NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL FIN 3102 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management Luis Goncalves-Pinto / Sem 1‚ AY 14/15 Practice Problems #1 1. You sell short 100 shares of Loser Co. at a market price of $45 per share. What is your maximum possible loss? Explain. 2. The investment bank you work for is writing its annual investments newsletter and you are in charge of the international markets outlook for next year. To prepare your section‚ you collect data on yearly
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Mandy 9943018 Laurana 9853047 Cristine A Formula for Economic Calamity一帖經濟蕭條的解藥? The market crash of 2008 that plunged the world into the economic recession from which it is still reeling had many causes. One of them was mathematics. Financial investment firms had developed such complex ways of investing their clients’ money that they came to rely on arcane formulas to judge the risks they were taking on. Yet as we learned so painfully three years ago‚ those formulas‚ or models‚ are only pale reflections
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10%. Each stock carries its own weight. B. What would have to be true for Microsoft’s equity cost of capital to be equal to 10%? In order for Microsoft’s equity cost of capital to be 10% its beta will have to be 1. 4. Suppose all possible investment opportunities in the world are limited to the five stocks listed in the table below. What does the market portfolio consist of (what are the portfolio weights)? Stock Price/Share ($) Number of Shares Outstanding (millions) A
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The Future of Investment Banking The era of investment-banking (IB) post-economic crisis of 2008 will see increasingly modest returns and a much meeker future. Returns on equity (ROE)‚ a standard measure of profitability‚ once routinely ranged from 20-25%‚ have now halved to 13% and will continue to plummet to 6-9% by 2017 with the incorporation of new regulations. These regulations will fundamentally change the face of IB. Higher capital standards will force banks to shrink their balance sheets—making
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Chapter 4 FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FDI is the outcome of Mutual interest of MNC’s and host countries. The FDI refers to the investment of MNC’’ in host countries in the form of creating productive facilities and having ownership and control. On the other hand if MNC or a foreign organization or a foreign individual buys bonds issued by host country it is not FDI‚ as it has no attached management or controlling interest. Such investments are called Portfolio Investments. In developing countries
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maturity‚ credit‚ and liquidity transformation without explicit access to central bank liquidity or public sector credit guarantees. Examples of shadow banks include finance companies‚ asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) conduits‚ structured investment vehicles (SIVs)‚ credit hedge funds‚ money market mutual funds‚ securities lenders‚ limited-purpose finance companies (LPFCs)‚ and the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). Our paper documents the institutional features of shadow banks‚ discusses
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and valuation assertions associated with investments in the form of observable market prices‚ details of values in the underlying investments or audited financial statements of the alternative investments. The type of evidence that we would like to review to determine whether BLMIS had purchased investment securities would include investment contracts and invoices. The type of evidence that we would like to review to determine whether BLMIS had sold investment securities would include invoices‚ and
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Factors that determine investment: 1. Marginal efficiency of capital:- The marginal efficiency of capital is called the expected return of capital or expected rate of profit on an investment. PV = R + R + R + …………… + R (1+i) (1+i) (1+i) (1+i) Keynes define the marginal efficiency of capital as “ MEC is being equal to that rate of discount which make the present value of
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Securities Analysis 1 We‚ all 3rd year Financial Management of UST‚ member of JFINEX‚ were invited to go to Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Trading hall located in Ortigas for the seminar entitled “Investment Introspection: Exscinding the Inquisitiveness Behind the Trends” last November 24‚ 2012. The said event talked about the capital markets and analysis of trends in the economy. It provided the students learning and comprehensive understanding about technical and fundamental analysis‚ plus
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bonds for the short-term or the long-term depends on your investment goals and time frames‚ the quantity of jeopardy you are willing to take and your tax status. When considering a bond investment strategy‚ keep in mind the importance of diversification. As a universal rule‚ it’s by no means a good idea to put all your assets and all your risk in a single asset class or investment. You will want to expand the risks within your bond investments by creating a portfolio of a number of bonds‚ each with
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