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Chapter 4 Organization and Functioning of Securities Markets Questions to be answered: What is the purpose and function of a market? What are the characteristics that determine the quality of a market? What is the difference between a primary and secondary capital market and how do these markets support each other?

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Page 1: Chapter 4 Organization and Functioning of Securities Markets Questions to be answered: What is the purpose and function of a market? What are the characteristics

Chapter 4 Organization and Functioning of

Securities Markets

Questions to be answered:• What is the purpose and function of a

market?

• What are the characteristics that determine the quality of a market?

• What is the difference between a primary and secondary capital market and how do these markets support each other?

Page 2: Chapter 4 Organization and Functioning of Securities Markets Questions to be answered: What is the purpose and function of a market? What are the characteristics

Chapter 4 Organization and Functioning of

Securities Markets• What are the national exchanges and how are

the major security markets becoming linked (what is meant by “passing the book”)?

• What are the regional stock exchanges and the over-the-counter (OTC) market?

• What are the alternative market-making arrangements available on the exchanges and the OCT market?

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Chapter 4 Organization and Functioning of

Securities Markets• What are the major types of orders

available to investors and market makers?

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What is a market?

• Brings buyers and sellers together to aid in the transfer of goods and services

• Does not require a physical location

• Both buyers and sellers benefit from the market

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Characteristics of a Good Market• Availability of past transaction information

– must be timely and accurate

• Liquidity– marketability– price continuity– depth

• Low Transaction costs• Rapid adjustment of prices to new information

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Organization of the Securities Market

• Primary markets– Market where new securities are sold and funds

go to issuing unit

• Secondary markets– Market where outstanding securities are bought

and sold by investors. The issuing unit does not receive any funds in a secondary market transaction

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Government Bond Issues

• 1. Treasury Bills – negotiable, non-interest

bearing securities with original maturities of one

year or less

• 2. Treasury Notes – original maturities of 2 to 10

years

• 3. Treasury Bonds – original maturities of more

than 10 years

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The Underwriting Function

• The investment banker purchases the entire issue from the issuer and resells the security to the investing public.

• The firm charges a commission for providing this service.

• For municipal bonds, the underwriting function is performed by both investment banking firms and commercial banks

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Relationship Among a Firm Issuing Securities, the Underwriters, and the Public

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Investment Banking

• Firm commitment– investment bank purchases securities from

the issuing company and then resells them to the public.

• Shelf Registration– SEC Rule 415: Allows firms to register

securities and gradually sell them to the public for two years

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Corporate Bond and Stock Issues

New issues are divided into two groups

1. Seasoned new issues - new shares offered by firms that already have stock outstanding

2. Initial public offerings (IPOs) - a firm selling its common stock to the public for the first time

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Underwriting Relationships with Investment Bankers

1. Negotiated– Most common– Full services of underwriter

2. Competitive bids– Corporation specifies securities offered– Lower costs– Reduced services of underwriter

3. Best-efforts– Investment banker acts as broker

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Introduction of Rule 415• Allows firms to register securities and sell

them piecemeal over the next two years

• Referred to as shelf registrations

• Great flexibility

• Reduces registration fees and expenses

• Allows requesting competitive bids from several investment banking firms

• Mostly used for bond sales

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Private Placements and Rule 144A

• Firms sells to a small group of institutional investors without extensive registration

• Lower issuing costs than public offering

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Why Secondary Financial Markets Are Important

• Provides liquidity to investors who acquire securities in the primary market

• Results in lower required returns than if issuers had to compensate for lower liquidity

• Helps determine market pricing for new issues

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Secondary Bond Market

• Secondary market for U.S. government and municipal bonds– U.S. government bonds traded by bond dealers– Banks and investment firms make up municipal

market makers

• Secondary corporate bond market– Traded through an OTC market

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Secondary Equity Markets

1. Major national stock exchanges– New York, American, Tokyo, and London

stock exchanges

2. Regional stock exchanges– Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Osaka,

Nagoya, Dublin, Cincinnati

3. Over-the-counter (OTC) market – Stocks not listed on organized exchange

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Trading Systems

• Pure auction market– Buyers and sellers are matched by a broker at a

central location– Price-driven market

• Dealer market– Dealers provide liquidity by buying and selling

shares– Dealers may compete against other dealers

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Call Versus Continuous Markets

• Call markets trade individual stocks at specified times to gather all orders and determine a single price to satisfy the most orders

• In a continuous market, trades occur at any time the market is open

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National Stock Exchanges

• Large number of listed securities

• Prestige of firms listed

• Wide geographic dispersion of listed firms

• Diverse clientele of buyers and sellers

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Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)

