EconomicThis document has been made available on www.actuaries.org.uk with the permission of the Society of Actuaries‚ Schaumburg‚ Illinois. Copyright 2008. Specialty Guide on Economic Capital Version 1.5 March 2004 Specialty Guide on Economic Capital Section I. II. Page FOREWORD...................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW .........................................................
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Reading Summary of Common risk factors in stock and bond returns Xin Shi (A13119523) The paper introduces the famous Fama–French three-factor model which is a development of the traditional CAPM model and the findings of the 1992 paper. It believes the theory should be able to explain not only stock but also bond returns. Also this paper uses the method of time-series regression‚ which is quite different from the previous paper. After the development
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The Stock Markets The main function of the stock market is to enable trade in the shares of public companies‚ which in turn reflect the performance of th3 companies whose shares are traded in the stock market. Stock markets are also a vital part of an economy or the economic system of a country or nation. Research has shown that most economies around the world‚ today‚ are judged by the performance of their stock markets. To trade in the stock market‚ a company has to be transparent about its fundamentals
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The cash flow of a firm shows how a firm has used the cash it earned during a set of time. There are two reasons that the income statement does not show the amount of cash earned. One‚ there are non-cash entries on the income statement and second‚ there are certain uses such as a purchase of a building that are not reported on the income statement. The statement of cash flows utilizes the information from the income statement and balance sheet to determine how much cash the firm has generated and
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Case Study –Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital FIN202a-Spring 2011 1. Please define Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC). Write down the WACC formula‚ and discuss its components. WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital) is a market weighted average‚ at target leverage‚ of the cost of after tax debt and equity. It is a critical input for evaluating investment decision‚ and typically the discount rate for NPV calculation. And it serves as the benchmark for operating performance‚ relative to
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A buffer stock scheme (commonly implemented as intervention storage‚ the "ever-normal granary") is an attempt to use commodity storage for the purposes of stabilising prices in an entire economy or‚ more commonly‚ an individual (commodity) market.[1] Specifically‚ commodities are bought when there is a surplus in the economy‚ stored‚ and are then sold from these stores when there are economic shortages in the economy.[1] Their usefulnHistory Many agricultural schemes have been implemented over
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Internationalization and Firm Risk: An Upstream-Downstream Hypothesis Author(s): Chuck C. Y. Kwok and David M. Reeb Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of International Business Studies‚ Vol. 31‚ No. 4 (4th Qtr.‚ 2000)‚ pp. 611-629 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/155664 . Accessed: 20/01/2013 05:04 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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Corporate Finance Capital Budgeting Course Outline CAPITAL BUDGETING Course outline Key Principles in Capital Budgeting: Criteria for Investment Projects Net Pesent Value Internal Rate of Return Payback Profitability Index Finding Cash Flows Maria Ruiz 1 Financial Management Financial management is largely concerned with financing‚ dividend and investment decisions of the firm with some overall goal in mind. Corporate finance theory has developed around the goal of shareholder
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Literature Theory Key Conclusion (Fishbein and Ajzen 1975) TRA • Individual behaviors are determined by attitude and subjective norm (Weinstein‚ 1993) TRA • Expectancy–value Theory and cost–benefit analysis (Becker‚ 1974) HBM • Health-related action based on evaluations on the perceived threat and the net benefits (Rogers‚ 1975) PMT • Response costs represents perceived susceptibility (Bandura‚ 1977) PMT • Self-efficacy captures the degree to which one has the ability to perform the advised action (Prentice-Dunn
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STOCK OPTIONS - AN EFFECTIVE COMPENSATION METHOD Stock Options have become the greatest form of remuneration for big names in organizations across the United States (Hall‚ 2000). The senior executives‚ who are given this option‚ can buy shares of the company at what Hall (2000) describes as the “exercise price”. They could be given “at the money”‚ “out of the money” or “in the money” price (Hall‚ 2000). Stock Options are helpful in motivating the holders to perform for the benefit of the company
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