batiste GM Motors uses SEC filings (US Securities and Exchange Commissions). Available-for-sale securities are one type of investment a company can make. Available-for-sale securities are any security not classified as a trading security or held to maturity security. These can either be debt or equity securities, however, the accounting is the same for each. An accountant must properly account and report…

The Birth of Bull and Bear Markets as Financial Terms The terms, "Bull," and "Bear" for the state of the market are inspired by the typical way in which these two animals attack in real life scenarios. The bull is generalized to attack by forcing its horns up into the air, symbolizing the upward trend of a bull market. In contrast, the bear is generalized to swing its paws down upon its prey; thus serving as a symbol for downward trends. Stock market conditions are defined commonly either by…

right to call special meetings, and “anti-takeover” provisions to protect the interests of their stake holders. Director independence guidelines have been adopted to determine that individual directors are independent under the standards of the NASDAQ market. This annual determination assures the quality of the board’s oversight and reduces the possibility of damaging conflicts in interest. Scientific Games has also adopted corporate governance guildlines that outline the structure, roles, and…

Amazon http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=irol-reportsannual Who is the audience for each section of the report? The audience for Amazon’s report are people interested in investing, future shareholders, and people that are interested in learning about Amazon and their services. This is the intended audience because Amazon’s report has financial statements, a letter to shareholders, and information about the company and amazon’s services. There is also Amazon’s 10-K to show…

In our target market were included people aged 25-40 years with high or middle income, which have their own children. Target market will not be divided on geographic areas in order to reach our wide range of intended consumers. Thus, we will implement concentrated targeting strategy. For our consumers we provide program that gives the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from his/her relative like from real person. This possibility arises from the fact that we collect, analyze and…