DOC PREVIEW
CWU ECON 101 - Chapter 38 The Stock Market and Crashes

This preview shows page 1-2-21-22 out of 22 pages.

Save
View full document
View full document
Premium Document
Do you want full access? Go Premium and unlock all 22 pages.
Access to all documents
Download any document
Ad free experience
View full document
Premium Document
Do you want full access? Go Premium and unlock all 22 pages.
Access to all documents
Download any document
Ad free experience
View full document
Premium Document
Do you want full access? Go Premium and unlock all 22 pages.
Access to all documents
Download any document
Ad free experience
View full document
Premium Document
Do you want full access? Go Premium and unlock all 22 pages.
Access to all documents
Download any document
Ad free experience
Premium Document
Do you want full access? Go Premium and unlock all 22 pages.
Access to all documents
Download any document
Ad free experience

Unformatted text preview:

Chapter 38 The Stock Market and CrashesChapter OutlineYou Are HereWhat are Stocks?Stock Prices: How they are DeterminedThe Fundamental Value of a Share of StockWhat Stock Markets DoThe Function of TradingEfficient MarketsStock IndexesDow Jones IndustrialsS&P 500NASDAQStock Market CrashesBubblesExamples of BubblesNASDAQ 1999-2003Why Tech Stocks Lost ValueAccounting Scandals of 2001 and 2002BankruptcyEnron CaseRebound in 2006-2007 & Drop in 2008-2009Chapter 38 The Stock Market and CrashesCopyright © 2010 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.McGraw-Hill/Irwin38-2Chapter Outline•STOCK PRICES•EFFICIENT MARKETS•STOCK MARKET CRASHES•BANKRUPTCY38-3You Are Here38-4What are Stocks?•If a company has “N” shares of stock, each one entitles the owner to a fraction (1/Nth) of–The vote in determining membership on the board of directors.–The declared dividends of the company.–The proceeds from a sale of the company.38-5Stock Prices: How they are Determined•Fundamentals–Earnings projections–Interest rates•Non-fundamental–The expected price of the share in the future.38-6The Fundamental Value of a Share of Stock•The fundamental value of a share of stock is the present value of the projected earnings at an expected interest rate.•An increase in earnings increases stock values.•A decrease in the interest rate increases stock value.38-7What Stock Markets Do•An Initial Public Offering (IPO) is when a company sells stock for the first time in an attempt to raise money for expansion and is a very small part of everyday market activity.•Most sales of stock do not involve the company receiving or paying money. They are simply the transfer of the asset from one holder to another.•Non-IPO stock markets are necessary for IPO markets to exist. They allow liquidity, the ability of the investor to get money back out again.38-8The Function of Trading•Regular trading of stock serves to equate the risk-adjusted return to investors across assets.38-9Efficient Markets•Any market is called efficient if all information is taken into account by participants.•Under the Efficient Markets Hypothesis the contention is that an average investor with no inside information will fare no better or worse making choices than a someone who spends a great deal of time contemplating their portfolio.38-10Stock Indexes•Stock indexes are a weighted average of stock prices in a particular group and serve to measure the state of the stock market as a whole.•Examples include–Dow Jones Industrials–Standard and Poor’s–NASDAQ38-11Dow Jones Industrials38-12S&P 50038-13NASDAQ38-14Stock Market Crashes•October 1929–Stock market lost more than 25% of its value in a few days. It was not permanently above its Oct. 1929 high until after World War II.•October 1987–Stock Market lost 20% of its value in one day. It rebounded quickly.38-15Bubbles•A bubble is the state of a market where the current price is far above its value determined by fundamentals.1. Prices rise which 2. creates the expectation that prices will rise further which 3. Repeat steps 1 and 238-16Examples of Bubbles•The Asian Financial Crisis of 1998-1999–Share prices increased dramatically through the 1980s and 1990s.–Currency devaluations and risky investments caused precipitous declines.•NASDAQ 2000–The “tech-heavy” nature of the NASDAQ fueled unrealistic expectations for earnings growth. When that growth did not materialize, the NASDAQ lost 50% of its value in a year. It lost more in 2001.38-17NASDAQ 1999-200338-18Why Tech Stocks Lost Value•Fundamental Reasons–Earnings projections dropped–Interest rates rose through 2000; they fell substantially in 2001 but that was due to recession concerns.•Realism strikes–The projected growth path of earnings was not realistic.38-19Accounting Scandals of 2001 and 2002•K-Mart-poor performance •Global Crossing-fraud and very high risk•Enron-fraud38-20Bankruptcy•A legal status entered into when a company or individual cannot pay its debt.•Bankruptcy is necessary because–creditors acting in their own interest will seek immediate payment/foreclosure. –It is in the interests of all creditors that debtors have time to make their payments•Varieties of Corporate Bankruptcies–Chapter 11 - allows for reorganization–Chapter 13 – allows for orderly sale of all assets38-21Enron Case•Accounting fraud was employed so that the management of the company could overstate profits.•Managers were paid in stock options to combat the principal-agent problem–The problem that occurs when the owner of an asset and the manager of that asset are different and have different preferences.•The Enron-type fraud was of more concern to investors because it introduced a new variety of risk.38-22Rebound in 2006-2007 & Drop in 2008-2009•All international stock markets rose substantially between 2006 and 2007. –The Dow Jones set a record above 14,000•The Global Financial Crisis in 2008-2009–Dow Jones fell to


View Full Document

CWU ECON 101 - Chapter 38 The Stock Market and Crashes

Documents in this Course
Load more
Download Chapter 38 The Stock Market and Crashes
Our administrator received your request to download this document. We will send you the file to your email shortly.
Loading Unlocking...
Login

Join to view Chapter 38 The Stock Market and Crashes and access 3M+ class-specific study document.

or
We will never post anything without your permission.
Don't have an account?
Sign Up

Join to view Chapter 38 The Stock Market and Crashes 2 2 and access 3M+ class-specific study document.

or

By creating an account you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms Of Use

Already a member?