Professional Documents
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Presented By:
Fiza Tehreem Shakir
Roll # 409
M.phil (Commerce)
2019-2021
Stock Exchanges
(Easy way to earn money, Easy way to lose money)
Stock Exchange
Definitions:
➢ Stock exchange is a market where shares and securities of listed companies are bought and sold
by member (brokers) on behalf of their clients and also on their accounts.
➢ According to Securities Regulation Act 1956:
○ Stock exchange as “An association, organization, or a individual which is established for
the purpose of assisting, regulating, and controlling business in buying, selling and
dealing in securities.”
Meaning:
“The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.”
Features of Stock Exchange
➢ The communication of information about the price of securities enables the investors to make better
investment decision.
➢ SE provides easily convertible securities into cash to the investors.
➢ The investors of interest are safeguard by regulation imposed by the SE authorise.
➢ The prospective investors look to the stock exchange for guidance for investment.
➢ The Stock Exchange helps to promote national prosperity and development besides contributing to
the laudable objective of base ownership.
➢ Stock Exchange enables medium size enterprise to grow and convert into large scale.
Roles of Stock Exchange
The history of stock markets isn’t as clear as it could be. Many scholars claim that stock trading began in the
early 17th Century, although there is evidence that this goes all the way back to ancient Rome, where there are
records that shares were traded, as evidenced by Cicero’s claim that shares were trading at a high price at the
time of one of his speeches. In 1602, the world’s first formal stock exchange was created, the Amsterdam Stock
Exchange, initially to promote the trading of securities issued by the Dutch East India Company, the first
company to issue corporate bonds and stock to the public.
History of Stock Exchange
➢ This was the first instance of what we would consider to resemble modern stock markets, with things
like shares, dividends, advice preaching patience in holding stocks for the long term for capital
appreciation, and so on.
➢ For something to be called a stock market or financial market as we now know and define it, there does
have to be the trading of securities involved, and this was the case with the issues of the Dutch East
India Company.
➢ This period also produced the first book written about stock market trading, in 1688, called Confusion
of Confusions, written by Joseph de la Vega, a successful stock trader of the day. It described the
workings of the Amsterdam stock market and provided general advice on being successful in this
enterprise.
History of Stock Exchange
After the success of the Amsterdam Stock Market, the idea of creating other stock markets spread, although
it took almost a century for this to catch on elsewhere.
Europe:
➢ In the 12th Century mostly trading arose through commercial bills of exchange. In the late 16th
century the institutional beginning of the security markets, in other trading centre throughout europe
and great britain, originated.
➢ In 1773, london moved coffee houses into their own buildings and in 1802 made trading levels for
stock exchange.
➢ In 19th century trading in securities became common in london.
History of Stock Exchange
Broker:
He is one acts as a intermediary on behalf of others. A broker in a stock exchange, is a commission agent who
transacts business in securities on behalf of non-members.
Jobber:
He is not allowed to deal with the public directly. He deals with brokers who are engaged with the investors.
Thus, the securities is bought by the jobber from members and sells to members who are operating on the
stock exchange as broker.
Speculation and Speculator
Speculation:
➢ It is the transaction of members to buy or sell securities on stock exchange with a view to make profit in
anticipated raise or fall in price of securities.
Speculator:
➢ The dealer in stock exchange who indulge in speculation are called speculator. They do not take delivery
of securities purchased or sold by them, but only pay or rescue the difference between the purchase price
and sale price.
➢ The mostly used types of speculators are :
1. Bull
2. Bear
Bull and Bear
Bull:
He is speculator who expects the future raise in price of securities he buys the securities to sell them at future
date at the higher price . He is called as bull because his activities resembles as a bull as the bull leads to
throw its victims up in the air through its horns. In simple the bull speculator tries to raise the price of
securities by placing big purchase order.
Bear:
He is speculator who expects future fall in prices, he does an agreement to sell securities at future date at the
present market rate. He is called as bear because his altitude resembles with bear, as the bear tends to stamp
its victims down to earth through its paws. In simple the bear speculator forces of prices of securities to fall
through his activities.
Stock Exchange In pakistan
Pakistan Stock Exchange History
Pakistan Stock Exchange PSX 2016 - Pakistan Stock exchange is the merger of all
three stock exchanges(ISE, LSE, KSE) of Pakistan. Entities which provide
"trading" facilities for stock brokers and traders, to trade stocks and other securities.
Trading Procedure on Stock Exchange
In order to sale and purchase securities on stock exchange the following steps have to taken.
1) Selection of broker.
2) Placing the order.
3) Preparing the contract note.
4) Settlement.
PSX Products & Services
Products
1. Equity
2. Fixed Income
3. Derivatives
4. Margin Trading System (MTS)
Services:
5. Company services
6. Data Services
Listing In PSX
➢ Under the PSX plan the listed companies on the exchange with 40% of its shares offered to foreign
buyers, And 20% in IPO and remaining 40% allocated to listed brokers.
➢ As on oct 2016 there are 576 companies listed in PSX and total market capitalization is 8,384.86
Billion.
➢ Currently there are 558 companies listed in PSX with a Market Capitalisation of PKR 9,386 Bn, The
listing is done on the basis of strict rules and regulations laid out by (SECP) & the management of
(PSX).
➢ All the listed companies are categorized in various main business sectors. Currently There are total
35 sectors listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange which contribute towards the market capitalization and
all the listed companies (excluding their future contracts) are divided among these.
➢ Rest of the non-contributory sectors are allocated for indexes, futures, bonds etc.
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