NIGERIA’S ’DEMOCRACY DIVIDENDS’ The nation’s literary clan went agog recently when it generously expended kilometers of expensive newsprint and megawatts of electronic media energy on what looked like a stock-taking ritual in commemoration of the second year of the Obasanjo regime. One by one‚ all the learned commentators who mounted the podium had something to say about the status of the regime’s half time scorecard. And depending on the analyst’s loyalty‚ it was possible to make a general classification
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economic growth and the concept of “demographic dividend” emerged. Demographic dividend is defined as a rise in the rate of economic growth due to a rising share of working age people in a population. This phenomenon occurs with a falling birth rate and the consequent shift in the age structure of the population towards the adult working ages. It is also commonly known as the demographic gift or bonus or demographic window. The demographic dividend‚ however‚ does not last forever. There is a limited
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RIM’s dividend policy is no dividend. The company has not paid any dividend since they completed its initial public offering during fiscal 1998. Motorola has never paid dividend. Apple has not paid dividend since 1996. Nokia and HTC paid dividend regularly maybe because they are not North American company. Basically high technology companies in their growth stage typically have not paid a dividend because the thinking is that they can re-invest their earnings to boost the growth of the company
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Unit VI DIVIDEND POLICY Dividend Policy • The return to the shareholders either by way of the dividend receipts or capital gains • It decides the Retention ratio & Pay out ratio • Earnings to be Distributed – High Vs. Low Payout • Objective – to Maximize Shareholders Return • Effects – Taxes‚ Investment & Financing Decision 2 A few models which studies this relationship & the dividend policies of firms are given below • • • • • Traditional Position Walter Model Gordon Model
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financial condition is not very good. From 2003 to 2004‚ the gross profit declined from 314‚522 thousands to 257‚759 thousands. This leads the company suffer from an operating loss in 2004. For the first quarters of 2005‚ the board declared no dividend. This declaration will beat the confidence of the investors. Second‚ the company’s sales are heavily relying on the Artificial Workforce and this will be the risk. Although the Artificial Workforce improves the revenue of the company‚ some factors
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Bankruptcy Risk Assessment 11 4.5 Leverage Policy Summary 12 4.6 Is this the Optimal Leverage Policy? 13 5 Dividend Policy 14 5.1 Current and Recent History of Dividend Payment 14 5.2 Dividend policy comparing to comparable firms 14 5.3 Relevant Company Characteristics to its Dividend Policy 16 5.4 Analysis of Company’s Dividend Policy and Lintner’s Analysis 16 5.5 Optimal Dividend Policy 17 6 Valuation 19 6.1 Assumptions 19 6.2 Valuation Method 20 6.2.1 Determining the Cost
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Bankruptcy Risk Assessment 11 4.5 Leverage Policy Summary 12 4.6 Is this the Optimal Leverage Policy? 13 5 Dividend Policy 14 5.1 Current and Recent History of Dividend Payment 14 5.2 Dividend policy comparing to comparable firms 14 5.3 Relevant Company Characteristics to its Dividend Policy 16 5.4 Analysis of Company’s Dividend Policy and Lintner’s Analysis 16 5.5 Optimal Dividend Policy 17 6 Valuation 19 6.1 Assumptions 19 6.2 Valuation Method 20 6.2.1 Determining the Cost
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[pic] Canadian Worker Cooperative Federation Fédération Canadienne des Coopératives de Travail The Worker Co-operative Movements in Italy‚ Mondragon and France: Context‚ Success Factors and Lessons By Hazel Corcoran and David Wilson Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation May 31‚ 2010 Funding for the research and drafting of this paper was generously provided by the Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships‚ based at the University of Victoria and
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(10 points) The Duo Growth company just paid a dividend of $1 per share. The dividend is expected to grow at a rate of 25% per year for the next two years and then to level off to 5% per year forever. You think the appropriate market capitalization rate is 20% per year. a. What is your estimate of the intrinsic value of a share of the stock? b. If the market price of a share is equal to this intrinsic value what is the expected dividend yield? c. What do you expect its price to be in
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____________________________ A. 1) What is meant by the term “distribution policy”? How have dividend payout versus stock repurchase changed over time? Distribution Policy involves three issues. 1) What fraction of earnings should be distributed? 2) Should the distribution be in the form of cash dividends or stock repurchases? 2) Should the firms maintain a steady‚ stable divided growth rate? The dividend payout versus stock repurchase has changed dramatically during the past 30 years. First off the
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