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Capital MarketsCapital Markets – a formal definition -- The capital markets are the markets for long-term loans and equity capital. Companies and the government can raise funds for long-term investments via the capital markets. The capital markets include the stock market, the bond market, and the primary market. Securities trading on organized capital markets is monitored by the government; new issues are approved by authorities of financial supervision and monitored by participating banks. ... Click here to continue reading the full introduction
News & UpdatesJuly 4, 2009 N.Y. Fed's Chief Backs Preemptive Crisis Moves
Source:Washington Post
The Federal Reserve should break with past policy and try to identify and deflate asset bubbles before they can damage the U.S. economy, New York Federal Reserve President William C. Dudley said. July 3, 2009 London oil market probes alleged rogue trader
Source:AFP
Oil market officials in London have launched a probe into an alleged rogue trader who helped push prices to eight-month peaks this week, costing his company nearly 10 million dollars (6.12 million pounds). July 2, 2009 SEC Proposes Measures to Improve Corporate Governance and Enhance Investor Confidence
Source:SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted on three measures that are intended to better inform and empower investors to improve corporate governance and help restore investor confidence. [more] Click here for more Capital Markets News & Updates
Research & InsightsJuly 2, 2009 A Government Failure, Not a Market FailureSource:John Makin, NY TimesThe idea that home ownership confers special benefits on American society is deeply embedded in our culture—so much so that our national tax policy confers a special benefit of its own on it. Home ownership is granted an... July 2, 2009 Crisis Won’t End Until Balance Sheets Get Real: Jonathan WeilSource:Bloomberg.comInvestors are feeling better about financial companies’ balance sheets than they were a few months ago. That’s not to say they have a lot of confidence in them. July 1, 2009 What Market Structure Says About Q309
Source:Tim Quast, Managing Director,ModernNetworks IR LLC
We like benchmarking the Battle of the Little Bighorn, which occurred Sunday, June 25, 1876. Thursday was the 133rd anniversary. There, the last free Native forces on the great American central plains had a final hurrah at the...[more] Click here for more Capital Markets Research & Insights
Commentary & OpinionJune 26, 2009 The Corporate Library Study Reveals Fund Outperformance Due to Governance ScreensSource:Earth TimesResults from a new study published by The Corporate Library, an independent corporate governance research firm, found that enhanced screens for corporate governance risk augmented investment returns in a hypothetical fund. The... June 23, 2009 Major Emerging Market Investors Want More Disclosure on ESG Issues, Global Survey Finds
Source:PR Newswire
Seven out of ten major asset managers and institutional investors collectively representing $130 billion of emerging market investments cited lack of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) disclosure as the key... June 18, 2009 President Obama Announces Comprehensive Plan for Regulatory ReformSource:U. S. TreasuryPresident Obama will lay out a comprehensive regulatory reform plan this afternoon to modernize and protect the integrity of our financial system. While this crisis has had many causes, it is clear now that the government could...[more] Click here for more Capital Markets Commentary & Opinion
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...More Information     -- The Broadway Bull – the 7,000 pound bronze statute stands in the middle of Broadway at Exchange Place (NYC) and is often touched by investment bankers and brokers on their to/from the office for good luck. The bull is the work of NYC artist Arturo deModica, and originally stood at the NYSE (just a few blocks away). Featured Capital Markets ColumnistTim Quast is a fifteen-year Investor Relations veteran and founder and managing director of ModernIR.com, which parses and categorizes over a half-billion shares per week with its trading intelligence system, Equity Analysis. Click here for Tim's Columns. Accountability-Central partners with Google to bring you related links with relevant information - links below:
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