luck? Good Luck or Good Policy?: An Expectational Theory of Macro Volatility Switches GAETANO GABALLO What are the determinants of switches in the volatility of macro-variables? In principle‚ a persistent reduction in the amplitude of business .uctuations can be thought to be either the result of good policy‚ namely a change of policy by some major actor within the economy‚ or of good luck‚ that is‚ a decrease of volatility of the exogenous shocks hitting the economy. In a sense‚ good policy
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maturity‚ holding period or realized yield‚ and expected yields with simulated future values. 4. The concept of interest rate risk is developed‚ including bond volatility concepts‚ price risk‚ and reinvestment risk. A bond volatility measure for price risk is developed. 5. The reader will study duration concepts as a measure of a) bond volatility and b) a holding time period sufficient to balance price and reinvestment risk assuring the investor the yield to maturity. CHANGES FROM THE LAST EDITION
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1 | Journal of Management and Science Vol.2‚ No.1 ISSN:2249-1260/EISSN:2250-1819 ACCEPTANCE OF E-BANKING AMONG CUSTOMERS (An Empirical Investigation in India) K.T. Geetha1 & V.Malarvizhi2 Professor and Assistant Professor‚ Department of Economics‚ Avinashilingam Institute for home Science and Higher Education for Women Coimbatore -641043‚ TamilNadu‚ India 1 2 Abstract Financial liberalization and technology revolution have allowed the developments of new and more efficient delivery
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JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS Vol. 46‚ No. 4‚ Aug. 2011‚ pp. 967–999 COPYRIGHT 2011‚ MICHAEL G. FOSTER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS‚ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON‚ SEATTLE‚ WA 98195 doi:10.1017/S0022109011000275 The Effects of Derivatives on Firm Risk and Value Sohnke M. Bartram‚ Gregory W. Brown‚ and Jennifer Conrad ∗ ¨ Abstract Using a large sample of nonfinancial firms from 47 countries‚ we examine the effect of derivative use on firm risk and value. We control for endogeneity
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The Handbook of News Analytics \ in Finance Edited by Gautam Mitra and Leela Mitra WILEY A John Wiley and Sons‚ Ltd‚ Publication Contents Preface xiii Acknowledgements xvii About the editors xix About the contributors xxi Abbreviations and acronyms xxv 1 Applications of news analytics in finance: A review Leela Mitra and Gautam Mitra 1.1 Introduction 1.2 News data ’ 1.2.1 Data sources 1.2.2 Pre-analysis’of news data 1.3 Turning qualitative text into quantified metrics and time-series
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Table of Content 1. Introduction 1 2. The decisions to sell Pillsbury and list Burger King 1 2.1 Volatility of cash flows 2 2.2 Probability of financial distress 3 2.3 Increased valuation of Diageo 3 2.3.1 Comparables 3 2.3.2 Cash flow 4 2.3.3 Increased leverage 4 2.3.4 Acquisitions 4 3. Implicit assumptions of the Monte Carlo simulation 4 3.1 Capital expenditure 5 3.2 Investment in intangibles 5 3.3. Working Capital 5 3.4 Consistency between implicit and explicit assumptions 5 4. Description of
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Lahore School of Economics 1 Advanced Risk Management – FNC 615 MBA II ‐ Finance Dr Nawazish Mirza nawazish@nmirza.com Advanced Risk Management – FNC 615 – MBA II ‐ Finance Risk Management • Risk and Its Worlds – Ri k can b d fi d as volatility of unexpected Risk be defined l tilit f t d outcomes‚ which can represent the value of assets‚ equity or earnings. – Two Key Terms • Uncertainty • Exposure p • Two broad categories of Risk are – Business risk – Financial Risk Lahore School of Economics
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Will My Risk Parity Strategy Outperform? Robert M. Anderson∗ University of California at Berkeley Stephen W. Bianchi† University of California at Berkeley Lisa R. Goldberg‡ MSCI and University of California at Berkeley November 10‚ 2011§ Abstract We gauge the return-generating potential and risk inherent in four investment strategies: value weighted‚ fixed mix‚ and levered and unlevered risk parity‚ over an 85-year horizon. There are three essential conclusions from our study. First‚ even over periods
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2. Suppose the market portfolio has an expected return of 10% and a volatility of 20%‚ while Microsoft’s stock has a volatility of 30%. A. Given its higher volatility‚ should we expect Microsoft to have an equity cost of capital that is higher than 10%? No‚ Microsoft is diversifiable and it will not be affected by the changes in the market. We do not expect Microsoft’s equity cost of capital to be higher than 10%. Each stock carries its own weight. B. What would have to be true for Microsoft’s
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Nowadays‚ the use of petroleum products is an essential thing that is obtained from the crude oil as it is processed in oil refineries. Some of its by- product include Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)‚ fuel oil‚ gasoline‚ kerosene and the like. These products are highly consumed by humans. Reports revealed that people staggered almost 90 million barrels of petroleum every day (Adair‚ 2015). The over-extraction and over-used of rock-oil have caused
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