International Finance SMM475 Maik Schmeling 2014 Maik Schmeling International Finance (MSc) 1 / 268 How to reach me Contact details: e-Mail: Office: Office hours: Maik.Schmeling.1@city.ac.uk 5055 Tuesday‚ 10.00 – 11.30 If you have questions regarding the content of the course you can always send me an e-mail (and expect a quick answer) or come to my office hours. Maik Schmeling International Finance (MSc) 2 / 268 Readings As a general rule‚ the slides contain
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Personal Finance October 1‚ 2012 Personal Finance Basics and Time Value of Money This chapter has helped me to understand how important money and financial planning is to my present and future well being. I learned and realized just through the definition of the word personal financial planning that it means how we can map out our money and manage it better in given time frames. Managing your money is key and fundamental to your future stability and happiness. It can make your quality of living
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FIN 504 Chapter 1~3 I. Multiple Choices – Solutions are highlighted in bright green. Detailed solutions are written in red texts. 1. If the spot rate for the Swiss Franc is $0.6658 and the 6-‐month forward rate is $0.6437‚ what is the annualized premium (discount)? a. discount of
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Do problems 7-1‚ 7-3‚ 7-5‚ 7-7‚ 7-9‚ 7-11‚ 7-13‚ and 7-15‚ page 179 of your textbook 7-1. Determine the interest payment for the following three bonds: 3 ½ percent coupon corporate bond (paid semiannually)‚ 4.25 percent coupon Treasury note‚ and a corporate zero coupon bond maturing in ten years. (Assume a $1000 par value.) 3 ½ percent coupon corporate bond (paid semi-annually): ½ × 3.5% × $1‚000 = $17.50 4.25 percent coupon Treasury note: ½ × 4.25% × $1‚000 = $21.25 corporate zero coupon
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COMPUTER ASSIGNMENT FINS2624 Session 1‚ 2012 Instructions Please read these instructions carefully before you start. Groups You may cooperate on this assignment in groups consisting of up to three students. If you prefer to work alone or with only one other student that is fine‚ too. Either way‚ make sure to enter the student IDs (including the letter) and names of all students in your group in the appropriate cells (B1:B6) on the Answers sheet. There will be draconian punishments for
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(1) Please summarize the case and report the major issues. The Pixonix case provides us with a scenario where a Canadian Company‚ Pixonix‚ has to pay a U.S. Company $7.5million for licensed proprietary tools and software in 2 months and 29 days and the decision Mikayla Cain has to face regarding the currency risk of the companies future obligation. Thus‚ the major issue with this transaction is the currency risk faced by Pixonix. Currently one Canadian dollar is worth $1.0717 U.S. dollars‚ however
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WP/07/227 Public Financial Institutions in Developed Countries—Organization and Oversight Lev Ratnovski and Aditya Narain © 2006 International Monetary Fund WP/07/227 IMF Working Paper Monetary and Capital Markets Department Public Financial Institutions in Developed Countries—Organization and Oversight Prepared by Lev Ratnovski and Aditya Narain Authorized for distribution by David Marston September 2007 Abstract This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views
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FIN 301 HW Chapter 1 (Odds 1-17) 1. Define shareholder wealth. Explain how it is measured Shareholder wealth is represented by the market price of a firm’s common stock. It is measured by the market value of the shareholders’ common stock holdings 2. Which type of corporation is more likely to be a shareholder wealth maximizer -one with wide ownership and no owners directly involved in the firms management or one that is closely held. A closely held corporation 3. It has been argued that shareholder
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Batson v. Kentucky (1986) -1986: not okay to remove someone from a jury based on race‚ reversed Swain vs. Alabama What is the “one drop rule”? - people make a statement based off of biological differences‚ meaning any person with "one drop of Negro blood" was considered black Brown v. Board of Education (1954) - justice is colorblind‚ unlawful to separate people on the color of the skin Swain v. Alabama (1965) - if you are a juror that is black we can remove from the jury Hernandez v. New
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FIN 3332-XTID-T4-2013 Research Project 1. When I reviewed the capital structure charts for the four companies‚ Cheesecake Factory‚ Chipotle‚ Ruby Tuesday‚ and O’Charley’s‚ I noticed that Ruby Tuesday and O’Charley’s had more total debt than the other two and were consistent with each other in relationship to equity and liabilities. Both of these organizations capital structures also seem to fluctuate with increases and decreases in the same years. Chipotle and Cheesecake Factory both have
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