Department of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies ACST101 : TECHNIQUES AND ELEMENTS OF FINANCE TECHNIQUES READING FOR WEEK 1 SIMPLE INTEREST & SIMPLE DISCOUNT INTRODUCTION TO TECHNIQUES The first half of the lectures develop the basic techniques required to solve financial problems: - Simple interest and simple discount which are usually only used for transactions of a short duration. The price paid for securities purchased in the money market is usually calculated using a simple interest
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Finance Theory I – Case 2 Tracy Hsiao‚ Baltic Ocean Evaluation of AQR Momentum Funds Date: Dec. 5th‚ 201r Past performance of momentum strategies – CAPM & Fama‐French MOM 4 factors model In Table 1‚ we could evaluate the past performance of momentum strategy‚ Short Decile 1 and Long Decile 10‚ a.k.a. L/S (10‐1). Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) E(R) = α + Rf + β (RM - Rf) + By applying to CAPM‚ we got a β that is almost zero (-0.08) showing the strategy could effectively diversify and reduce
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About Central Investment & finance PLC Ownership Central Investment & Finance Limited was established in 1966 by Mr Hinni Appuhami ‚ Who was the founder of Malliban Biscuits & it was remained as a family owned company for about four decades. Subsequently‚ in the year 2004‚ 74.5% stake of the company was acquired by the Aspic Corporation limited which is a diversified Investment management company. At the time of Acquisition CIFL was with a deposit base of 30 million & an accumulated loss of 12 million
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Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ben & Jerry’s Homemade‚ which was founded in 1978‚ becoming the leading distributor that engaging in super-premium ice-cream‚ frozen yogurt and sorbets across the United States‚ as well as in selected foreign countries‚ in supermarkets‚ grocery stores‚ convenience stores‚ franchised Ben & Jerry’s scoop shops and restaurants. Stakeholder and stockholder’s role and motivation Stakeholders are the parties that have interests or affected by a corporation. Analyzing
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Radio Shack Spirals into Bankruptcy February 6th‚ 2015 RadioShack filed for Bankruptcy Thursday due to a long spiral that landed it in retail limbo. Standard General has agreed to buy about $4‚000 of its stores and run about 1‚750 as co-branded shops with Sprint Network‚to stop a liquidation of their inventory that other stores like Circuit City and Borders have already been a victim of. RadioShack has been in business for 94 years and really started to grow in the 1970s and 1980s when electronics
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Gifted Hands is by and about Ben Carson‚ M.D. Ben Carson is one of the top rated surgeons in the medical profession. He’s known for being top prestigious and respected Pediatric Neurosurgeons in history. I selected Mr. Carson’s novel because he is happen to be one of the few very successful African Americans in the medical field. This novel is an inspiration to many readers who are aspiring to succeed to in a challenging profession‚ such as in this case the medical
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CASE STUDY HOMEWORK CORPORATE FINANCE PROFESSOR: G. BERTINETTI STUDENT Albert Maurer 1 The Situation: In 2010 a new company was created in order to enter into the food industry. They spent many months in studying the market‚ engineering the products and the commercial strategy‚ find out the production plants. At the end of 2010 the business plan is ready and the company has already participated to an exhibition where many potential customers said to be very interested to the project
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1. Brief summary of the case Ben Bates‚ 28 years old‚ graduated from college six years ago with a finance undergraduate degree. He is now working at the financial management company of Dewey and Louis. He expects to work for 38 years later. His goal is to become an investment banker. And he feels that an MBA degree would allow him to achieve this goal. After examining schools‚ he has narrowed his choice to either Wilton University or Mount Perry College. - The Ritter College of Business is under
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TO: File FROM: Adriana Gonzales RE: Ben Divorce (tax year 2016) FACTS: • According to a divorce decree‚ set two years ago‚ Ben’s ex-wife will receive monthly payments of $1‚100. The monthly payments consist of $600 for child support and $500 for alimony. • For 3 months of the year‚ Ben was unemployed and only payed his ex-wife‚ Jen‚ a total of $9‚900; he allocated $5‚400 for 9 months of child support and $4‚500 was for 9 months of alimony. • To make up for the 3 months of unpaid alimony and child
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6th Grade Secrets This book Review is about a book called 6th grade secrets‚ it is one month until schools over and Laura (main character) has found a hat that says pig city. It inspires her to start a secret club called Pig City‚ to join you have to leave insurance like your embarrassing baby photo‚ copying a love letter to your crush (with your name on it)‚ or any thing else you wouldn’t want the world to know or see. This insurance is put into a little black box and if you tell a non-member
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