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Chapter 4. The Role of Securities Markets. Security Markets. Organized exchanges NYSE and the AMEX The listing of securities Over-the-counter markets (e.g., Nasdaq). Market Makers - Security Dealers - Specialists. Offer to buy and sell for their own accounts
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Chapter 4 The Role of Securities Markets
Security Markets • Organized exchanges • NYSE and the AMEX • The listing of securities • Over-the-counter markets (e.g., Nasdaq)
Market Makers - Security Dealers - Specialists • Offer to buy and sell for their own accounts • The spread - the difference between the bid and ask prices
Market Makers • Do not set the level of prices • Facilitate security transactions
Buying and Selling Securities • The role of brokers • full service brokerage firms • discount brokers • electronic trading • The difference between • a broker • a security dealer
Security Transactions The reporting of transactions
Types of Orders • Market orders • Assured transaction • Limit orders • Specified price • Transaction may not occur
Settlement • Confirmation statements • T + 3: Settlement date • Delivery versus holding securities in street name
The Cost of Investing • Commissions • Full service brokers • Discount brokers • On-line brokers • The spread
Cash Versus Margin Accounts • Leveraging the position • Increased potential return • Increased risk
Margin Requirements • Initial margin requirement • Margin call
Long and Short Positions • The long (bullish) position • Anticipating prices rising • The short (bearish) position • Anticipating prices falling
The Short Sale • Sale of borrowed securities • To close position: • Purchase the stock and return the borrowed securities
Measures of Security Prices • Dow Jones Industrials • S&P 500 Stock Index • New York Stock Exchange Index
Construction of Indices • Questions concerning: • What securities to include • How index is computed • Can produce different measures of stock performance
Price Movements and Graphs • How stock prices appear to have changed is affected by the presentation • Impact of absolute and relative scales
Dow Jones Industrial Average Absolute Scale Relative Scale
Price Movements and GraphsAbsolute Scale Dow Jones Industrial Average
Russell 1000 Russell 2000 Russell 3000 S&P 400 MidCap S&P 600 SmallCap S&P 1500 Nasdaq Index Wilshire 5000 Index Additional Aggregate Measures of the Stock Market
Regulation - The Federal Security Laws • Full disclosure laws: Importance of information • 10-K report • The annual report • Illegal use of inside information
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) • Enforces the federal security laws • New issues • Trading in securities • Can suspend trading
The Securities Investor Protection Corporation • Insures accounts against failure by brokerage firms • Similar to FDIC • Brokerage firms may carry additional insurance
Foreign Securities • Foreign stocks traded in American markets • American Depository Receipts (ADRs) • Avoids the problem of language • Expressed in dollars and not the local currency • Registered with the SEC
Efficient Markets • Easy entry and exit • Information disseminated rapidly • Price change occur quickly
Efficient Market Hypothesis • Current price properly values a stock • Cannot expect to consistently out perform
Efficient Market Hypothesis • Empirical results supports the hypothesis • Exceptions “anomalies” to efficient market hypothesis