MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY Faculty of Business and Economics AFIN828 International Investment and Risk Assignment Semester 1 / 2013 1) Using the price series provided in the spreadsheet assignment_data.xls calculate the monthly returns for Westpac (WBK)‚ Wesfarmers (WES) and Rio Tinto (RIO) for the considered time period from January 2nd‚ 2012 to January 1st‚ 2013. (25 Marks) a) Considering a possible investment in WBK and WES‚ calculate the mean (monthly) return‚ the standard deviation of return and
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1. What are the various market targets for the New Beetle available to Volkswagen? Describe each both demographically and psychographically. What are the pros and cons of each option? What are the appeals of the New Beetle to each group? According to Arnold communication’s research‚ there are 2 groups of target audience for the New Beetle: new core audience of 18 to 34 years-olds and baby boomers. Although the consumers include a very diverse group‚ the research shows that the potential buyers
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iExaminers’ commentaries 2011 Examiners’ commentaries 2011 23 Investment management Important note This commentary reflects the examination and assessment arrangements for this course in the academic year 2010–11. The format and structure of the examination may change in future years‚ and any such changes will be publicised on the virtual learning environment (VLE). Specific comments on questions – Zone A Candidates should answer FOUR of the following EIGHT questions. All questions carry equal
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Investment in Wireless industry -- Draft Beginning Introducing the basic business environment for Wireless industry. Introducing the recent market situation for wireless industry in Canada. Introducing several major competitors in wireless industry in Canada Recently‚ increasing numbers of investor are considered whether to invest in wireless industry. In my opinion‚ it is worth to invest in wireless industry. (This is the basic argument I would like to discuss in the following passage) Body
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CHAPTER 15 INVESTMENTS CONTENT ANALYSIS OF EXERCISES AND PROBLEMS Time Range (minutes) 10-15 10-15 10-15 15-20 15-20 10-15 Number E15-1 E15-2 E15-3 E15-4 E15-5 E15-6 Content Trading Securities. (Easy) Journal entries. Unrealized holding gain. Balance sheet disclosure. Trading Securities. (Moderate) Journal entries. Income statement and balance sheet disclosures. Long-Term Investments. (Easy) Securities available for sale. Purchase and adjusting entries. Available-for-Sale Securities. (Easy)
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management groups from the private sector who add significant value to the overall operation both commercially and technologically. Since then‚ with the franchise model‚ Israel has been able to refine the repayment mechanism so that it could start new incubators focused on specific high tech priority areas such as biotechnology. Venture experts in Israel say that there are 4 significant factors make Israel incubators successful Entrepreneurial Culture Entrepreneurial Culture Strong VC Industry
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Risk of Investment Doug Johnson Argosy University An investor considering foreign securities for their investment portfolio would perform an analysis of diverse mutual funds‚ exchanged traded funds (ETFs)‚ along with stocks or bonds traded in the perspective country. As part of the analysis process of selecting foreign securities the investor normally studies the risk-rating/political risk map of the specific country where the investment is being consider (Johnstone
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1. Suppose that you have $1 million and the following two opportunities from which to construct a portfolio: a. Risk-free asset earning 12% per year. b. Risky asset with expected return 30% per year and standard deviation of 40%. If you construct a portfolio with a standard deviation of 30%‚ what is its expected rate of return? Ans: P = 30 = yy y = 0.75 E(rP) = 12 + 0.75(30 12) = 25.5% 2. Suppose that there are many stocks in the security market and that the characteristics of Stocks
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Repurchase Repurchase of stock can be viewed in each of the following way: investment‚ financing‚ shareholder distribution and control issue. Repurchase of stock can be a way to use firm’s excess debt capacity. By doing so‚ firm can lower the cost of equity financing. If debt financing is more flexible and cheap‚ replace equity financing with debt financing is a good way to lower the weighted cost of capital. In this sense‚ such action is a financing issue because it controls the cost of financing. On
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suitability of various products‚ at different times‚ for different circumstances‚ for different investors. In this scenario‚ can a mutual fund product also offer an element of advice within the product itself? How can you embed advice into a mutual fund? What are embedded advice products? How do they work and how do they benefit investors? The traditional view in the MF industry - in India and across the world - is that we expect AMCs to produce a diverse range of products across different asset
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