TABLE SHOWING MEAN DAILY MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY FOR THE CITY OF KOLHAPUR. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov Dec. Annual Highest Lowest. Mean daily Maximum temperature (°F) 86.9 89.9 96.4 98.7 94.9 86.1 79.4 79.3 82.9 86.4 86.6 85.8 87.8 107 48 Mean daily Minimum temperature (°F) 58.5 60.6 65.7 70.5 72.2 71.7 70.0 69.5 68.8 68 61.3 58.2 66.3 Mean Temperature 72.7 75.3 81.1 84.6 83.5 78.9 74.7 74.4 75.9 77.2 74.0 72.0 77.1 Mean Range 28.4 29.3…
concerning securities being offered for public sale in interstate and foreign commerce. It also prohibited deceit, misrepresentations, and to prevent fraud in the sale of securities. There were a number of items considered securities such as stocks, bonds, notes, debentures, warrants, voting trust certificates, subscriptions, rights to oil, gas and minerals, and limited partnership interest. According to Jennings 2015, “the U. S. Supreme Court defined a security as a contract, transaction,…
Good Morning Class. Now before the young man in the red shirt in the third row completely dozes off, let me explain why I’m here. We experience a parallel reality to fantasy football in our daily lives with the Stock Market. A lot of us tend to be afraid of investing due to the uncertainty and unpredictability of stocks, however we dive right into the world of Fantasy sports and it is here that we actually find that it isn’t all that different than investing in stocks. Let me break it down…
Countrywide was founded in 1969 by Angelo Mozilo, and was extremely successfully until the housing crisis in 2007 with a resulting nationwide banking crisis due to subprime mortgage lending practices. Consequently, the company was purchased by Bank of America for pennies on the dollar not only for Countrywide to remove them from the financial crisis, but to escape potential penalties to due fraudulent practices (Ferrell, Fraedrich, Ferrell, 2015). Many accusations regarding Countrywide’s…
I went into the stock market project with a minimal understanding of the real stock market. When asked to choose which five stocks to invest in, I was lost. I eventually started to realize that I should choose stocks that may be popular in the upcoming months. The stocks I chose were Nike, the Hershey Company, Transunion. Microsoft Corporation, and Costco Wholesale Corporation. I had a reason for choosing almost all the stocks I did. I chose Nike because as the spring season came along, I…
Hacking Finances Every generation is required to do their part to shape the American economy and stock market. Every generation has a different system of navigating this tricky path. Some advance to the top through trial and error, others advance by strict methodology. Often, we see the older and more experienced generations teach the younger generations how to navigate the unruly economics of the United States. The best way to see this in today’s economy is by looking at the Baby Boomers and…
Morningstar is a Chicago-based investment research firm that compiles and analyzes fund, stock and general market data. They also provide an extensive line of internet, software and print-based products for individual investors, financial advisors and institutional clients. The research reaches all corners of the world: North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Among its many offerings, Morningstar's comprehensive, one-page mutual and exchange-traded fund (ETF) reports are widely used by…
Investing at an early age will help you stay consistent, give you financial stability, and will teach you how to manage money at an early age. As Joe Mansueto stated on Linked-in "The longer you wait to build your investment portfolio, the harder the task of meeting your goal. Most wealth—be it in an investment portfolio or in building a business—is created over long time frames by stringing together many years of positive returns" (Mansueto, 2014). Mansueto says it does not matter how much…
What are brokerage firms? Brokerage firms are a type of non-depository financial institution that manages the purchase of stocks, bonds, and other investments. 2. What are depository and nondepository financial institutions? How do they differ? Depository institutions get their money from their customer’s deposits and they get most of their money from interest paid on loans made to customers. . They are what most people think of when you hear the word bank. Non-depository institutions are…
of two U.S. Treasury bonds with identical maturities. Each of the bonds paid a semi-annual coupon. The two bonds differed in their coupon rate: one bond had a 4.25% annual coupon rate while the other had an annual coupon rate of 10.625%. What ultimately attracted Franey to these bonds was its yield spread. The bonds were of similar issue and maturity, but the bonds’ yields differed by .35%, or 35 basis points. The 10.625% coupon bond had a yield of 3.61% while the 4.25% bond had a yield of…