Category Archives: Financial techniques

The “Financial techniques” category contains posts about asset pricing models (optimal portfolios, derivatives, trading and investment strategies, financial products, data, etc.) used in the financial industry.

The DAX 30 index

The DAX 30 index In this article, Nithisha CHALLA (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2021-2023) presents the DAX 30 index and details its characteristics. The DAX 30 index The largest and most liquid 30 publicly … Continue reading

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The MOEX Russia index

The MOEX Russia index In this article, Nithisha CHALLA (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2021-2023) presents the MOEX Russia index and details its characteristics. The MOEX Russia index The Moscow Exchange Russia Index (MOEX Russia … Continue reading

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The BOVESPA index

The BOVESPA index In this article, Nithisha CHALLA (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2021-2023) presents the BOVESPA index and details its characteristics. The BOVESPA index The BOVESPA Index, or IBOVESPA, is the benchmark stock market … Continue reading

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The Nifty 50 index

The Nifty 50 index In this article, Nithisha CHALLA (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2021-2023) presents the Nifty 50 index and details its characteristics. The Nifty 50 index One of the important stock market indices … Continue reading

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The CSI 300 index

The CSI 300 index In this article, Nithisha CHALLA (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2021-2023) presents the CSI 300 index and details its characteristics. The CSI 300 index The performance of 300 large-cap stocks traded … Continue reading

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The FTSE 100 index

The FTSE 100 index In this article, Nithisha CHALLA (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2021-2023) presents the FTSE 100 index and details its characteristics. The FTSE 100 index The Financial Times and the London Stock … Continue reading

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The Nikkei 225 index

The Nikkei 225 index In this article, Nithisha CHALLA (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2021-2023) presents the Nikkei 225 index and details its characteristics. The Nikkei 225 index The Nikkei 225 index is considered as … Continue reading

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The CAC 40 index

The CAC 40 index In this article, Nithisha CHALLA (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2021-2023) presents the CAC 40 index and details its characteristics. The CAC 40 index The CAC 40 index is one of … Continue reading

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The impact of market orders on market liquidity

The impact of market orders on market liquidity In this article, Jayna MELWANI (ESSEC Business School, Global BBA, 2019-2023) explains about the financial concept of market liquidity and specifically the impact of market orders on market liquidity. What is a … Continue reading

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The Wilshire 5000 index

The Wilshire 5000 index In this article, Nithisha CHALLA (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2021-2023) presents the Wilshire 5000 index and details its characteristics. The Wilshire 5000 index The Wilshire 5000 index was launched in … Continue reading

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La Directive Solvabilité II

Dans cet article, Shengyu ZHENG (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole – Master in Management, 2020-2023) présente la directive Solvabilité II pour les compagnies d’assurance. Vue globale Solvabilité II (surnom de la Directive 2009/138/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du … Continue reading

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The Russell 2000 index

The Russell 2000 index In this article, Nithisha CHALLA (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2021-2023) presents the Russell 2000 index and details its characteristics. The Russell 2000 index As we can already notice in the … Continue reading

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The Consumer Confidence Index

The Consumer Confidence Index In this article, Jianen HUANG (ESSEC Business School, Master in Strategy & Management of International Business (SMIB), 2021-2023) explains about the consumer confidence index. What is CCI The Consumer Confidence Index, or CCI, is a widely … Continue reading

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Good-til-Cancelled (GTC) order and Immediate-or-Cancel (IOC) order

Good-til-Cancelled (GTC) order and Immediate-or-Cancel (IOC) order In this article, Lokendra RATHORE (ESSEC Business School, Master in Strategy & Management of International Business (SMIB), 2022-2023) explains the Good-til-Cancelled (GTC) order and the Immediate-or-Cancel (IOC) used to trade in financial markets. … Continue reading

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The NASDAQ index

The NASDAQ index In this article, Nithisha CHALLA (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2021-2023) presents the NASDAQ index and details its characteristics. The NASDAQ index NASDAQ was first founded in 1971 and it is an … Continue reading

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The DJIA index

The DJIA index In this article, Nithisha CHALLA (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2021-2023) presents the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) index and details its characteristics. The DJIA index The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) … Continue reading

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Float

Float In this article, Nithisha CHALLA (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2021-2023) explains float and its use in the construction financial indexes. What is Float? The term “float” (sometimes mentioned as “free float”) refers to … Continue reading

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Automation in Audit

Automation in Audit In this article, Federico MARTINETTO (ESSEC Business School, Exchange Global BBA, 2021) explains about the importance of the data automation in the audit process. Why is intelligent automation important for the audit processes? Traditional auditing has the … Continue reading

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The investment ecosystem

The investment ecosystem In this article, Nithisha CHALLA (ESSEC Business School, Grande Ecole Program – Master in Management, 2021-2023) explains the investment ecosystem in financial markets. Introduction In the investment ecosystem, there are several blocks to understand: market participants, market … Continue reading

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High-frequency trading and limit orders

High-frequency trading and limit orders In this article, Clara PINTO (ESSEC Business School, Master in Strategy & Management of International Business (SMIB), 2020-2023) explains about high frequency trading in a dynamic limit order market. What is High-frequency trading (HFT)? While … Continue reading

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