David Durand‚ “The Cost of Capital‚ Corporation Finance‚ and the Theory of Investment: Comment”‚ American Economic Association‚ Vol. 49‚ No. 4 (Sep.‚ 1959)‚ pp. 639-655. Purpose of the paper The focus of this paper is to contradict the results of [Franco Modigliani; Merton H. Miller‚ “The Cost of Capital‚ Corporation Finance‚ and the Theory of Investment: Comment”‚ American Economic Review‚ June 1958‚ 48‚261-97] (hereafter MM) assumptions in related to cost of capital theory. Foundations This
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R e s e a r c h July 30‚ 2002 Asset Valuation & Allocation Models Dr. Edward Yardeni (212) 778-2646 ed_yardeni@prusec.com Amalia F. Quintana (212) 778-3201 mali_quintana@prusec.com - Introduction I. Fed’s Stock Valuation Model How can we judge whether stock prices are too high‚ too low‚ or just right? The purpose of this weekly report is to track a stock valuation model that attempts to answer this question. While the model is very simple‚ it has been quite accurate and can also be used
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Ethical investments are similar to traditional investments with only one difference. Both traditional and ethical investors pursue the same goal of capital gains‚ higher income and/or preservation of capital for future needs. "The major difference between traditional investors and ethical investors is that ethical investors do not want their investments going for things that cause harm to the social or physical environments. Instead they want their investments to support needed and life supportive
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CHAPTER -1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION Venture capital‚ a financial innovation of the twentieth century‚ is a long-term liquid investment‚ which can be in the form of equity‚ quasi-equity and sometimes debt in new and high-risk ventures. Venture capital became better known after the famous legend of Apple Computers‚ which started out in the US in 1977 with the capital firm‚ Arthur Rock & Co. Apple Computers then made it to the Fortune 500 and Arthur Rock & Co. attained height in Venture
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Case 17 – The Investment Detective The case of the Investment Detective laid out the cash flows for us in each of eight different projects. Before doing any calculations we came up with the assumption that we could not rank the projects simply by inspecting the cash flows. Without the ability to rank the projects based off of cash flows solely‚ we had to use some analytical criteria as a capital budgeting analyst to provide some thorough support and reasoning for how we ranked the four best
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Corporate Value Creation‚ 4/e IV. Capital Budgeting and Resource Allocation 17. The Investment Detective © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2003 CASE 17 The Investment Detective The essence of capital budgeting and resource allocation is a search for good investments in which to place the firm’s capital. The process can be simple when viewed in purely mechanical terms‚ but a number of subtle issues can obscure the best investment choices. The capital-budgeting analyst is necessarily‚ therefore
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Competitive Restaurants 4 Step 2: Composite Growth Rate of Demand from the Various Markets 4 Step 3: Future Seats Demand Year by Year 5 Step 4: Future Supply of Seats Required 5 Pro Forma Income Statement 6 Breakeven Point Analysis 7 Capital Investment 7 Reference 8 Informative Analysis Front Matter This feasibility study is to provide informative and financial analysis for Charlie‚ who is willing to open his second restaurant‚ which is similar
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Financial Management Unit – 4 Capital Structure Capital Structure • It refers to the kinds of securities and the proportionate amounts that make up capitalization. • A decision about the proportion among the three types of securities viz.‚ Equity shares‚ Pref. Shares and Debentures refers to the Capital Structure of an enterprise. What is “Capital Structure”? • Definition The capital structure of a firm is the mix of different securities issued by the firm to finance its operations
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This paper examined the application of Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) for estimating the Option Value (OV) of Lake Bosumtwi (LB) based on the willingness-to-pay (WTP). It argues that there is maximum willingness to pay for the OV of LB and therefore it should be preserved for future personal recreation site. This could be done through ecotourism either by privatization or public ownership. Otherwise‚ posterity would be denied of its future value because it is getting deteriorated. In addition
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APRIL 2010 ST R I C T L Y P R I VAT E AN D C O N F I DEN T I AL INTRODUCTION TO VALUATION Presented by Tristan Fitzgerald Overview of the session Introduction Discounted cash flow (“DCF”) Trading multiples I N T R O DU C T I O N T O VAL U AT I O N Transaction multiples 1 What does the term “value” mean?1 The Oxford Dictionary definition “the material or monetary worth of a thing; the amount at which it may be estimated in terms of some medium of exchange
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