com/1463-578X.htm PRACTICE BRIEFING Real estate appraisal: a review of valuation methods School of Electrical and Computer Engineering‚ National Technical University of Athens‚ Athens‚ Greece School of Rural and Surveying Engineering‚ National Technical University of Athens‚ Athens‚ Greece‚ and Jonathan Edwards Consulting‚ University of Reading‚ UK Keywords Market surveys‚ Real estate‚ Forecasting‚ Estimation‚ Assets valuation Abstract The valuation of real estate is a central tenet for all businesses
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#1 True or false: Even if the sample size is more than 1000‚ we cannot always use the normal approximation to binomial. Solution: If a sample is n>30‚ we can say that sample size is sufficiently large to assume normal approximation to binomial curve. Hence the statement is false. #2 A salesperson goes door-to-door in a residential area to demonstrate the use of a new Household appliance to potential customers. She has found from her years of experience that after demonstration‚ the
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How are the principals of Arundel Partners planning to make money by buying rights to sequels? Essentially‚ a sequel right is similar to a call option. If a movie turn out to be a hit and the sequel could be profitable‚ Arundel would exercise the sequel right by producing the film itself or selling the right to another investors. If the sequel might cause a loss‚ Arundel could simply give up the right. The sequel right gives Arundel the opportunity to break-even costs of production with a successful
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Characteristics of Options r Definitions and Positions: - A Call Option gives its owner for a specified time the right to purchase an underlying good at a specified price (= exercise price or strike price) - A Put Option gives its owner for a specified time the right to sell an underlying good at a specified price (= exercise/strike price) - An American Option permits the owner to exercise (=buy/sell the underlying) at any time before or at expiration. A European Option can be exercised
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8.1 BINOMIAL SETTING? In each situation below‚ is it reasonable to use a binomial distribution for the random variable X? Give reasons for your answer in each case. (a) An auto manufacturer chooses one car from each hour’s production for a detailed quality inspection. One variable recorded is the count X of finish defects (dimples‚ ripples‚ etc.) in the car’s paint. No: There is no fixed n (i.e.‚ there is no definite upper limit on the number of defects). (b) The pool of potential jurors for
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VALUATION TECHNIQUES Vault Guide to Finance Interviews Valuation Techniques How Much is it Worth? Imagine yourself as the CEO of a publicly traded company that makes widgets. You’ve had a highly successful business so far and want to sell the company to anyone interested in buying it. How do you know how much to sell it for? Likewise‚ consider the Bank of America acquisition of Fleet. How did B of A decide how much it should pay to buy Fleet? For starters‚ you should understand that the value
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Chapter 13 Real Options and Other Topics in Capital Budgeting Learning Objectives After reading this chapter‚ the student should be able to: ◆ Explain why conventional NPV analysis may not capture a project’s impact on the firm’s opportunities. ◆ Identify five different types of real options. ◆ Explain what an abandonment/shutdown option is‚ give an example of a project that includes this type of option‚ and explain what an option value is. ◆ Explain what a decision
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Equity Valuation: Discounted Cash Flow and Residual Income Models Introduction Valuation plays a very important role when companies are trying to increase their value‚ raise money‚ acquire another firm or sell a subsidiary‚ also when a company decides to go public. Managers‚ investors and shareholders need to have the most accurate and reliable information in order to make decisions‚ that is why valuation is a fundamental exercise in corporate finance. It is pretty evident that whatever
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Valuation : * Price earnings ratio : DESCRIPTION | Mar-12 | Mar-11 | Mar-10 | Mar-09 | Mar-08 | Price-earnings ratio | 23.04 | 24.23 | 12.71 | 7.25 | 12.17 | This ratio reflects the following factors : growth prospects‚ risk characteristics ‚shareholder orientation ‚corporate image and the degree of liquidity.It indicates company performance and forecast future performance.Ratio is decreasing and it is good sign because investors will get high earnings.But risk will
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Valuation models Discounted cash flow models: Dividend discount Free cash flow to the firm Residual income Multiples-based valuation: Price-earnings Value-EBITDA Value-EBIT Value-Sales Price-Book value Equity valuation In conjunction with the valuation of Coles Group‚ contained in “Excel03 Equity valuation” Real options valuation Equity markets price shares above the present value of expected future cash flows‚ due to the presence of embedded options not captured by DCF analysis Real
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