| Pine Street Capital | | | FINA5290 Derivatives Analysiss Individual Assignment 1. What is a hedge fund? How do hedge funds differ from mutual funds? Hedge funds are investment vehicles that explicitly pursue absolute returns on their underlying investments. Hedge Fund incorporate to any absolute return fund investing within the financial markets (stocks‚ bonds‚ commodities‚ currencies‚ derivatives‚ etc) and/or applying non-traditional portfolio management techniques including‚ but
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Case 1.1 - Enron Corporation ------------------------------------------------- Discussion 1 The parties we believe to be most at fault for the crisis in this case are a) the Audit Firm engaged in the Enron audit (Arthur Andersen); b) Enron Management (Kenneth Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling‚ Andrew Fastow; and c) the SEC. The Public Accounting Firm: Arthur Andersen The auditor has the responsibility to evaluate the risk of material fraud‚ including: * Incentives and motives for fraud : Enron was a fast
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ranged from too aggressive to growth opportunities. In order to completely analyze Nike and its possible place in the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ Ford needs to know Nike’s cost of capital. One of the most useful ways to measure the cost of capital is the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Theoretically‚ the optimal capital structure in the mix of types of financing that produces the lowest WACC. WACC is calculated by multiplying the cost of each type of financing a company uses‚ be it debt or the
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company’s primary activities. 2. Expansion of Internet recruiting and new Internet technologies Cost = $5-10 million c. Advantage: Improving recruiting procedures and gaining knowledge of new internet technologies d. Disadvantage: Cost of hiring and training additional sales force 3. Expanding brand recognition and preference through increasing through public relations exposure Cost = $1-2 million e. Advantage: f. Disadvantage: 4. Reenergizing major international
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King subsidiaries. This case study will focus on the proposed capital structure decisions of Diageo. 2) Is Diageo’s current capital structure appropriate to its new business? It believes that it has traditionally had a conservative debt policy. If so‚ is that policy still appropriate? Has Diageo’s capital structure been as conservative as it believes? (What interest rate coverage ratio has it been targeting? How does it look relative to its competitors?) Diageo’s capital structure has not been
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Mouse Trap: Woodstream Corporation The company that has been chosen for this case study is Woodstream Corporation. This company was founded in 1832 and was formerly known as Animal Trap Company of America. It manufactures and markets a variety of pest control products including rodent control‚ caring control for pets and different types of mouse traps. It has been around for more than 150 years and marketed over 2500 unique products. Woodstream works to bring innovation to consumers by combining
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Capital One Case Study Read the Capital One Case materials. 1. What is Capital One’s business and who are their competitors? Capital One’s business deals with a bank financial servicing company. They specialize specifically in banking‚ credit cards‚ home loans‚ auto loans and savings products. Capital One was founded by Richard Fairbank and Nigel Morris in 1988. Fairbank highly focused on the marketing and customization of credit card use and information. The company is very analytical
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Case Analysis: Ford Motor Company Global Strategic Management March 4‚ 2013 Ford Motor Company: Organization Profile Ford Motor Company Staying “Ford Tough” Henry Ford established the auto company in June 16‚ 1903. An engineer by formation‚ Henry had a vision of making vehicles that would change society. He wanted to offer an affordable product to the public‚ one that his own workers could buy. His vision took him to model T in 1908‚ and to improve the manufacturing process with the conveyor
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CASE 27.1: RELIABLE TEXAMILL LIMITED17 components would assume greater importance. The company would need more working capital funds to support the expanding sales. Mr Shyam Lal knew that it may not be easy to get funds from banks. He was wondering how he could reduce the working capital funds requirement of his company without affecting the sales. In the beginning of 2009‚ Mr Shyam Lal‚ Chairman and Managing Director of Reliable Texamill Limited (RTL)was concerned about the company’s working capital
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beer‚ wine and distilled spirits? 2. How does the amount of alcohol in a malt liquor compare to other brewed beverages? 3. Why can’t you group all 12 ounce beers as having the same alcohol content just as you would with one 12 ounce wine cooler? Select: Drinking and Driving 1. Analyze the promising but inadequately evaluated measures that can be used to reduce drinking and driving. Please predict the 3 that you think would be the most beneficial. 2. Identify 2 ways that you can help in the task
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