Financial Instruments Professor Lasse H. Pedersen Prof. Lasse H. Pedersen 1 Overview Real and financial assets Use of financial assets Important examples of financial assets Prof. Lasse H. Pedersen 2 Real Versus Financial Assets Real Assets – Assets used to produce goods and services – Examples: factories‚ land‚ human capital‚ etc. Financial Assets – Claims on real assets such as stocks bonds – Derivatives Prof. Lasse H. Pedersen Use of Financial Instruments Allocation
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i Chapter 6 Measurement of Precipitation CONTENTS 6.1 Definitions and Units ............................................................................................................ 1 6.2 Observation Instruments ..................................................................................................... 1 6.2.1 Cylindrical Rain Gauges and Ordinary Rain Gauges ................................................ 1 6.2.2 Siphon Rain Gauges ............................................
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thousands of shareholders both direct holders and institutional holders. Some of the major direct holders are Keough Donald‚ Diller Barry‚ Fayard Gary‚ Reyes Jose Octavio‚ and Kent Ahmet Muhtar. Some of the major top institutional holders include: Berkshire Hathaway Inc‚ State Street Corporation‚ Vanguard Group Inc‚ FMR LLC‚ BlackRock Institutional Trust Company‚ and etc. % of shares held by insiders and 5% owners 5% % of shares held by institutional and mutual fund owners 64% Capital Structure
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meaning of the changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.17-billion gain in Berkshire’s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of PacifiCorp? 2. Based on the multiples for comparable regulated utilities‚ what is the range of possible values for PacifiCorp? What questions might you have about this range? 3. How well has Berkshire Hathaway performed? How well has it performed
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Owners and shareholders These are the owners of shares within the business/company. Hackney Community College example: The government owns Hackney Community College example because it is public. Tesco example: BlackRock Inc‚ Norges Bank and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. The local and national community A community is a group of interacting people sharing an environment. Hackney Community College example: Local residence & local business of Hackney. Diageo example: There are 3‚141 stores in
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Introduction “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” – Warren Edward Buffett; With these words Mr. Warren Buffett an American investor and the CEO and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway‚ is said to be one of the most successful investor on the 20th Century. There are many aspects of Mr. Buffett’s life that makes him one of the most influential and a great leader for our time. As a great leader the Wizard of Omaha has taken a “hands off” management style which is very similar
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Rank | Name | Net Worth | Age | Source | Country of Citizenship | 1 | Carlos Slim Helu & family | $69 B | 72 | telecom | Mexico | 2 | Bill Gates | $61 B | 57 | Microsoft | United States | 3 | Warren Buffett | $44 B | 82 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States | 4 | Bernard Arnault | $41 B | 63 | LVMH | France | 5 | Amancio Ortega | $37.5 B | 76 | Zara | Spain | 6 | Larry Ellison | $36 B | 68 | Oracle | United States | 7 | Eike Batista | $30 B | 55 | mining‚ oil | Brazil | 8 | Stefan
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Making things look bigger When you use an optical instrument‚ whether it be something very simple like a magnifying glass‚ or more complicated like a telescope or microscope‚ you’re usually trying to make things look bigger so you can more easily see fine details. One thing to remember about this is that if you want to make things look bigger‚ you’re always going to use converging mirrors or lenses. Diverging mirrors or lenses always give smaller images. When using a converging lens‚ it’s helpful
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Steve Jobs‚ whose facial coding ended up revealing a positive score of just 48%‚ with a negative of 52%. But according to Hill‚ Steve Jobs failed to hide his emotions in the least. "Lots of emoting‚ enjoyment mingled with frustration‚" Hill stated. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Buffett and a close friend of Bill Gates has the largest positive score‚ no less than 69% after Microsoft’s Chairman being "affable‚ assured and low-key" but also slightly ironic‚ which scored him a negative 31%.
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high income‚ but rather from owning assets‚ like shares in Berkshire Hathaway. Many are aware of his acumen in making investments that have a “margin of safety” – or minimal downside – but few are aware of the greatest source of such safety for Mr. Buffet in recent years‚ the US Government. During the 2008 crisis Buffet’s investment portfolio was full of wobbly financial companies like GE and Wells Fargo. In the span of 2 months Berkshire stock – and Mr. Buffets net worth – lost half their value
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