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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Introduction Internship is a system of on-the-job training for white-collar jobs. It is a work related learning experience for individuals who wish to develop hands on work experience in a certain occupational field. Most internship is temporary assignments. As such my intern too was temporary for a period of one month. My association with Goldman Sachs was during my semester vacation. To me internship is to combine theory with practical work experience. As such my intern period was
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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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“Global reach and local know how ’ investment banks and globalization.” “Investment banks are facing many challenges‚ not least the need to become global in scope and ambition‚ but local in understanding and execution”. (Comments on the article by Anshu Jain‚ head of Deutsche Bank’s Global Markets Division). In the article the main though is represented by a statement that: “We cannot easily talk about alternatives to globalisation in investment banking; only of the different strategies
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Finding Great Investments PAT DORSEY FOREWORD BY JOE MANSUETO FOUNDER‚ CHAIRMAN‚ AND CEO OF MORNINGSTAR‚ INC. John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. ffirs.indd v 2/1/08 12:55:38 PM ffirs.indd iv 2/1/08 12:55:38 PM T K H LITTLE BOO E THAT BUILDS WEALTH ffirs.indd i 2/1/08 12:55:36 PM Little Book Big Profits Series In the Little Book Big Profits series‚ the brightest icons in the financial world write on topics that range from tried-and-true investment strategies
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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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manufacturing costs were rising making it more expensive to produce. 1) Which firms are relevant for obtaining an asset beta for the Collinsville investment? Using the betas‚ determine the appropriate discount rate for the investment. Evaluate the investment. We are interested in obtaining the asset beta for the Collinsville investment. We can estimate asset betas by 1) looking it up in Bloomberg‚ 2) finding “identical twins” and comparing their betas‚ and 3) un-levering the beta from
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Initial Capital Investment Before investing any amount of capital into a business‚ organisation or idea‚ It is crucial that research is conducted into the market and the market share of the business. From this‚ an estimation can be gained if it is a wise idea and what the possible return maybe. The initial capital investment must be sufficient to cover all costs of the setting up‚ opening and running of the business until the business is making enough income from sales and services to aide or
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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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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL FIN 3102 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management Luis Goncalves-Pinto / Sem 1‚ AY 14/15 Practice Problems #1 1. You sell short 100 shares of Loser Co. at a market price of $45 per share. What is your maximum possible loss? Explain. 2. The investment bank you work for is writing its annual investments newsletter and you are in charge of the international markets outlook for next year. To prepare your section‚ you collect data on yearly
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