EquityMarket:AnIntroduction
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Equity Market: An Introduction
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Equity Market: An Introduction
Contents
Contents
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Context & Essence
9
1.1
Learning outcomes
9
1.2
Introduction
9
1.3
he inancial system in brief
9
1.4
he money and bond markets in a nutshell
13
1.5
Essence of the equity market
14
1.6
Statutory backdrop to shares and share market
18
1.7
Equity derivatives
19
1.8
Summary
20
1.9
Bibliography
20
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Instruments
21
2.1
Learning outcomes
21
2.2
Introduction
21
2.3
Ordinary shares
22
2.4
Preference shares
29
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Equity Market: An Introduction
Contents
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Negotiable instruments representing equity
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2.6
Summary
36
2.7
Bibliography
37
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Investors
38
3.1
Learning outcomes
38
3.2
Introduction
38
3.3
Ownership distribution
38
3.4
Motivation for holding equity
40
3.5
Statutory environment for investors
41
3.6
Measures of return
42
3.7
Other concepts of return
45
3.8
Risks faced in holding inancial assets
50
3.9
Risk predisposition
52
15
3.10
Measurement of risk in the inancial markets
3.11
Relationship between risk and return
57
3.12
Risk and return: the record
58
3.11
Summary
63
3.12
Bibliography
63
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