SHOULD RETAIL INVESTORS INVEST IN INDEX TRACKER FUNDS RATHER THAN ACTIVELY MANAGED FUNDS? Introduction: This essay sets out to know which type of investment fund is better for a retail investor. By this‚ we will consider the meaning and operations of an index tracker fund‚ as well as that of the actively managed funds. Furthermore‚ identify the advantages of index tracker funds over actively managed funds and draw conclusions in relation to the topic above. What is an index? An index is
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1. During the past five years‚ you owned two stocks that had the following annual rates of return. Year Stock T Stock B 1 0.19 0.08 2 0.08 0.03 3 -0.12 -0.09 4 -0.03 0.02 5 0.15 0.04 a) Compute the arithmetic mean annual rate of return for each stock. Which stock is most desirable by this measure? (5 marks) b) Compute the standard deviation of the annual rate of return for each stock. By this measure‚ which is the preferable stock? (7 marks) c) Compute
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population coupled with widespread illiteracy and the poor economic infrastructure lead to corruption in public life. In a highly increasing economy‚ low salaries of government officials compel them to go to the road of corruption. Big industrialist fund politicians to meet high cost of election and ultimately to seek personal favour. Effects of corruption This is why we see a gap that is widening between the poor and the rich. Corruption only leads to the destruction of a persons morals and
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Evaluation Report World Wildlife Fund April - May 2012 Class: D06 Group: 01 Franca de Boer Toby Meijs Manon Moreno Paul Rothenburg Didi Zonneveld Hand-in date: Friday June 1st A Executive Summary This Evaluation Report proposes research that is conducted on the aimed “new target audience”‚ the charity organization the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) wants to attract‚ and in order for the WWF to know‚ what steps have to be taken to go on this task. The “new target audience” supposed
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FUNDAMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING INVESTMENT IN MUTUAL FUNDS - EIC APPROACH - A CASE STUDY OF RCAML - Prof. K.Viyyanna Rao* - Ms. Nirmala Daita** ABSTRACT The Indian mutual fund industry is witnessing a rapid growth as a result of infrastructural development‚ increase in personal financial assets‚ and rise in foreign participation. There are many of factors contributing to this phenomenon.
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BRIEFING PAPER Should India Establish a Sovereign Wealth Fund? New Delhi will soon take a final call on the issue of setting up of a sovereign wealth fund (SWF). The idea of setting up an Indian SWF has been going around since 2007 when China established its major sovereign wealth fund‚ China Investment Corporation (CIC)‚ with an initial capital fund of $200 billion. However‚ this time the proposal has received strong support from India’s corporate leaders who recently suggested the
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CHAPTER – 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INVESTMENT - INTRODUCTION MEANING: Investment is the employment of funds with the aim of achieving additional income or growth in value. The essential quality of an investment is that it involves "waiting" for a reward. It involves the commitment of resources‚ which have been saved or put away from current consumption in the hope that some benefits accrue in future. Broadly speaking‚ an investment decision is a trade off between risk
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CAPITAL MARKET A CASE STUDY ON MUTUAL FUNDS NAME: ADITYA SURANA CLASS: B.COM (HONOURS)3rd YEAR ACCOUNTS AND FINANCE. COLLEGE ROLL NO : 183 C.U.REGISTRATION NO. : 235-1121-011-311 ANNEXURE-1 SUPERVISOR’S CERTIFICATE This is to certify that Mr. ADITYA SURANA‚ a student of B.com Honours in Accounting & Finance of TARA DEVI HARAKHCHAND KANKARIA COLLEGE under the university of Calcutta‚ has worked under my supervision and guidance for his/her Project work and prepared
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1.-Discuss DFA as a fund and as a business. How does it add value for investors? What are the pros and cons of the passive approach? Our team thinks that DFA as a business is good especially since it is in a very competitive industry and many companies offer services in this category; but DFA’s market share is small at only 5%. Some pros about their passive approach are listed below. These will also explain how DFA works for as a fund and the value added for investors. DFA allocates the major portion
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The Miss America Scholarship Fund? By Megan Oppy Scholarships. The Holy Grail of college funds. A chance to not only escape the adult boogeyman of student debt‚ but possiblly even put some of that saved-up college money towards your first apartment. And as more and more young women enter higher education‚ there should be some scholarships that can be claimed exclusively by women‚ right? This is in fact‚ true‚ but the largest provider of scholarships exclusively for women may just surprise you
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