Risk and Return: Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing Models Portfolio Theory Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) Efficient frontier Capital Market Line (CML) Security Market Line (SML) Beta calculation Arbitrage pricing theory Fama-French 3-factor model Portfolio Theory • Suppose Asset A has an expected return of 10 percent and a standard deviation of 20 percent. Asset B has an expected return of 16 percent and a standard deviation of 40 percent. If the correlation between A and B is 0.6
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MODELLING ABNORMAL RETURN: A REVIEW ARTICLE Oleh Norman Strong Overview Paper ini memberikan panduan untuk metodologi event study dan menguraikan prosedur pemodelan return abnormal dan masalah yang terkait. Event Study Event study adalah nama yang diberikan pada penelitian empiris atas hubungan antara harga sekuritas dengan kejadian ekonomi (economic events). Kebanyakan event study memfokuskan pada perilaku harga saham dalam rangka untuk menguji apakah perilaku stokastik mereka dipengaruhi oleh pengungkapan
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Economies of Scale * This is the cost advantage that a business obtains due to expansion. * That is the factor that cause the average cost of producing a product to fall‚ as output of the product rises as explained in the ‘Dictionary of Economics’. * By achieving economies of scale‚ a company would have the cost advantage over its existing and new rivals. * Further‚ the company could achieve lower long run average cost (i.e. productive efficiency). But if technology changes‚ this
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Increasing global women unemployment threat to economy. The International Labour organization shows the gap between the males and females in global labour market was in control in the early 1990’s but it gradually increased significantly after the global economic crisis in 2007.Huge women unemployment is seen in most of the developing countries. In developing countries women involves in trade related sectors. Women contribute to the economy in large scale. Most of the domestic‚ cottage or small
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The quote above illustrates how Foucault claimed that being aware of constant surveillance created a sense of self-governance. Even tough there was not any set laws due to the fear Big Brother installed‚ the citizens of Oceania lived very precautious‚ uncertain of when or how they would break the law. Winston was constantly blocking out any thoughts not regarding big brother. The constant surveillance consequently created a sense of always policing themselves. Winston made sure he maintained a good
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in an oligopoly is economies of scale. Economies of scale generally refer to the cost advantages that will be associated with large organizations. Margaretta (2012‚26) suggests that companies pursue economies of scale in the belief that this will be decisive in determining a competitive advantage and increased profitability. Woolworths enjoys significant economies of scale in relation to its competitors. In the supermarket industry‚ benefits of economies of scale is usually achieved by buying products
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Return On investment CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 6 The ROI Concept 6 Simple ROI for Cash Flow and Investment Analysis 7 Competing Investments: ROI From Cash Flow Streams 7 ROI vs. NPV‚ IRR‚ and Payback Period 10 Other ROI Metrics 11 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 6 Table 2 7 Table 3 8 Table 4 8 Table 5 8 Table 6 ………………………………....................... 9 Table 7 ………………………………...................... 10 Return on Investment: What is ROI analysis? Return on Investment (ROI) analysis
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Economies of scale are the factors that lead to a reduction in average costs as a business increases in size. There are five economies of scale Purchasing Economies When businesses buy large numbers of components‚ for example materials or spare parts‚ they are able to gain discounts for buying in bulk. This reduces the unit cost of each item bought and gives the firm an advantage over smaller businesses which buy in small quantities. Marketing Economies
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The documentary Return to the Wild debates the two very different argued reasons of why Chris McCandless went into the wild. The writers choose to uncover the dark secrets of the McCandless family and to reveal the truth as to why Chris travelled into the Alaskan wilderness. The documentary adopts an intense tone in the beginning that shifts to a more light hearted attitude throughout the second half of the film using symbolism‚ cinematography‚ audio‚ and various interviews in order to explain to
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Decreasing Child Abuse with Nurse Partnership Rachel C. Abstract Research has found that the risk for child abuse of children under the age of one year is related to the economic status of their parents. While poverty is not the sole indicator of child abuse‚ the number of such child abuse cases is significant among those who receive Medicaid‚ which indicates the family is living in poverty. A nurse partnership program which partners a registered nurse with expectant mothers on Medicaid increases
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