and the dividend growth model. • Explain the following terms: equilibrium‚ marginal investor‚ and Efficient Markets Hypothesis (EMH); distinguish among the three levels of market efficiency; briefly explain the implications of the EMH on financial decisions; and discuss the results of empirical studies on market efficiency and the implication of behavioral finance on those results. • Read and understand the stock market page given in the daily newspaper. • Explain the reasons
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Assignment 1: FINA 370 International Financial MGMT Overview of the Asian Economy: Asian economy prior to 1997 crisis could be described according to the theory of Flying Geese. The lead goose‚ Japan well industrialized followed by its intensive labor suppliers‚ the four dragons (South Korea‚ Taiwan‚ China‚ and Singapore)‚ the four tigers (Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ Philippines and Thailand). They used to form the global supply chain and all of them used the US dollar as the benchmark currency
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1.SHOULD THE $100‚000 THAT WAS SPENT TO REHABILITATE THE PLANT BE INCLUDED IN THE ANALYSIS? EXPLAIN. The $100‚000 is a cost already occurred in the past and it was decided on a stand-alone basis. The plant would have been rehabilitated regardless of what would happen with the project‚ just to protect the company’s property. This sunk cost should no way be included in the analysis. Of course the case would have been different if the plant hadn’t been rehabilitated and its rehabilitation was decided
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1. The world ’s largest foreign exchange trading center is A. New York. B. Tokyo. C. London. D. Hong Kong. Topic: Function and Structure of the FX Market 2. On average‚ worldwide daily trading of foreign exchange is A. impossible to estimate. B. $15 billion. C. $504 billion. D. $3.21 trillion. Topic: Function and Structure of the FX Market 3. The foreign exchange market closes A. Never. B. 4:00 p.m. EST (New York time). C. 4:00 p.m. GMT (London time). D. 4:00 p
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Question 1 Thoery Match each key term with its most correct definition. 1. corporation The ability to make profits on financial securities because of having knowledge not available to the public. 2. dividend tax credit An agreement of partners specifying the ownership interest of a company. 3. articles of partnership A form of organization that represents single person ownership and offers the advantages of simplicity of decision making and low organizational
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new I-Pod Docking Station‚ and is considering whether it is viable to produce the product as a replacement for its existing product whose popularity has decreased in the last year. The company publishes its financial accounts at 31st December 2012‚ and today is 1st January 2012. As the financial manager of the business you have been provided with the following information: 1. The machinery required to produce the station will cost £100million today. The project is likely to become obsolete after
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effective management in the daily operation of an organization. Management is essential in every organization such as business firm‚ hospital‚ education institution etc. (PreservereArticle 2012). This indicates that a business will not be able to survive and success without management as management is the catalyst for human resource‚ raw material and capital to be transformed into output (DailyOjo 2009). In the past‚ there are some people might question the significance of management‚ but the latest
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Problems (Page 112) 3-1 to 3.7‚ 3-1 Greene Sisters has a DSO of 20 days. The company’s average daily sales are $20‚000. What is the level of its accounts receivable? Assume there are 365 days in a year. Answer: Day Sales Outstanding= Receivables / Average Sales per day AR = 20 X $20000 = $400‚000 3-2 Vigo vacations has an equity multiplier of 2.5.The company’s assets are financed assets with some combination of long-term debt and common equity. What is the company’s debt ratio? Answer:
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Dell’s Working Capital We can see from the exhibit 4 that sales in 1996 was 52% higher than that in 1995. To support that growth‚ Dell needs to increase its operating assets. Total Assets (% of sales) 45.87% Loss:Short Term Investments (% of sales) (13.93%) Operating Assets (% of sales) 31.94% The increase in Dell’s operating assets should be the change in 1996’s forecasting operating assets and operating assets in 1995. So operating assets should be increased by $5‚296M*31.94% - $3‚475M*31
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Introduction Every organization must fulfill the need of the customers they are gaining profit from. So the organization must be aware of the needs and requirements of the present customers. So they must be aware about the proper development of their products or services. Organizations can develop their products or services by innovation and creativity. They can innovate new ideas or create new dimensions of their products and services. Through innovation and creativity a firm can easily gain competitive
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