PRINCIPAL OF FINANCIAL MARKETS
ASSIGNMENT
1. Introduction
Apple Inc. and Microsoft INC are the most popular and oldest company in the field of technology. Below we have shown the data and facts of the two companies and shown the comparison between them and also how different market factors have affected them.
2. BACKGROUND IN FORMATION OF APPLE INC.
APPLE is a technology company from America whose headquarters is in California. It mainly deals in electronic, computer software’s and many other online services. It also designs these stuffs. The hardware products of apple include IPHONE, IPAD, MAC COMPUTER and apple SMARTWATCH. APPLE was established in April 1 1976 by three people namely
a) Steve Jobs
b) Steve Wozniak
c) Ronald Wayne.
It was
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This valuable company was establish on April 4 1975 and founded by
a) Paul Allen
b) Bill Gates
Historical data says the Microsoft have created lots of millionaires through its product in mids 80. But in current generation due to introduction of android and also many other companies are in competition.
4. Below are the factors that are used to check the market risk of the two companies due to their change.
GDP GROWTH (Gross Domestic Product)
GDP is the factor that is used to check the health of company’s economy. In Australia GDP is reported by the group of world bank. The GDP of Australia in the year 2014 was estimated to be 1453.77 billion. Australia’s GDP values 2.34 % of the world’s economy
INTEREST RATE.
Reserve Bank of Australia is fully responsible for setting the interest rate. According to the latest information receive the interest rate of Australia is 2.00 %. Interest rate is a very important factor which affects most of the companies as no company can run without funds from bank.
EXCHANGE RATES
All the profit made by the company through exports depends on the exchange rates. If the exchange rate is high prices decrease but if fallen prices increase. As the exchange rate of Australia is fluctuating, currently the exchange rate of Australia is $1=0.72 US$
5. Effects of GDP, exchange rate and interest rate on APPLE
GDP. As we know Australia GDP is 2.34% of the world’s economy. As it
Australia’s economic status can be assessed using a range of economic indicators such as unemployment rates, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation rates and interest rates. The economy can affect Australian business’s greatly causing them to flow through the business cycle. The business cycle purpose is to describe the overall trends of the economy and can show growths of high or negative. The four stages in a business cycle are: expansion, this is when the economy has high demands; peak, this is the turning point of the expansions before the economy falls down. A contraction is when the demand for goods and services are low; and trough, is the opposite of a peak. To evaluate Australia’s current economic status factors such as unemployment
Apple inc is an american multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. Its best-known hardware products are the Mac personal computers, the iPod portable media player, the iPhone smartphone, the iPad tablet computer. Apple has around 437 stories around the world and around 100,000 staff (around 200 staff per storie) apple was first started in 1976 by founder Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne, Steve Wozniak. Apple has shareholder and the biggest shareholder have a say in what Apple do and have a say in how come in or out. Apple Is worth is around $700 billion the most expansive company in the world. Apple want to "better" great technology for is customer there main goal is to beat their main competition Samsung.
This report will show an overview of the current state of the Australian economy and its management by the Federal government through examining economic indicators such as economic growth (GDP), unemployment, inflation and trade.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures consumer electronics and computer software products. The
This growth rate was primarily driven by high consumer spending supported by both government spending and rising employment levels. According to a report by the Australian Bureau of statistics, consumer spending contributed to two thirds of GDP growth in the fourth quarter. This came despite a fall in income levels as Australian residents used their savings for spending purposes, and was also helped by a booming real estate sector which was the largest contributor to the GDP growth in the fourth quarter. (Mehta, 2016). As can be seen in Fig.4 below, consumer spending in australia increased to 231332 million in the last qtr of 2015 from 229576 million in the third qtr of 2015.
This report will detail the state of the Australia economy using key economic indicators, and provide an analysis and pinpoint any economic problems. Using this information it will further provide recommendations how to apply the monetary policy in the short and medium term to help the Australian government achieve its main economic objectives. Finally it will state the effects of these recommendations using three outlined economic criteria.
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