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Definition of a Financial market

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a market in which people trade future claims on funds or goods

People with spare funds don’t always have the most valuable way to spend them so financial markets allow funding to flow to the places where it is most highly valued

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Various forms of claims

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Receiving a loan from a bank (gives you money now in return for repayment in the future)

Buying a company stock today gives you a right to a share of profits in the future

Purchasing insurance (paying premiums for a submission of a claim later)

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Characteristic of a well functioning market

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market matches buyers and sellers;
buyers want to spend funds on something valuable
sellers let others borrow funds for a price

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Fundamental level of financial markets

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Start with a bank, savers, and borrowers

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Characteristics of Banks

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banks act as an intermediary between savers and borrowers;

make cash more readily accessible when and where you want it;

let people enjoy the benefits of liquidity;

diversify risk;

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Definition of The Market for Loanable Funds

Moreover, what are loanable funds? and what dictates the price of them?

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A market in which savers supply funds to those who want to borrow;

Loanable funds are the dollars that are available between lenders and borrowers. Made up of savings and investment
The price for loanable funds is the interest rate

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Where does the supply of loanable funds come from?

What is investment?

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Savings; ie the portion of income that is not immediately spent on consumption of goods and services

Investment is spending on productive inputs (ie spending on factories, machinery, inventories)- creates the need for loanable funds

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Where does the demand for loanable funds come from?

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Investment

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What does the quantity of savings that people are willing to supply depend on?

What does the quantity of investment funding that people demand depend on?

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The price people receive to supply these funds

The price people pay for the funds - so interest

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Definition of Interest Rate

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The price of borrowing money for a specific period of time;

expressed as a percentage per dollar borrowed per unit of time.

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Characteristics of the Market for Loanable Funds Diagram

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Quantity of dollars = x axis
Interest Rate = y axis

Savings = up ward sloping ; meaning suppliers provide additional funds at higher interest rates

Investment = downward sloping; ie - demanders are willing to borrow less at higher interest rates

Equilibrium is where savings intersects investment. This establishes the equilibrium interest rate and the amount of money that is traded in the market

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List of Determinants of Savings

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Culture 
Social welfare policies
wealth 
current economic conditions 
expectations about future economic conditions
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Trends of determinants of savings in Canada

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the early 1980s - savings rate in Canada was 11- 18%
Decreased rate of 2-3% until to mid 2000s
After recession in 2009 - the savings rate jumped to 5%

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Determinants of investment:

Investment decisions are based on…

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the trade offs between the potential profits and the costs of borrowing.

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Determinants of investment:

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trade off between potential profits and costs of borrowing;

expectations about future profitability

Crowding out

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Definition of ‘crowding out’

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The reduction in private borrowing by an increase in government borrowing

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2 basic factors driving differences in interest rates

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the loan term

the riskiness of the transaction

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the loan term

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the opportunity cost

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the riskiness of the transaction

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a default occurs when a borrower fails to pay back the loan according to the loan terms

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credit risk

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the risk of a borrower defaulting on a loan;

is measured against risk free rate

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risk free rate

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is the interest rate that would prevail if there was no risk of default
approximated by the interest on government debt

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risk premium

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the difference between the risk free rate and the interest rate an investor must pay

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A financial system

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represents the markets where financial products are traded
brings together savers, borrowers, investors, and insurers;
help manage both money and risk

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financial intermediaries

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bringing together buyers and sellers; lower transaction costs of this process with bank;
channel funds from other people;
mutual funds are made witch match people with small amounts of money who want to buy a portfolio of various companies

