1. You are offered a T-note that pays $1‚000 in 9 months (or 270 days) for $910. You have $910 in a bank that pays a 5% nominal rate‚ with 365 daily compounding. You plan to leave the money in the bank if you don’t buy the risk-free T-note. Which investment should you choose? Use the following all three solution methods to verify your answer. Greatest future wealth: FV Figure out FV of $910 left in a bank with 9 months‚ and then compare with T-note’s FV=$1‚000 Inputs: N = 270‚ I/Y =5%/365=0
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Common Risk Factors in the Retu rns on Stocks and Bonds Eugene F. Fama Kenneth R. French Journal of Financial Economics 1993 Presenter: 周立軒 Brief Saying… • This paper identifies Five common risk factors in the return on stocks and bonds – Two stock market factors‚ two bond market factors ‚ one market factor. – The five factors seems to explain all returns in stoc k market and bond market • Except the Low-Grade Bonds Agenda • • • • • Introduction The Steps of the Experiment Data & Variables Main
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P8-1 a) Expected Rate of Return $ $ $ Y 55‚000 6‚800 55‚000 X Previous Market Value Cash Flow Current Market Value X 20‚000 $ 1‚500 $ 21‚000 $ Y 12.50% 12.36% X: rt = (Ct + P rt = ($1‚50 rt = 0.125 = b) Both investments are equally risky. Keel should recommend Investment X because it has a Pt - Pt-1) / (Pt-1) Y: rt = (Ct + Pt - Pt-1) / (Pt-1) 0 + $21‚000 - $20‚000) / ($20‚000) rt = ($6‚800 + $55‚000 - $55‚000) / ($55‚00 = 12.5%
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Assignment 1. Returns and Risk Estimate and compare the returns and variability (i.e. annual standard deviation over the past five years) of Reynolds and Hasbro with that of the S&P 500 Index. Which stock appears to be riskiest? Reynolds appears to be the riskiest stock based on the returns and variability alone currently holding the highest average return out of two at 1.87%. With their higher return rate over the three they also hold the highest standard deviation of 9.1%‚ which in turn infers
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much cash the investment is expected to generate. The analysis of Return on Investment (ROI) is a financial forecasting tool that assists the business manager in evaluating whether a proposed investment opportunity is worthwhile within the context of the company’s business objectives and financial constraints. The investments to be analysed have some of the following characteristics: * A major amount of money is involved. * The financial commitment is for more than one year. * Cash flow
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\ Return on Investment Name Institutional Affiliation QUESTION 1 Experts argue that its essentials to establish ROI parameters before embarking on new public health projects especially those involve acquisition of new information technologies. This means that before embarking on the projects‚ organizations should calculate the incremental gain from such actions basing their parameters on the long term gain. Before undertaking healthcare information systems and related projects‚
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portfolio‚ the higher (that is‚ more positive) the degree of correlation between these shares and those already in the portfolio‚ a) the greater the benefits of the additional portfolio diversification b) the smaller the benefits of the additional portfolio diversification c) Not enough information given d) None of the above 2. Portfolio A has but one share‚ while Portfolio B has 100 shares. Because of diversification‚ we know that Portfolio B will have the lower systematic risk ie. Portfolio B
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Income Tax Return Assignment You have your own CPA tax practice and you are greeted with new clients: Albert and Jenny Cunningham and their two children. You meet with them and they give you the information shown below. They would like you to prepare their tax return for 2013. They would like to file married filing jointly. NOTE: Reference to the “current tax year” below for the taxpayers‚ Albert and Jenny‚ it is for the calendar year 2013. Albert and Jenny Cunningham (both 42 years
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“Is Higher Education Worth It?” Everyone ’s goal is life is to graduate from high school‚ graduate from college and get a good job. This phrase has been repeated over and over through the years‚ from parents to their children. With so many job opportunities in the world today‚ and different socioeconomics‚ we have to ask‚ “Is the investment in higher education worth the return?” The goal of all Americans is to be able to graduate from college and have a successful life. Due to the rising costs
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the programme of the conference programme can be found in the Event Design Proposal. In addition to the Event Design Proposal‚ this report focuses on a method that can measure the Return on Investment (ROI) on this large-scale event. As ROI has become a pressing matter‚ especially in the event industry‚ this is offers a perfect opportunity to implement the ROI methodology. All staff members of iVents have been involved with the ROI institute and in the year 2012 we have been awarded with the prestigious
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