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Once the lockup period expires, institutional shareholders usually sell their positions as they worry that more shares available for trading will suppress demand and drive prices down

One of the main causes was that the rate of which people have bought the stuff that was up for sale and that the stocks dropped.

I submit herewith recommendations for the installation of exhaust system and a second welding line considering the best interests of AWC Inc.

Futures and options contracts are the two exchange-traded derivatives contracts in the financial market that can be used to manage Alkane’s risks.

6. The fact that the exchange is the counter-party to every futures contract issued is

C) a leftward shift in the money demand curve and a rightward shift in the

“According to the Efficient Market Hypothesis all share prices are correct at all times. This is achieved by prices moving randomly when information is publicly announced.”

Even there are perfect substitutes, the risk that pessimistic traders driving down stock price more is possible in short run and this forces arbitrageurs close their positions leading to bigger loss. According to Shleifer and Visny (1997) , this situation is highly possible. Shleifer and Visny (1997) argued

brings margin deposits up to a required minimum level to cover an adverse movement in price in the futures

During the two years that Leeson played the Nikkei 225, starting in mid-1992, the index fluctuated heavily. During these fluctuations, Leeson would flip his future contract positions if the market moved continuously in the unfavourable direction. However, most of the damage was done towards the late end of this period in mid-1994. In June 1994, Leeson believed that the Nikkei 225 was going to rise in value, so he purchased a large amount of futures contracts. Instead of rising, the market took a dive, dropping nearly 22% by the collapse of the bank at the end of February 1995. This triggered frequent margin calls in Leeson’s accounts on both of the exchanges he traded on, the OSE and SIMEX. Due to the magnitude of the losses, he was not able to fund the variation margin with the various resources that the bank had, and was forced to find an alternative means of gathering funds.

Behind their construction is the notion that contemporary information, whether asset specific or market wide, can predict expected returns. A large body of empirical evidence finds significant returns to these rule based portfolios, suggesting the predictive power of the trading signals from which they are constructed. The performance of trading strategies is an intriguing feature for both financial economists - who read the implied predictability as a challenge for models of market efficiency - and financial practitioners - who exploit strategy performance for tactical portfolio allocation. This thesis investigates various trading strategies in futures markets, aiming to assess their economic value, distinguish sources of associated risk premia and to understand the effect of their implementation on the wider futures market.

On August 24th, the Chinese government depreciated their currency which cause major panic in stock markets across the world. Within minutes after the opening bell, the Dow plummeted 1,089 points. That is the largest point loss ever during a trading day, surpassing the Flash Crash of 2010.

This can especially noticed in agricultural commodities where the weather plays a major role in affecting the fortunes of people involved in this industry. The futures market has evolved to neutralize such risks through a mechanism; namely hedging.

Commodity futures have become very powerful instruments that are being used by many for varied purposes. They provide excellent opportunities to hedgers and speculators. In this regard the exchanges have been trying to develop varied types of products that satisfy the ever growing needs of the futures markets. Futures contracts provide a number of benefits including price discovery, volume (liquidity), and risk transfer through hedging, to name a few. There are also indirect benefits to the economy like the creation of warehouses that store the commodities being traded.

* The Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India, the premier stock exchanges of India could function only partially. As most of the trading are eTrading, trading terminals of the brokerage houses across the country remained largely inoperative. Ironically, in partial trading, the Sensex, India's most tracked equity index closed at an all time high of 7605.03 on 27 July 2005. The Exchanges, however, remained closed for the following day.