Week 4 – Discussion Forum 1
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 14 in the Foundations of Financial Management textbook.
Initial Response:
For this discussion forum,
- Discuss the evolution of the securities markets, including the impact of the NASDAQ, CME, ECNs, and foreign exchanges.
- Explain the role of securities markets in the efficient allocation of capital among issuers and investors based on the efficient market hypothesis.
- Evaluate if the presence of dark pools enhances or reduces capital market efficiency.
- Finally, find a real-life company that has made raised capital in 2020 and discuss the method used. If possible, try to select a company that a fellow student has not already selected.
Week 4 – Discussion Forum 2
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 15 in the Foundations of Financial Management textbook.
Initial Response:
For this discussion forum,
- Compare the advantages and disadvantages of using a Dutch Auction to a traditional underwriting method for an IPO.
- Identify one real-life IPO that occurred in 2020. Try to select a company that a fellow student has not already selected.
- For this one IPO, determine the following:
- The initial price
- The stock price at the end of the first day of trading
- The stock price at the end of 10 days of trading
- The stock price at the end of 30 days of trading
- State the following in your post:
- The total amount of the offering
- The number of shares offered
- The underwriter
- The fees for the IPO
- Evaluate the success of this IPO from the perspective of the issuer, the underwriter, and investors.
Your initial response should be a minimum of 300 words for each discussion. Graduate school students learn to assess the perspectives of several scholars. Support your response with at least one scholarly and/or credible resource in addition to the text.
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