help you make more informed and‚ hopefully‚ more profitable investment decisions. To help you develop a theoretical foundation for future coursework in finance. Required Materials Required Text: Required Reading: Essentials of Investments‚ by Bodie‚ Kane and Marcus‚ 9th edition‚ Irwin/McGraw-Hill‚ 2012. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) 1 EXAM DATES AND GRADING Midterm Exam I Midterm Exam II Midterm Exam III Final Exam Quizzes Project 1
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COVENTRY UNIVERSITY M07EFA Institutional investments Coursework Course Leader: Karen McGrath Word Count: 1820 Student’s Name: LI XIAO LIN 5453418 Topic 5 1.Introduction The rapid growth of the pension schemes has a dramatic institutional effect on national labor and financial markets in past several decades and this upward trend will probably continue in the future. So we will embark on a study of pension plans. Enterprise annuity plan is a system that according to enterprise’s
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UNIT OF STUDY GUIDE PRE-REQUISITES BAO1101 and BAO 3307 CREDIT POINTS 12 MODE OF DELIVERY On-campus UNIT COORDINATOR NAME Dr Hassan Tanha EMAIL hassan.tanha @vu.edu.au PHONE 9919 4637 OFFICE LOCATION G3.38‚ Footscray Park OTHER TEACHING STAFF NAME Mr Abdi Hassan EMAIL abdi.hassan@vu.edu.au PHONE 9919 4631 OFFICE G3.29‚ Footscray Park RATIONALE This subject is for students seeking an understanding of the fundamentals of investment management and analysis
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the underlying problems of the model respectively. Finally‚ after in-depth analysis of the key problems of the CAPM‚ the possible solutions to overcome such shortfalls of the CAPM will be made. 1. The advantages of Beta and CAPM According to Bodie et al 2011‚ Brealey et al 2011‚ Fama and MacBeth (1973) ‚ the CAPM play a particularly important role in assessing security portfolios in term of mean-variance preferences. There are
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24/02/2013 1 25721 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Lecturers: Sean Anthonisz Nadima El-Hassan Jianxin Wang Brandon Zhu Subject Coordinator: Jianxin Wang Objectives 2 Why do you take this subject? What do you expect to learn? How much did you pay for this subject? Is this a good investment? Investment Decisions 3 How much should I invest in risky assets? How much should I invest in different risky assets? How many risky assets should I hold? When not to diversify? How to determine
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HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY School of Accounting and Finance Financial Planning (AF4324) Lecturer: Dr. Allen Ng‚ CFA E-mail: afallen@polyu.edu.hk Office: M507l Role and Purpose This is an introductory course on financial planning and a course that has been recognized by the Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong (IFPHK) as a substitute for Module One in its education program (i.e.‚ those who have passed this course will not be required to take Module One of the education
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3352 Spring 2010 INSTRUCTOR: Carl M. Hubbard‚ Ph.D.‚ CFA Office: CGC N3l6; phone 999-7283‚ carl.hubbard@trinity.edu OFFICE HOURS: 9:30 – 11:30 MW; 2:30 – 4:00 TTh; Other times available by appointment. TEXTBOOK: Zvi Bodie‚ Alex Kane‚ and Alan J. Marcus. Essentials of Investments‚ 7th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill‚ 2008. CALCULATOR: Texas Instruments BAII Plus Calculator COURSE OBJECTIVES The learning objectives for students in this course are: (l) improve your understanding
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first 5 lectures (20%) • One 3-hour “end-of-semester” exam covering all lectures with greater weight given to those lectures not covered by the mid-term exam (70%) • Two assignments (due 30 August and 14 October) (2 x 5%) Textbook: Bodie‚ Ariff‚ da Silva Rosa‚ Kane and Marcus: Investments‚ 1st edition‚ McGraw-Hill‚ 2007. All materials (except the textbook) are available on the LMS web site. 7/26/2011 1.3 Introduction to Investments • Who cares about investments? … Almost everyone! – Private
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considered simultaneously. However‚ in practice‚ most investors distinguish between different asset classes within their portfolio-allocation frameworks. In our analysis‚ we view the process of asset allocation as a four-step exercise like Bodie‚ Kane and Marcus (2005). It consists of choosing the asset classes under consideration‚ moving forward to establishing capital market expectations‚ followed by deriving the efficient frontier until finding the optimal asset mix. We take the perspective of
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RESEARCH PROPOSAL Submitted by: Nawshad Ali Bhunnoo ID number: 1114525 Course name: BSc (Hons) Finance (minor: Law) Date of submission: 29th April 2013 Lecturer’s name: Mr U. Subadar Table of Contents Introduction Problem Statement Aims and Objectives. Literature review Empirical review Methodology Expected Output Benefits of the Research The Gantt Chart Budgeting References
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