A South African Investment Shanquetta Dupree PHI 445 Instructor: Whitfield May 17‚ 2011 In your judgment‚ were the possible utilitarian benefits of building the Caltex plant in 1977 more important than the possible violations of moral rights and of justice that may be involved? Justify your answer fully by identifying the possible benefits and the possible violations of rights and justice that you may be associated with the building of the plant and explaining which you think are more important
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Assessment of the eight major elements of Buffet’s investment philosophy: 1 Economic reality‚ not accounting reality. Analysis: One tends to agree with Buffett on this philosophy. Accounting is a product of many estimates and judgments. It is essentially a rear-view mirror‚ looking back at what has happened. To add to the problem the view changes with each new accounting period. In contrast the economic reality is the view through the windshield at what lies ahead. It consists of
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Types of Foreign Direct Investment: An Overview FDIs can be broadly classified into two types: outward FDIs and inward FDIs. This classification is based on the types of restrictions imposed‚ and the various prerequisites required for these investments. An outward-bound FDI is backed by the government against all types of associated risks. This form of FDI is subject to tax incentives as well as disincentives of various forms. Risk coverage provided to the domestic industries and subsidies
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SHIV SHAKTI International Journal in Multidisciplinary and Academic Research (SSIJMAR) Vol. 1‚ No. 3‚ September-October (ISSN 2278 – 5973) SYSTEMATIC INVESTMENT PLAN V/S OTHER INVESTMENT AVENUES IN INDIVIDUAL PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT (A Comparative Study) Dr. Punita Soni1 Mrs. Iram Khan2 1 .Head and Associate professor‚ Department of Management Studies‚ JIET‚ Jodhpur Email id-drpunitasoni11@gmail.com 2 .Research Scholar-Department of Business Administration‚ J.N.V.U. Jodhpur 1 www.ssijmar.in Choosing
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plans to invest up to US$500 million over three to four years to maintain its business growth in the country‚ a senior executive says. CCAI finance director Stuart Comino said on Tuesday that the company would allocate 25 percent of total new investment on cooler units throughout the market‚ while the remaining 75 percent would be for manufacturing infrastructure. “In the past‚ the majority of expenditure has been in manufacturing infrastructure capacity. But today‚ logistic capacity and the
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) FDI or Foreign Direct Investment is any form of investment that earns interest in enterprises which function outside of the domestic territory of the investor. Foreign direct investment is that investment‚ which is made to serve the business interests of the investor in a company‚ which is in a different nation distinct from the investor’s country of origin Benefits of Foreign Direct Investment One of the advantages of foreign direct investment is that it helps
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a direct investment into production or business in a country by an individual or company of another country‚ either by buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country. Foreign direct investment is in contrast to portfolio investment which is a passive investment in the securities of another country such as stocks and bonds. Definitions Broadly‚ foreign direct investment includes "mergers and acquisitions
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1. Assume the total cost of a college education will be #280‚000 when your child enters college in 18 years. You presently have s$45‚000 to invest. What annual rate of interest must you earn on your investment to cover the cost of your child’s college education R= (($280‚000/$45‚000)^(1/18)) -1 R=.10689 R=10.69% 2. You’re trying to save to buy a new $150‚000 Ferrari. You have $35‚000 today that can be invested at your bank. The bank pays 3.2% annual interest on its account. How long will it be before
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1. Why does Apex find AccessLine to be an attractive investment? What are the risks? Basically‚ Apex was attracted by the new technology and the unique business model of AccessLine. And‚ it was at the early stage and was not invested heavily by other professional investors. The positive cash flow was an important factor that makes Apex felt confident. It means that the market actually existed and customers understand the concept of technology‚ reducing the entry risk. With the domain knowledge
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1. Suppose that you have $1 million and the following two opportunities from which to construct a portfolio: a. Risk-free asset earning 12% per year. b. Risky asset with expected return 30% per year and standard deviation of 40%. If you construct a portfolio with a standard deviation of 30%‚ what is its expected rate of return? Ans: P = 30 = yy y = 0.75 E(rP) = 12 + 0.75(30 12) = 25.5% 2. Suppose that there are many stocks in the security market and that the characteristics of Stocks
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