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Open-end and closed-end mutual funds are sub-divided into certain categories depending on their objectives. The objective of mutual funds is an important parameter because most mutual fund investors have specific aims when they invest in MFs. Therefore, the types of mutual funds vary with the primary objectives of the funds.Income FundsThe primary objective of income funds is to generate high current income. Therefore, the mutual fund managers of income funds invest in high-yielding shares in the market.It must be noted that income funds invest in high-risk shares because the investors of income funds seek to take a little risk to earn ... Read More
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It is observed that in most of the hypotheses of dividends and shares, analysts consider the capital markets to be efficient. However, from the point of view of an investor, there are no markets in the world that can be regarded as perfectly efficient. In fact, it is hard to define a perfectly efficient capital market. However, the efficiency of capital markets can be determined by incorporating some aspects of the capital market attributes.In general, capital markets are envisioned to have enough liquidity and fair price mechanism.Liquidity measures mean that the market can offer cash in lieu of securities instantaneously ... Read More
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Authorized, Issued, Subscribed, and Paid-up capital are issues related to the reporting of shares. It is important to divide the total capital earned from the share market into Authorized, Issued, Subscribed, and Paid-up capital to measure the various attributes of a share. These factors may affect the book value of a share and hence are important factors to recognize.Authorized CapitalAuthorized share capital represents the maximum amount of capital a company can raise from the market. It is the maximum amount a company is permitted or capable of raising from the shareholders in the market. To alter the value of authorized ... Read More
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Usually, all types of securities are traded in capital markets. Therefore, capital markets perform their duties as a place of security exchange and trade without any limits of investments.Capital markets usually perform the following two functions −Maintain LiquidityMaintain Fair Price of SecuritiesLet's discuss these two major functions of capital market in detail −Maintaining LiquidityLiquidity is a measure of speed and convenience of transferring assets into cash. Liquidity shows how much and at what speed do the assets are converted to cash. Capital markets perform the duty of converting assets into cash with a certain speed and convenience. Depending on the ... Read More
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Bonus shares are additional shares that a company issues to its existing shareholders based on their existing holding in the company. Companies normally issue Bonus shares when they are not able to pay a dividend to their shareholders due to shortage of funds. In such cases, companies issue bonus shares to their existing shareholders instead of paying dividend. Investors do not have to pay any tax on receiving the bonus shares.Conditions for Issue of Bonus SharesThere are some conditions that the companies must meet in order to issue bonus shares. The most important conditions are usually legal in nature. In ... Read More
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Companies in many countries, especially developing countries, may need assistance from the government to sustain and grow. The companies in these countries may be provided with reduced interest on the loans they acquire from the market or investors. These reductions are offered by the governments and are known as subsidies.Subsidized FinancingSubsidized financing is a mode of financing in which the interest on the loans for sourced funds are paid partially or completely by the government. The subsidized financing process is a way to help companies grow and achieve efficiency in financing. The subsidy in interests of loans are one of ... Read More
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The ultimate capital structure formed with debt, equity, and preferred debt that a company strives to obtain is known as the target capital structure of a company. The target capital structure of a company is decided depending upon some factors that are related to the financial condition of the company.Usually, companies define their target capital structure by optimizing the values of debt and equity and they make sure that the risk associated with the target capital structure is minimum. The company uses its target capital structure while it raises new capital from the market.Factors that Affect the Target Capital Structure ... Read More
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Issue costs are one-time costs that are incurred while raising funds by debt and equity financing for a project. As the name suggests, every company needs to spend money while issuing securities in the stock exchange. It is incurred while offering the IPOs or raising debt from the market through issuance of securities. Although the issue costs are not ongoing, it may be a significant amount and hence must be accounted for in the Adjusted Present Value (APV) method of evaluation of a project.In legal terms, issue costs may be attached to any kind of cost that is incurred while ... Read More
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Levered beta indicates the systematic risk a stock has in the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). In CAPM, the function of the financial debt versus equity represents the levered beta or equity beta.The debt a company collects from the markets and the equity it has in its reservoir make up the comparison that shows the levered beta of a stock.The debt portion of an investment in a project that has been resourced from the market makes big difference in the financials of the project.If a large amount of debt is used to finance a project, the risks associated with the ... Read More
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The choice of using Capital Cash Flow (CCF) in evaluating an investment project is related more to convenience than theoretical grounds. CCF is not the only approach for evaluating an investment project. It is used to evaluate a project when some certain conditions are present. In this article, we will discuss the conditions that should be met in order to choose CCF as an evaluation tool for an investment project.The evaluation of a project rests more on whether debt is fixed, or the debt-to-equity ratio is fixed in an investment. The fact is that, calculations of a project can be ... Read More