I. Topic 1. Introduction 1. Explain the difference b/w financial assets and real assets. Real Assets: (37%‚ 1%) Used to produce goods and services: property‚ plant & equipment‚ human capital‚ consumer durable‚ land‚ building etc (Material wealth of society: productive capacity‚ real asset) Financial Assets (debt‚ equity and derivative): Claims on real assets or claims on asset income. The largest financial asset of U.S. households is: pension reserve (real assets generate net income to the
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Behavioural Finance Martin Sewell University of Cambridge February 2007 (revised April 2010) Abstract An introduction to behavioural finance‚ including a review of the major works and a summary of important heuristics. 1 Introduction Behavioural finance is the study of the influence of psychology on the behaviour of financial practitioners and the subsequent effect on markets. Behavioural finance is of interest because it helps explain why and how markets might be inefficient. For more information
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1. What major requirements do client expect from their portfolio managers? We have two major requirements of a Portfolio Manager: 1. The ability to derive above average returns for a given risk class (large risk-adjusted returns); and 2. The ability to completely diversify the portfolio to eliminate all unsystematic risk. The client expect from their portfolio managers are to help them manage their money in less time. Most of the client requires a portfolio manager who can preserve
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COMPANY LAW CASE STUDY Case Study: AgChem Pty Ltd is interested in acquiring a factory owned by Black Pty Ltd. Black Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Grains Pty Ltd. Black is proposing to sell the land to AgChem at a 10% discount to its market value. Question: a) Is the approval of Agco’s shareholders required
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1. Emergencies Funds One of my main obligations for short term is to always have emergency funds I know the book says til least keep 3 to 6 months but I would like to established at least least a year. I do still have two residents and the restaurant and I never want to lose them so I always want to have the ability to pay my mortgage is. I would like to have the emergency funds with 10‚000 bet at least 5 thousand . but unfortunately at this point I only have three due to the obligation I had
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select all of the study questions below. Then press CTRL + C to copy‚ or right-click the text and then click Copy. In a word processing program such as Notepad or Microsoft Word‚ open a new blank file. Then press CTRL + V to paste‚ or right-click the blank area and then click Paste. The questions will appear. Save the file in your Finance folder‚ and name it with Study‚ the section number‚ and your first initial and last name. For example‚ Jessie Robinson’s study questions for Section
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COR167e Managing Your Personal Finances Tutor Marked Assignment 01 Name: Jamilah Binte Hamzah PI Number:Question 1 a) I want to acquire $20 000 for my wedding in 4 years’ time‚ this can be done by saving up $500 every month. I want to acquire a savings of $50 000 in 40 years’ time for retirement‚ this can be done by saving more money and cutting down on the expenses that I do not need. I would like to clear my loans worth of $11 000 in total in 5 years’ time‚ this can be done by paying back
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Final Finance Exam Notes Definitions: 1. Capital Budgeting is the process of evaluating proposed large‚ long-term investment projects. Capital budgeting is primarily concerned with evaluating investment alternatives. The first step in the capital budgeting process is idea development. A characteristic of capital budgeting is the internal rate of return must be greater than the cost of capital. One of the simplest capital budgeting decision method is the payback method. Capital budgeting
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Table of Contents 1.0 Background of study 3 2.0 Literature review 4 2.1 Environmental Concern 4 2.2 Utilitarian benefits 5 2.3 Environmental advertisement 5 2.4 Environmental Marketing 6 3.0 Problem Statement 7 4.0 Research Question 8 5.0 Research Objectives 9 6.0 Research Framework 10 6.1 Research Hypothesis 10 6.2 Theoretical framework 10 7.0 Research Methodology 11 7.1 Measure and Sample 11 7.2 Research Findings 12 7.2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN LEVEL 13 7.2.2UTILITARIAN
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CASE STUDIES IN FINANCE CASE 3: TELETECH CORPORATION 2005 Q1. Teletech has two divisions- Telecommunications and Products & Services. For the purpose of investment and performance analysis at the firm‚ there is an applied hurdle rate of 9.30% for both divisions. Based on the firms’ WACC‚ this rate represents the cost of capital‚ and essentially‚ the opportunity cost of money. Teletech Corporation uses this hurdle rate to assess the performance of its two divisions; however there is argument
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