EC3314 – Financial Economics Fall 2013 Vinay P NUNDLALL Problem Set 1 Question 1 Explain what is meant by the following: a. A broker holding securities in street name A brokerage account where the customer’s securities and assets are held under the name of the brokerage firm‚ rather than the name of the individual who purchased the security or asset. Although the name on the certificate is not that of the individual‚ they are still listed as the real and beneficial owner and have the rights
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SG-INVESTMENTS At least 50 percent of exam-1 Will come from this study guide Chapters 1-4 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. The largest one-day percentage decline in the Dow-Jones Industrial Average during the period 1926-2006 occurred on: A. October 19‚ 1987. B. October 28‚ 1929. C. September 17‚ 2001. D. November 6‚ 1929. E. July 19‚ 2002. 2. Based on the period 1926-2006‚ the risk premium for U.S. Treasury bills was: A. 0.0
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Wal-Mart. When we take apart the ROE number into its parts we can see a really high leverage from Sears. Wal-Mart with just a few points below the ROE from Sears when analyzed seems more solid and stable. Lets remember that ROE comes from the profit margin‚ asset turn over and financial leverage. The combination of the performance of this 3 determines the ROE for the company. Now keeping this in mind we have Wal-Mart who accounts with a high turn over assets with 5.4 for 1997 and 2.8 for 1998‚ while
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Group Case ALPES S.A.: A Joint Proposal Table of Contents Topic Page Problem Identification 1 External Analysis 1 Internal Analysis 3 Financial Analysis 5 Alternatives 5 Decision Criteria 6 Evaluation of Alternatives 6 Recommendation 6 Action Plan 7 Contingency Plan 7 Appendix 8 Key Problem Identification: The main issue in this case surrounds Dennis Shaughnessy‚ senior vice-president for Corporate Development and general counsel for Charles River Laboratories (CRL)
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Date: February 7‚ 2014 To: Andrew Mayd‚ President and CEO‚ GR Hotel From: Chris Mell‚ CMA Subject: Occupancy rate improvement and organizational issues solutions EXECUTIVE SUMMARY GR Hotel Corporation (GR) is a privately-owned company that has been founded by a German family in the late 1980s. It operates two large mid-scale hotels in downtown Montreal and Toronto airport location. They are well-known for offering good quality services that rarely can be provided by mid-scale hotels. Recently
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Gross Anatomy of the Muscular System Exercise 1: A.) A muscle that is a prime mover/agonist for pivoting the head is the trapezius muscle. B.) One prime mover/agonist for extension of the head is the sternocleidomastoid muscle. C.) One muscle that is a prime mover/agonist for depression of the mandible is the suprahyoid muscle and one muscle that is the antagonist for depression of the mandible is the infrahyoid muscle. D.) One muscle that is a prime mover for smiling is the zygomaticus
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TEST 1 Correct Response Indicate whether each of the items listed below would be included (A) in or excluded (B) from gross income for the 2012 tax year. 1. Alimony | | 2. Lottery winnings | | 3. Life insurance proceeds received upon the death of a family member | | 4. Child support payments | | 5. Reimbursement of hospital expenses from a health insurance plan | | 6. Municipal bond interest | | 7. Unemployment compensation | | 8. Scholarships for tuition and books | | 9
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Student’s name: ____________________ Student’s CU e-mail prefix: ___________ G4076 Final Exam Distributed: November 21‚ 2014; Due: December 5‚ 2014. Instructor: Alexei Chekhlov Each question is not difficult‚ of intermediate or below difficulty level‚ but there are a total of 44 questions. When you are asked to write something “in detail”‚ it is understood that you need to write more than one sentence answer‚ but try not to write more than ten sentences. Please‚ allocate enough time to
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I. Topic 1. Introduction 1. Explain the difference b/w financial assets and real assets. Real Assets: (37%‚ 1%) Used to produce goods and services: property‚ plant & equipment‚ human capital‚ consumer durable‚ land‚ building etc (Material wealth of society: productive capacity‚ real asset) Financial Assets (debt‚ equity and derivative): Claims on real assets or claims on asset income. The largest financial asset of U.S. households is: pension reserve (real assets generate net income to the
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ROE into 3 sub-components: Profit Margin‚ Total Asset Turnover and Equity Multiplier. Maximizing some/all of these subcomponents would result in a better ROE. The ‘Profit Margin’ ratio is a measure of operational efficiency of a firm. Ideal value for this ratio is 100%‚ which can be achieved if Sales are equal to Net Income. However‚ in the business that Whole Foods is in‚ this ratio will not be anywhere near 100%. One place Whole Foods can increase ‘Profit margin’ is by lowering their Cost of Sales
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