Stock Market and Great Lakes

In order to succeed in any business, it is extremely important to understand the stock market. In this assignment we were asked to follow the stock market continuously for four months and understand the market. The stock market is a global marketplace, where goods and services are traded in the form of equities.

Water is an important resource and weather agent in our world, and the Great Lakes Region has an intimate relationship with water. The region was shaped by glaciers long ago and continues to be shaped by flowing surface water today. Groundwater is very pure in the area, which allows for plants, animals, and humans to thrive there. Migration into the area can be related to the groundwater found there. Human use of the water results in man-made structures, water flow alteration, and changes in water quality. Water is very influential in the Great Lakes Region.

Glaciers are formed in places where there is adequate snowfall and cold temperatures; specifically, the area needs to have temperatures that are less than 32* F and more snow than is able to melt in the summer. Present-day, glaciers only form in high latitudes and high elevations. However, 14,000 years ago, during the Pleistocene Ice Age, Michigan was covered by a mile-and-half-mile deep glacier. Over thousands of years, the temperatures alternated from warm to cool, causing the glaciers to retreat and advance. As glaciers traveled this way, they took the path of least resistance. This caused the glaciers to move south from modern-day Canada, along the riverbeds that existed where the Great Lakes now

According to Alfaro, Chanda, Kalemli-Ozcan, & Sayek (2004) stock markets play a vital role as they allow investors to buy and sell shares in publicly traded companies. They are one of the most vital areas of a market economy as they provide companies with access to capital and investors with a slice of ownership in the company and the potential of gains based on the company 's future performance.

In the last three months of 2008, under the general decline in the global stock market, numerous Asian stock markets were in free fall. The key stock index such as Nikkei 225 in Japan, Hangseng in Hongkong and Sensex in India suffered significant drops. (Rose & Spiegel, 2009)

The Great Lakes are surrounded by the northern United states, and southern Canada. Both countries own the Great Lakes except for Michigan which is only owned by United States. The Great Lakes include Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario. The Great Lakes are connected together by rivers. The Great Lakes are also connected to the Atlantic Ocean with the St. Lawrence River.

The Great Lakes is the smallest of all the regions and consists of two parts, but is surprisingly populated. This region is comprised of the very southern parts of Ontario and Quebec. These two portions are separated by the Canadian Shield that extends across the St. Lawrence River all the way to United States. Its landscape is breathtakingly gorgeous consisting large water bodies, mountains, flatlands. The reason this region is so populated, is that it holds some of the majorly known bodies of water, including, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, and Lake Superior. Much like Interior Plains, this region is made of bedrock formed of sedimentary rock during the Paleozoic era. This bedrock may be seen in an abundant of escarpments.

Major stock market indices globally are trading near the high levels of 2007-2008. Some countries like India have surpassed the previous highs of 2008, and are trading comfortably higher (^BSE, Jan 2008: 20,000 approx.; May 2016: 25,000

In the plains, geopolitics was greatly influenced by horses, European import, even before the Europeans arrived

The Stock Market is an organized market for the trading of stocks and bonds. In Europe a stock exchange is often called a bourse. Stock exchanges exist in all-important financial centers of the world. Members of an exchange buy and sell for themselves or for others, charging commissions. A stock may be traded only if it is listed on an exchange after having met certain requirements. The New York Stock Exchange (founded 1790) is the largest in the U.S., handling more than 70% (in market value) of all transactions. The American Stock Exchange (Amex), also in New York City, and regional exchanges account for the remainder. Unlisted shares, often of smaller companies, are traded in the growing over-the-counter

Some studies do examine the portfolio management along with the market volatility, impact however; the scope is often limited to a Bangalore. This study takes a look at the awareness of Mutual fund industries its growth in India. If one considers the transactions by domestic mutual funds (MFs) in the equity market an indicator of domestic investor participation in the stock market, domestic investors have been active participants in recent times. But the common perception that domestic investors lack market-moving influence is not entirely based on fact.

There is a long list of developed countries just as developing countries, but we will focus on England, Pakistan and their respective Stock Exchanges. The sole purpose of the report is to compare and contrast the stock

The London Stock Exchange lists the FTSE 100 which is a share index of stocks of 100 companies showing the highest market capitalisation. This will be completed by discussing the movement of the company’s share during the time period. The companies will also be compared to the movement of the shares against each other, against FTSE 100 and against its industry sector. The records and comparisons will be all in context of Stock Market Efficiency. Stock Market allows a company to be aware of the trade with shares and finance which is at an agreeable price. Two of the companies chosen to

There is a dispute of seasonal effect (calendar anomaly) exists in financial stock market. This paper analyses the historical information and data to determine the existence of calendar anomaly in India and United State. According to Forbes- 2015, United State holds the first position in World’s Biggest Stock Exchange while India stands at ninth. USA Stock market is the first choice for many leading enterprises of other countries to list upon. In the case of India, its stock market is emerging strongly due to rapid economic growth.

Daily equity market indices for four Southeast Asia countries will be collected from Yahoo Finance and DataStream. The daily price index is collected instead of monthly price index because this study attempts to examine if the January effect is stronger on the first five days of January. The indices are FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index (KLCI) for Malaysia, SET Index for Thailand, Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index (PSEi) for Philippine and IDX Composite Index for Indonesia. Since these