Examples of Board of Trade in the following topics:
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- They are traded on about a dozen commodity exchanges in the United States, the most prominent of which include the Chicago Board of Trade, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and several exchanges in New York City.
- Thousands of individuals, willing to absorb that risk, trade in commodity futures as speculators.
- They are lured to commodity trading by the prospect of making huge profits on small margins (futures contracts, like many stocks, are traded on margin, typically as low as 10 to 20 percent on the value of the contract).
- While professional traders who are well versed in the futures market are most likely to gain in futures trading, it is estimated that as many as 90 percent of small futures traders lose money in this volatile market.
- This growing trade caught the attention of regulators and members of Congress after some banks, securities firms, and wealthy individuals suffered big losses on financially distressed, highly leveraged funds that bought derivatives, and in some cases avoided regulatory scrutiny by registering outside the United States.
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- The board of directors are considered primary stakeholders with substantial power in the life of an organization.
- The board is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization.
- In an organization with voting members, the board acts on behalf of, and is subordinate to, the organization's full group, which usually chooses the members of the board.
- The legal responsibilities of board members vary with the nature of the organization and with the jurisdiction within which the organization operates.
- For companies with publicly trading stock, these responsibilities are typically much more rigorous and complex than for other types of organizations.
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- In contemporary business corporations, the main external stakeholder groups are shareholders, debtholders, trade creditors, suppliers, customers, and communities affected by the corporation's activities.
- Internal stakeholders are the board of directors, executives, and other employees .
- Rather than overseeing management on behalf of shareholders, the board of directors may become insulated from shareholders and beholden to management.
- Integrity should be a fundamental requirement in choosing corporate officers and board members.
- Organizations should clarify and make publicly known the roles and responsibilities of board and management to provide stakeholders with a level of accountability.
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- The major stock exchanges are the most visible example of liquid secondary markets - in this case, for stocks of publicly traded companies.
- Most bonds and structured products trade "over the counter," or by phoning the bond desk of one's broker-dealer.
- It is contrasted with exchange trading, which occurs via facilities constructed for the purpose of trading (i.e., exchanges), such as futures exchanges or stock exchanges.
- In the U.S., over-the-counter trading in stock is carried out by market makers that make markets in OTCBB and Pink Sheets securities using inter-dealer quotation services such as Pink Quote (operated by Pink OTC Markets) and the OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
- Forwards and swaps are prime examples of such contracts.
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- Board of directors of a corporation needs more funding to invest in a new factory.
- Identify the board's options.
- Calculate your rate of return for this investment.
- Could a country produce within the interior of a production possibilities curve?
- Identify the gain of production if the two countries engage in free trade.
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- Three of them, the Office of Price Administration (OPA; est. 1941), the Office of Administrator of Export Control (est. 1940; its functions later transferred to the Economic Defense Board and in 1943 to
the Office of Economic Warfare) and
the War Production Board (WPB; est. 1943) were among the federal agencies in charge of controlling the economy so that the United States was able to meet the demands of World War II.
- The Financial Reporting Division was transferred to the Federal Trade Commission.
- Roosevelt, replacing
the Supply Priorities and Allocation Board and the Office of Production Management.
- Only a year later, its functions were transferred to the Economic Defense Board (later changed to
the Board of Economic Warfare).
- Describe the role of the Office of Price Administration, the Office of Administrator of Export Control, and the War Production Board in controlling the U.S. economy during WWII.
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- Merchant shipping is lifeblood to the world economy, carrying 90% of international trade with 102,194 commercial ships worldwide.
- The term "shipping" in this context originated from the shipping trade of wind power ships, and has come to refer to the delivery of cargo and parcels of any size above the common mail of letters and postcards.
- Freight on board, or free on board (FOB): the exporter delivers the goods at the specified location (and on board the vessel).
- Most governments ask their exporters to trade on these terms to promote their exports.
- This also states that responsibility of the shipper ends at the Los Angeles port.
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- There are three main types of market organization that facilitate trading of securities: auction market, brokered market, and dealer market.
- The major stock exchanges are the most visible example of liquid secondary markets - in this case, for stocks of publicly traded companies.
- It is contrasted with exchange trading, which occurs via facilities constructed for the purpose of trading (i.e., exchanges), such as futures exchanges or stock exchanges.
- In the U.S., over-the-counter trading in stock is carried out by market makers that make markets in OTCBB and Pink Sheets securities using inter-dealer quotation services such as Pink Quote (operated by Pink OTC Markets) and the OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
- There are three main types of market organization that facilitate the trading of securities: an auction market, a brokered market, and a dealer market.
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- Furthermore, the euro was appreciating against the U.S. dollar as it strove to become the new international currency because Europe's financial markets and international trade rival the U.S.
- The Governing Council decides and formulates monetary policy for the European Central Bank and is similar to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
- The council is composed of the Executive Board and 17 Governors.
- Furthermore, the governors have more influence on monetary policy within the European Central Bank than the presidents of the twelve Federal Reserve banks have over the Board of Governors.
- Consequently, Board of Governors centralizes the power within the Federal Reserve and controls it.
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- In the early Ming, after the devastation of the war which expelled the Mongols, the Hongwu Emperor imposed severe restrictions on trade (the "haijin" or "sea ban").
- However, by 1573—after the Spanish established a trading base in Manila—the Portuguese intermediary trade was trumped by the prime source of incoming silver to China from the Spanish Americas.
- In fact, the Chinese admiral invited the Spanish to board his vessel and travel back to China, a trip which included two Spanish soldiers and two Christian friars eager to spread the faith.
- The thriving of trade and commerce was aided by the construction of canals, roads, and bridges by the Ming government.
- A map of 16th century Japanese pirate raids, a phenomenon that gave rise to severe trade restrictions in the Ming.