• Chittagong Stock Exchange

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Important Stock Exchange in the world

• American Stock Exchange (AMEX)

• Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)

• London Stock Exchange (LSE)

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Over-the-Counter (OTC) Market• Not a formal organization

• Largest segment of the U.S. secondary market

• Unlisted stocks and listed stocks (third market)

• Lenient requirements for listing on OTC

• 5,000 issues actively traded on NASDAQ NMS (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated

Quotations National Market System)

• 1,000 issues on NASDAQ apart from NMS

• 1,000 issues not on NASDAQ

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Operation of the OTC

• Any stock may be traded as long as

it has a willing market maker to act

a dealer

• OTC is a negotiated market

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Third Market• OTC trading of shares listed on an

exchange

• Mostly well known stocks– GM, IBM, AT&T, Xerox

• Competes with trades on exchange

• May be open when exchange is closed or trading suspended

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Fourth Market• Direct trading of securities between two

parties with no broker intermediary

• Usually both parties are institutions

• Can save transaction costs

• No data are available regarding its specific size and growth

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Detailed Analysis ofExchange Markets

• Exchange Membership

• Major Types of Orders

• Exchange Market Makers

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Exchange Membership• Specialist• Commission brokers

– Employees of a member firm who buy or sell for the customers of the firm

• Floor brokers– Independent members of an exchange who act as

broker for other members

• Registered traders– Use their membership to buy and sell for their

own accounts

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Major Types of Orders• Market orders

– Buy or sell at the best current price

– Provides immediate liquidity

• Limit orders– Order specifies the buy or sell price

– Time specifications for order may vary

• Instantaneous - “fill or kill”, part of a day, a full day, several days, a week, a month, or good until canceled (GTC)

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Major Types of Orders

• Short sales– Sell overpriced stock that you don’t own and

purchase it back later (at a lower price)– Borrow the stock from another investor

(through your broker)– Can only be made on an uptick trade– Must pay any dividends to lender– Margin requirements apply

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Major Types of Orders

• Special Orders– Stop loss

• Conditional order to sell stock if it drops to a given price

• Does not guarantee price you will get upon sale

• Market disruptions can cancel such orders

– Stop buy order• Investor who sold short may want to limit loss if

stock increases in price

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Margin Transactions• On any type order, instead of paying 100% cash,

borrow a portion of the transaction, using the stock as collateral

• Interest rate on margin credit may be below prime rate

• Regulations limit proportion borrowed– Margin requirements are from 50% up

• Changes in price affect investor’s equity

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Margin TransactionsBuy 200 shares at $50 = $10,000 position

Borrow 50%, investment of $5,000

If price increases to $60, position– Value is $12,000– Less - $5,000 borrowed – Leaves $7,000 equity for a– $7,000/$12,000 = 58% equity position

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Margin TransactionsBuy 200 shares at $50 = $10,000 position

Borrow 50%, investment of $5,000

If price decreases to $40, position– Value is $8,000– Less - $5,000 borrowed – Leaves $3,000 equity for a– $3,000/$8,000 = 37.5% equity position

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Margin Trading: Initial Conditions

Share price $100

60% Initial Margin

40% Maintenance Margin

100 Shares Purchased

Initial Position

Stock $10,000 Borrowed $4,000

Equity $6,000

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Table 3.4 Illustration of Buying Stock on Margin

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Margin Transactions• Initial margin requirement at least 50%. Set up by

the Fed.• Maintenance margin

– Requirement proportion of equity to stock– Protects broker if stock price declines– Minimum requirement is 25%– Margin call on undermargined account to meet

margin requirement– If margin call not met, stock will be sold to pay off

the loan

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Short Sales

• Purpose: to profit from a decline in the price of a stock or security

• Mechanics

– Borrow stock through a dealer

– Sell it and deposit proceeds and margin in an account

– Closing out the position: buy the stock and return to the party from which it was borrowed

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Short Sale:Initial Conditions Example 3.3

Dot Bomb 1000 Shares

50% Initial Margin

30% Maintenance Margin

$100 Initial Price

Sale Proceeds $100,000

Margin & Equity $50,000

Stock Owed 1000 shares

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Example 3.3 (Ctd.)Dot Bomb falls to $70 per share

Assets

$100,000 (sale proceeds)

$50,000 (initial margin)

Liabilities

$70,000 (buy shares)

Equity

$80,000

Profit = ending equity – beginning equity

= $80,000 - $50,000 = $30,000

= decline in share price x number of shares sold short

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Short Sale - Margin Call

How much can the stock price rise before a margin call?

($150,000* - 1000P) / (1000P) = 30%

P = $115.38

* Initial margin plus sale proceeds