FINS2624 S2 2012 Mockterm FAMILY NAME OTHER NAMES STUDENT ID SIGNATURE THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES SCHOOL OF BANKING AND FINANCE TIME ALLOWED: N/A To make sure that we can identify your exam if your student ID number is hard to read‚ please tick the boxes below to fill in your seven digit student ID number. Detailed instructions are on the next page. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 M oc kt Page 1 of 21 Please see over er FINS2624 PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT MOCK MID-TERM
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Optimal Versus Naive Diversification: How Inefficient is the 1/N Portfolio Strategy? Victor DeMiguel London Business School Lorenzo Garlappi University of Texas at Austin Raman Uppal London Business School and CEPR Downloaded from http://rfs.oxfordjournals.org/ at BCV - Research Department on October 26‚ 2011 We evaluate the out-of-sample performance of the sample-based mean-variance model‚ and its extensions designed to reduce estimation error‚ relative to the naive 1/N portfolio. Of the 14
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Course Project Part II Introduction You will assume that you still work as a financial analyst for AirJet Best Parts‚ Inc. The company is considering a capital investment in a new machine and you are in charge of making a recommendation on the purchase based on (1) a given rate of return of 15% (Task 4) and (2) the firm’s cost of capital (Task 5). Task 4. Capital Budgeting for a New Machine A few months have now passed and AirJet Best Parts‚ Inc. is considering the purchase on a new machine
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FINM 7008 Assignment Marks: 15% of total assessment Group size: a minimum of four students and a maximum of six students Due Date: Monday 7 May 2012‚ 4pm Instructions The assignment requires the use of PC or Mac computer. You will need to be familiar with a spread sheet (for example Excel)‚ word processor (for example Word) and statistical package (for example EViews or SPSS). This project is worth 15% of the assessment in this course. Students must form their own groups of between four and six
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following publishers for permission to reproduce the papers in this collection: Julius Groos Verlag‚ for ’The Significance of Learners ’ Errors ’‚ published in the International Review of Applied Linguistics‚ Volume V No. 4‚ 1967‚ for ’Idiosyncratic Dialects and Error Analysis ’‚ published in Svartvik‚ J. (ed.) (1973) Errata: Papers in Error Analysis and in the International Review of Applied Linguistics‚ Volume IX No. 2‚ 1971‚ and for ’The Elicitation of Intel-language ’‚ published
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ESTIMATING THE COST OF CAPITAL: AN UPDATE 15 “Best Practices” in Estimating the Cost of Capital: An Update W. Todd Brotherson‚ Kenneth M. Eades‚ Robert S. Harris‚ and Robert C. Higgins “Cost of capital is so critical to things we do‚ and CAPM has so many holes in it—and the books don’t tell you which numbers to use… so at the end of the day‚ you wonder a bit if you’ve got a solid number. Am I fooling myself with this Theories on cost of capital have been around for decades. Unfortunately
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3 : Literature Review in Capital Budgeting Studies 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Literature Review : Foreign Studies 3.3 Literature Review : Indian Studies 3.4 Conclusion 92 Chapter 3 : Literature Review in Capital Budgeting Studies 3.1 Introduction: A number of researchers in finance and accounting have examined corporate capital budgeting practices. Many of these articles survey corporate managers and report the frequency with which various evaluation methods‚ such
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7-2 - Boehm Incorporated is expected to pay a $1.50 per share dividend at the end of this year (i.e.‚ D1 = $1.50). The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 7% a year. The required rate of return on the stock‚ rs‚ is 15%. What is the value per share of Boehm’s stock? D1= $1.50 per share g = 7% rs= 15% What is the value of a share of Boehm Stock? P^0 = D1 /(rs – g) P^0 = 1.50/(0.15-0.07) P^0 = $18.75 7-4 - Nick’s Enchiladas Incorporated has preferred stock outstanding
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1. There is a 20% probability that a particular stock will earn an 18% return and an 80% probability that it will earn 13%. What is the risk premium on this stock if the risk-free rate is 3.5%? E(R) = (.20 × .18) + (.80 × .13) = .036 + .104 = .14 = 14.00%. Risk premium = 14.00% − 3.5% = 10.50% 2. Fruity Soft Drinks just announced that their quarterly earnings will be $0.20 less than the prior quarter. This announcement will cause their stock price to. e. increase‚ decrease‚ or remain constant 3.
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CHAPTER 11: THE EFFICIENT MARKET HYPOTHESIS PROBLEM SETS 1. The correlation coefficient between stock returns for two non-overlapping periods should be zero. If not‚ one could use returns from one period to predict returns in later periods and make abnormal profits. 2. No. Microsoft’s continuing profitability does not imply that stock market investors who purchased Microsoft shares after its success was already evident would have earned an exceptionally high return on their investments
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