INTERNAL/ EXTERNAL Semester One‚ 2011 Unit Code and Title ECF5220 Principles of Finance STANDARD PAPER Duration Reading time Working time Total time 5 minutes 3 hours 3 hours 5 minutes Attempt Marks Any four (4) out of five (5) questions All questions carry equal marks. This will total to 100 marks and will be scaled to produce a mark consistent with 60% weighting in the unit assessment. Closed Book exam – textbook‚ reference books‚ notes‚ and tutorial solutions are not permitted
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Warren Buffet’s plans‚ in 2004‚ Berkshire Hathaway’s annual report described the form as a “holding company owning subsidiaries engaged in a number of diverse business activities” and it’s portfolio included: insurance‚ apparel building producers‚ finance and financial products‚ flight services‚ retail‚ grocery distribution and carpet and floor coverings. When Warren was a coauthor of Security Analysis with Graham the approach was to focus on the value of assets‚ such as cash‚ net working capital
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* Bill’s Need to Know: Personal Finance or Tennis? During the Christmas break of his final year at Ohio State‚ Bill Bledsoe plans to put together his résumé in order to seek full-time employment as a medical technician during the spring semester. To help Bill prepare for the job interview process‚ his older brother has arranged for him to meet with a friend‚ Cathy Smith‚ who has worked as a medical technician since her graduation from Ohio State 2 years earlier. Cathy gives him numerous pointers
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Study Guide for Final Exam – fin 301 (WC) calculation of price of bonds calculation of YTM for bonds calculation of yield to call for bonds calculation of current yield/capital gains yield for bonds calculation of coupon interest rate/PMT for bonds effect of change in interest rates on price of bonds Bond sensitivities/Bond theorems calculation of capital gains yield calculation of expected total return using expected dividends‚ stock price and growth rate calculation
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0.1 Introduction of Finance in your organization………………………….............. Task: 1: Be able to explore the sources of finance available to Sainsbury’s 1.1: Identify the sources of finance available to Sainsbury’s............................................ 1.2: assess the implications of the different sources of finance in Sainsbury’s…………. 1.3: select appropriate sources of finance for a project in Sainsbury’s………………….. Task: 2: Be able to analyses the implications of finance as a resource within
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Introduction In 1980 Catherine Hughes and her husband raised money to purchase a radio station in Washington‚ D.C.‚ for just under $1 million. They started the radio station by changing it from a R&B station and public affairs to talk radio. Starting off as radio hosts and becoming personalities throughout the years‚ the Hugheses acquired more and more stations. In 1987 they purchase WMMJ-FM for $7.5 million‚ in 1992 and 1993 they purchased four stations in Baltimore‚ Maryland for $6.4 million and
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UVA-F-1489 Version 2.0 GAINESBORO MACHINE TOOLS CORPORATION In mid-September 2005‚ Ashley Swenson‚ chief financial officer (CFO) of Gainesboro Machine Tools Corporation‚ paced the floor of her Minnesota office. She needed to submit a recommendation to Gainesboro’s board of directors regarding the company’s dividend policy‚ which had been the subject of an ongoing debate among the firm’s senior managers. Compounding her problem was the uncertainty surrounding the recent impact of Hurricane
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as I say‚ was their past performances. I carried the "dope sheets" in my mind. I looked for stock prices to run on form. I had "clocked fund revolution in the US – and elsewhere – is a typical example of the increasing role for intermediated finance in the modern economy. Thus‚ in our opinion‚ one should view the financial intermediaries from an evolutionary perspective. They perform a crucial economic function in all times and in all places. However‚ the form they have changes with time and
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Cases in Finance Philip Morris and British American Tobacco: Comparative Analysis Table of Contents Industry Overview 2 E-Cigarettes: A Threat or an Opportunity for the Tobacco Industry 2 Philip Morris: Company Overview 3 Philip Morris International: Facing The Current Financial Difficulties 4 British American Tobacco: Company Overview 4 British American Tobacco: Negative Image 5 SWAT Analysis: Philip Morris 5 SWAT Analysis: British American Tobacco 8 Industry Overview
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subject aims to introduce to students a range of basic concepts and ideas in modern finance. After completing this subject‚ participants should know the principles involved in making investment and financing decisions‚ understand functions of financial markets and financial managers‚ and possess basic knowledge of option pricing and financial planning. This foundation course prepares students for more in‐depth studies at a later stage. LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon completion of the subject‚ students will
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