FX-Market-and-Stock-Market
1. With regards to the Efficient Market Hypothesis, rate the efficiency of the foreign exchange market relative to the stock market. Do insiders exist in the foreign exchange market? Are insiders able to earn excess profits in the foreign exchange market? If so, provide a specific example with supporting details.
2. We have now discussed various aspects of financial modeling at this point. What are some of the problems with using macros keeping the designer of the financial model and the end user in mind?
*min of 3 references for each question – APA format
*must be scholarly/ academic references
*min of a page for each
*some articles to consider:
- Cuddington, John T., and Irina Khindanova. “Integrating Financial Statement Modeling and Sales Forecasting using EViews.” The Journal of Applied Business and Economics 12.6 (2011): 100-20.
Document - Berry, Sam G., Carl E. Betterton, and Iordanis Karagiannidis. “Understanding Weighted Average Cost of Capital: A Pedagogical Application.” Journal of Financial Education 40.1 (2014): 115-36.
NECB eLibrary (Links to an external site.) (ProQuest database) - Beneda, Nancy L. “Estimating Free Cash Flows and Valuing a Growth Company.”Journal of Asset Management 4.4 (2003): 247-57.
Document - Arditti, F. D., & Levy, H. (1977). The weighted average cost of capital as a cutoff rate: A critical analysis of the classical textbook weighted average. Financial Management (Pre-1986), 6(3), 24.
Document - Muralidhar, K. S. V., Mungikar, V., & Nayak, R. P. (2013). Application of the free cash flow to equity valuation model to infosys. Asia Pacific Journal of Management & Entrepreneurship Research, 2(3), 132-141.
NECB eLibrary (Links to an external site.) (ProQuest database) - Ross, S. (1976). The Arbitrage Theory of Capital Asset Pricing. Journal of Economic Theory. 13. 34-260.
The Arbitrage Theory of Capital Asset Pricing - Fama, E. (1965). The behavior of stock market prices. Journal of Business 38, 34–105.
Document - Fama, E. (1991). Efficient Capital Markets: II. Journal of Finance 46, 1575–1617.
Document - Malkiel, Burton G. (2003). The Efficient Market Hypothesis and Its Critics . Journal of Economic Perspectives. 17(1), 59–82. Retrieved from
http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/0895330…
Website (Links to an external site.) - Ming Jing, Y., & Yi-Chuan, L. (2009). An out-of-sample comparative analysis of hedging performance of stock index futures: dynamic versus static hedging. Applied Financial Economics, 19(13), 1059-1072. doi:10.1080/09603100802112284.
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