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how do mutual funds reduce costs and what part of financial system function are they under?
mutual funds reduce costs by centralizing information about share prices and providing a marketplace for transactions are under intermediation
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providing liquidity
a measure of how easily a particular asset can be converted quickly to cash without much loss of value
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diversification of risk
the process by which risks are shared among many different assets or people
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equity describes
things that can be bought and sold that are apart of larger companies stocks - partial ownership dividend - annual payments demonstrates diversification
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why do companies issue stock?
raising capital without borrowing
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3 major financial assets
equity, debt, and derivatives equity - things that can be bought and sold that are apart of larger companies (stocks &dividends) debt - loans, bonds/ fixed income securities derivates -- financial assets based on the value ofsome other asset
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debt: what is a loan?
a loan is issued when a lender provides funds to a borrower in exchange for future repayment of the amount loaned plus interest - less risky and less rewarding - no matter how successful company is, the lender will never receive more than the amount specified in original terms - loans can be bought and sold
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debt: what is a bond?
a form of debt where the bond issuer promises to repay the loan plus scheduled interest payments (called coupon payments) every 3-6 months + final payment called the face value also known as fixed income securities
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4 key players in a financial system
1. banks and other intermediaries 2. savers and their proxies 3. entrepreneurs and business 4. speculators
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2 types of banks
commercial banks - banks for regular people investment banks - these banks don't take deposits and they don't make loans in the traditional sense; they provide liquidity to financial markets themselves by acting as market makers. They help issue stocks and bonds by guaranteeing to buy any that remain unsold.
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2 different kinds of funds that savers and proxies have | Savers don't operate with the financial system directly; savers operate through a proxy.
mutual funds - a portfolio of stocks and other assets managed by a professional who makes decisions on behalf of clients pension fund - a professionally managed portfolio intended to provide income to retires index fund - buy all stocks with goal of mirroring the same return as the market on average
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entrepreneurs and businesses
engage in economic investment often with the advice of specialized investment banks that channel saver's money to them. Without these borrowers, much of the financial system would simply cease they're looking to borrow money to finance their latest ventures
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speculators
anyone who buys and sells financial assets purely for financial gain
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What kind of risk do assets such as cash and fixed income bonds carry?
Very low risk and reward
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Financial assets in emerging countries carry what kind of risk?
A high risk, high return
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Definition of 'Market (systemic) risk?
Risk that is broadly shared by the entire market for economy
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Definition of 'Idiosyncratic risk'
Risk that is unique to a particular company or asset
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Definition of 'Standard Deviation'
a measure of how spread out a set of numbers are
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What is the principle of asset valuation?
helps savers decide on which assets to purchase
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3 basic approaches used to pick stocks that are most likely to increase in value
Fundamental analysis: estimate how much money a company will earn in the future. This is done using NPV (Net present value -the measure of the current value expected in future cash flows) - only works if the current price differs from the correct price Technical analysis: analyze movements in a stock's prices to predict future movements. - only works if the current price differs from the correct price throw a dart: make a list of all stocks, pin it to a wall, and throw a dart at it. (or efficient market hypothesis)
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Definition of 'Efficient Market Hypothesis'
states that market prices always incorporate all available information, and therefore represent stock value as correctly as possible
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Definition of Arbitrage
the process of taking advantage of market inefficiencies to earn a profit
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What is the 'savings - investment identity'
tells us that savings always equals investment in an economy without government or trade private savings refer to the savings of individuals or firms within a country: they're income = consumption + savings Individuals earn money when people buy g/s income = consumption + investment ie) savings = investment
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Difference between government budget surplus and deficit
Surplus = form of saving Deficit = form of dissaving (spending more than it makes and national savings are less than private savings
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If you subtract government spenditure from government revenue, what do you get/
public savings = taxes - government spending
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What is national savings?
private savings + public savings investment = national savings this identity is called the savings investment identity
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The identity between national savings and investment holds only in a..
closed economy; an economy that does not interact with other economies an open economy is when an economy interacts with other countries' economies
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In open economies there is a movement of money across borders; What are these movements called?
capital outflow or capital inflow
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What is the difference between capital inflow and capital outflow called?
net capital flow
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What are the major types of financial assets?
debt and equity
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According to the efficient market hypothesis, why is it impossible to accurately predict stock return?
the efficient market hypothesis states that market prices incorporate ALL available information

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