Gold margins are standardized because of adornment+ investment factor. However, quest for greater margins is driving diversification from gold jewellery products. Demand for gold jewellery remains very strong because of cultural traditions, Gold jewellery sales - for weddings, in particular - will continue to generate volume growth for jewellery retailers. Platinum and diamond jewellery sales will generate margin growth. The shift to more profitable diamond jewellery has been smooth because India is the world's dominant processor of rough diamonds, with a monopoly position in the processing of small size and small value…
Vanguard REIT Exchange Traded Fund (VNQ) Fund Summary Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests in equities issued by real estate investment trusts (REITs) which firms focus on purchasing office buildings or any other real properties (Investopedia 2015). Until 2016, the fund total net asset is about $64.2 billion and net asset value is around $80.2, moreover, it has a nearly 100% stocks as its assets (see Appendix 1). Its issuer is Vanguard which is one of the…
My internship provided me with a crash course on how the market operates. I worked as a credit analyst in our leveraged finance office. My supervisor encouraged me to watch a weekly telecast online called Commodities Countdown on Stocksharts.com. This is where my interest in commodities and the risk associated with them began. I watched how certain positions traded throughout the summer, but I mainly focused in on Gold and Silver. At the start of the game the first few stocks I invested in were…
1. My initial position on trading simulation was to forecast and capture the trends of the ETF market by focusing on the Macroeconomics such as effect of the Presidential Election, GDP rate and foreign currency fluctuation. According to The Washington Post, the committee judges of The Federal Reserve have strengthened the idea of an increase in the interest rate after the election. Since the Presidential Election was scheduled during the trading simulation, I also expected the interest rate to…
adovcate of investing you money into a mutal fund with a 12% return. He claims that by doing this you can be a millionarie in ...years by investing... a month. This has many of the so called investing experts sound an alarm and claim bs. Is the 12% return a year mutual fund real, or just a unicorn that people talk about? Let 's take a deeper look in the the average returns of the stock market, and if any mutual funds actually beat the market on consistently. From 1928 to 2015 the S&P 500…
FROM JEWELLERY TO TRADED COMMODITY -Pankaj Pandey Introduction This article aims to explain the evolution of Gold as a medium of trade and how, over the time, Gold has changed its image as mere jewellery item to a commodity that can be traded. This article also explores both global as well as regional factors that affect the demand and supply of gold thereby affecting its prices. We also explore how gold has traversed its journey from jewellery shop to being the most traded commodity with…
How did transcontinental contact lead to the emergence of a global exchange in the 1500s? Claim: The contact between Afroeurasia and the Americas in the 1500s influenced trade through the exchange of new agricultural products of which changed the diets of individuals as well as the use of peoples for slaves in the Americas due to the many plantations used to cultivate crops for export, both of which increased trade, for the purpose of increasing income and economic growth, benefitting only the…
with his requirement or not. As soon as investor will confirm, his order would be dispatched to exchange So, investor has learned, the way to sector orders in Margin. To realize what to buy or sell to earn earnings we 've got following research product for intraday buying…
hungry that he went to spain to a king in queen talked them into giving him gold so he can sail the world he told them he would pay them back when he gets back but columbus was in debt and he used all the money so he decided to enslave the natives. Columbus is also a liar and cheater because he said that he would pay them back but he didn’t have the money because he was in debt himself. Christopher Columbus stood to gain significant wealth and power from his journey, terms he negotiated with…
“greenback” is a fallacy printed on a piece of paper and cloth that holds no actual monetary value. Societies created currency to serve as a medium of exchange, hoping that this one, uniform currency would hold a constant value. The truth is it’s not logical to create an infinitely printable version of a finite source; it is irrational to assign value to a piece of paper or a hunk of useless metals. Evidence lies in the past, The German mark was once so worthless due to over printing that the…