ROLE AND PURPOSE This 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
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asset pricing model (CAPM) and the security market line Risk and Return M K Lai Page 2 Introduction to Risk and Return finance can be complicated‚ but it can be reduced to three basic concepts cash flows Risk and Return time value of money risk and return M K Lai building blocks in finance Page 3 Basic Assumptions in Finance people are rational people prefer more wealth to less (higher expected return) people are risk averse investors require compensation
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Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002 was passed to: Establish auditing standards. 4) In general‚ what is changing as you read down the left hand side of a balance sheet? The assets are becoming less liquid. 5) Early in the history of finance‚ an important issue was: Liquidity 6) When shareholder A sells its Ford stock to shareholder B in the secondary market‚ such as on the New York Stock Exchange‚ how much money is received by Ford? Ford will receive nothing. 7) The appropriate
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Why? a. Assume that both the U.S. and Europe experience high unemployment. How can the U.S. central bank attempt to adjust the dollar value to reduce this problem? Is the European central bank likely to go along with the U.S. central bank’s strategy or retaliate? Why? POINT/COUNTER-POINT: Should China Be Forced to Alter the Value of Its Currency? POINT: U.S. politicians frequently suggest that China needs to increase the value of the Chinese yuan against the U.S. dollar‚ even since
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ESTPs are spontaneous‚ active folks. Like the other SPs‚ ESTPs get great satisfaction from acting on their impulses. Activities involving great power‚ speed‚ thrill and risk are attractive to the ESTP. Chronic stifling of these impulses makes the ESTP feel "dead inside." Gamesmanship is the calling card of the ESTP. Persons of this type have a natural drive to best the competition. Some of the most successful salespersons are ESTPs. P.T. Barnum ("Never give a sucker an even break") illustrates
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“The children and grandchildren of a whole nation of dreamers…….. have let our forefathers down.” Do you agree? The Bahamas is a great nation that has overcome many obstacles in the past; there are many men and women that have sacrificed a lot for this country to be what it is today. However‚ according to Nicolette Bethel in her text “On Independence”‚ she states “instead of aiming for stars‚ we turn our backs on them because to reach that high might cost too much”. Bethel’s quote is expressing
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contract. Self-Direction is also driving his behavior as he is creative about finding ways to use up and coming talent while also recruiting veterans to a new field. 2. How would you describe Steve Ellis’s affective‚ cognitive‚ and behavioral components of his attitude toward managing in a recession? Be specific. Response: Affective: Ellis feels positive about the prospects in consulting and its growth possibility in emerging markets and corporate turnarounds. Cognitive: He believes he can
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Faculty of Management Technology Accounting & Financial Control Department Corporate Finance for BI FINC505 Chapter -1- The Role of Managerial Finance Problem Sheet -1P1 True/False 1. Financial managers actively manage the financial affairs of many types of business— financial and non-financial‚ private and public‚ for-profit and not-for-profit. 2. In partnerships‚ owners have unlimited liability and may have to cover debts of other less financially sound partners. 3. The board of directors
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The Systems Approach to Curriculum Development Introduction This booklet provides a basic introduction to the paradigm that has dominated educational technology and educational development since the 1970 ’s - the systems approach. It begins by looking at how educational technology evolved from the ’technology in education ’ model on which it was originally based to the current ’technology of education ’ model - a model that is founded on general systems theory. It then introduces some of the
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South East University Assignment Managerial finance (5133) Semester: Spring 2013 Problem-1 Warf Computers‚ Inc.‚ was founded 15 years ago by Nick Warf‚ a computer programmer. The small initial investment to start the company was made by Nick and his friends. Over the years‚ this same group has supplied the limited additional investment needed by the company in the form of both equity and short-and long-term debt. Recently the company has developed a virtual keyboard (VK). The VK uses sophisticated
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