Gold Investment Digest First quarter 2011 April 2011 www.gold.org Overview Gold’s long-term supply and demand dynamics and several macro-economic factors ensured gold remained a soughtafter asset in Q1 2011. Following a consolidation in January‚ gold ended the quarter on a firm footing‚ returning 2.4% over the period. Price trends The gold price rose by 2.4% during Q1 2011 to US$1‚439.00/oz by 31 March‚ on the London PM fix. However‚ gold’s volatility continued to diminish‚ a testament to
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Determinants of Corporate Cash Holdings C. Hobma‚ S. Labitzke‚ M. Munsterhuis‚ L. Zwols March 24‚ 2011 This paper examines what determinants explain corporate cash holdings of 1078 US rms listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for the period January 1990 till December 2007. Using regression analysis with panel data we show that our ndings are in line with previous literature. Consistent with the trade o theory‚ we found a signi cant positive relationship between rms’ investment opportunities
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PREPARATION FOR: "MACPHERSON REFRIGERATION LIMITED" CASE Read the case‚ and answer the following questions: 1. Search in the library (books on Operations Management or Production Management)‚ to find the main components of the “Aggregate Production Planning” problem and briefly describe which are “pure strategies” and “mixed strategies” to solve this problem. The aggregate demand is the total demand for all products/services produced by a production facility without considering size‚ models
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Project Report On Gold Loan Service in India Subject: Management of Financial Services Submitted to: Submitted by: Dr. Sanjay Medhavi Mayank Raj MBA III sem. Roll no. 28 Department of Business Administration University of Lucknow Introduction: Gold considered an auspicious metal is opening up business opportunities in India. Largely driven
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Education in India MODULE - VII Education Notes 18 EDUCATION IN INDIA S o far‚ you have been reading about different aspects of culture‚ such as art‚ architecture‚ religion and science. Another important aspect of our culture is education. But what is education? You may say that it means learning something in school or from books. This is partially true. Education is a learning experience. But learning takes place at all times in one’s life. However‚ whereas some other learning experiences
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business activities‚ financial situation and some parts of the annual report such as PPE‚ intangible asset and Leased assets & liabilities. There are two main parts of this document. The first part is the industry analysis‚ which is through Porters 5 Forces to analyse the AGL’s position in its industry. The second part is the company analysis which concludes the introduction of main business of AGL and its financial performance. In addition‚ we compare the disclosure of PPE‚ intangible asset and leased
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Case Analysis on Macpherson Refrigeration Limited Submitted by The role of the responder Linda Metzler the production planning manager is the main responder in this case‚ she has to come up with another optimal alternative that will have to be submitted to the plant’s General Manager. The plan has to be approved by the general manager for roll out starting next year. Key Issues In order to achieve excellent production capacity and reducing the overall costs the production
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1.0 Introduction Temasek Holdings is a large investment company based in Singapore. It is an active participator in the investment game‚ holding shares and investments in a broad range of industries all over the world. As with many companies all over the world‚ Temasek Holdings was affected strongly by the Global Financial Crisis‚ losing more than 30 per cent of the value of their portfolio (Schmermerhorn‚ J. Davidson‚ P. Poole‚ D. Simon‚ A. Woods‚ P & Chau‚ S.L. 2011). Temasek’s CEO Ho Ching
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Introduction of the Gold Standard The Gold Standard era started from 1870 to 1914. With the help of historical accidents centering on Britain‚ Britain tied the pound sterling more closely to gold than to silver. In addition‚ Britain’s UK dollar became the supplier of reserve currency. Under the gold standard‚ each country’s government fixed its currency to a specified quantity of gold‚ and promised full convertibility to gold. Each country’s government would sell and or buy gold at mint parity
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Gold is a soft metal that is largely unreactive. Gold jewellery can lie underground for thousands of years and emerge shiny after that lengthy exposure to air‚ water‚ and other chemicals in the environment. Gold does dissolve in some solvents as indicated below and does react with halogens. The most common oxidation states of gold are Au(I) and Au(III) but there are a few examples of Au(V) (various anions [AuF6]- and [Au2F10]). The Au(III) ion has the d8configuration which gives rise to many square
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