AFC 3230 – Financial Analysis and Valuation Lecture 1 – Introduction (6 marks – Theory) Investment Styles: Intuitive Investing * Investor who relies on intuition and hunches – there is no analysis involved Problems: * Self-deception‚ ignores ability to check intuition Passive Investing * Investor who accepts the market price as value – there is no analysis involved – this is the “efficient market approach” Problems: * It is risky that you may be paying too much for
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technology and the objective of the company is to become the largest discount brokerage firm‚ we are considering this to be a long term project. To match the economic life of the project‚ we will use the prevailing yield of long term bonds. Yield to maturity of 30-Year Bonds is 6.61% So the estimate of risk-free rate that should be employed in calculating the cost of
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Preferred Stock is referred to as preferred‚ because there is a higher claim against the stock than common stocks. There is a difference from preferred stocks and common stock when it comes to their dividends and liquidation. A preferred stockholder would receive their dividends sooner than common stockholders. This makes it so that if a preferred stockholder were to decide to opt out of paying their dividends than the common stock will not have a dividend. “The best way to think of preferred stock is as
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A top-down approach to stock valuation for Google Stock Section 1: Investment summary I would recommend the buying of Google stock. The company’s current strategy would probably increase their chances of gaining strategic alliances‚ and make them a more attractive partner. As other companies see that Google is no longer going head on with partners‚ they may be more willing to cooperate with Google as well. Especially in developing markets‚ such strategic partners can offer Google a huge advantage
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Investment Objective Analysis We worked together on their finance stock market project. We felt that our risk tolerance was different then it normally would be sense we had 500‚000 to invest in the stock market compared to our own money. Due to the fact that this was fake money we found ourselves to be conservative as well as risky depending on the situation. We have been given three months to invest money in the stock market as well as with different types of investments such as shorting‚
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obligation of $132‚240 to be made at the end of year 5. Show how you can use coupon bonds with a coupon rate of 8%‚ a face value of $1‚000‚ a maturity date at the end of year 6‚ and a yield to maturity of 8% to ensure that you can meet your cash obligation at the end of year 5. Suppose that you purchase the bonds at the beginning of year 1 and that the market interest rate changes only once right after you have purchased the bonds. There are three possible interest rates‚ 7.9%‚ 8%‚ and 8.1%‚ each of which
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JetBlue Airways IPO Valuation Summary In July 1999‚ David Neeleman announced his plan to launch a new airline that would bring “humanity back to air travel.” Despite the fact the airline industry had 87 new-airline failures in U.S. over the past 20 years. Neeleman’s plan convinced a group of investors and quickly raised $130 million from venture-capital community. This is the way JetBlue Airways established. With its strong capital base‚ JetBlue acquired a fleet of new Airbus A320 aircraft and focused
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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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chapter 6 1. The security of the bond‚ that is‚ whether the bond has collateral. Effect on the coupon rate of the bond issue: Bond’s with collateral will have lower coupon rate as bondholders have claim on collateral no matter what. Advantage: It provides an asset which lower default risk. Disadvantage: Companies cannot sell this collateral as an asset and need to maintain it. 2. The seniority of the bond Effect on the coupon rate of the bond issue: The more senior the bond‚ the lower the
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marks) The yield to maturity on a bond is: (a) based on the assumption that any payments received are reinvested at the coupon rate of return. (b) based on the assumption that any payments received are reinvested at the current yield. (c) below the coupon rate when the bond sells at a discount‚ and above the coupon rate when the bond sells at a premium. (d) none of the above. B. (2 marks) In which one of the following cases is the bond selling at a premium? (a) Coupon
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