Design an Investment Strategy using Behavioral Finance Concepts Introduction Traditional economic and finance literature assumes that investors approach risk and return rationally. However‚ in real life‚ the emotions drive investors to make many fundamental missteps during investment. After study Behavioral Finance this year‚ I understand how people actually make decisions and ways in which they tend to deviate from full rationality. Understanding of these biases can help me to avoid some
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[INVESTMENT ENIGMA IN EMERGING MARKETS] Abstract: The correlation between the advent of big organized players and the unorganized markets in emerging economies has been the centrifuge of discussion for many years. The decision for investment in these economies is a rather precarious one for the big players. While on one hand they have a plethora of opportunities considering the variety in labor demographics and the economic appetite‚ the volatility of the economy poses an unprecedented
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CHAPTER IV INVESTMENT PATTERN OF INDIAN MUTUAL FUNDS This chapter analyses the investment patterns of the Ind~anmutual fund industry as a whole in general‚ the pnvate mutual funds and UTI in particular An attempt is also made in this chapter to compare across the d~fferent mutual funds on the pattern of their deployment of funds. The most Important activity In a mutual fund and operation is management of funds Fund managers acquire sk~lls expertise over a period of time. They need to have knowledge
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INVESTMENT STRATEGY REPORT Submitted to J. D. Williams‚ Inc. By Mizar Gonzalez Industrial Engineering Department Southern Polytechnic State university 404-519-2792 February 20‚ 2008 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is our recommendation for an optimal investment strategy that would allow J. D. Williams‚ Inc. to maximize the annual yield of an investment of $800‚000 in a diversified portfolio of funds. To find the investment that would result in the greatest annual yield
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Finance 452: Investment Management Case: Yale University Investments Office Megan Hurley‚ Robert Liu‚ Aaron Nachman‚ David Naert‚ Erik Westerlund Case Intro: In August 2006 with David Swensen as head of the Yale Investments Office‚ the Yale endowment has grown to 18 billion dollars. This was achieved with the help of focusing on less efficient markets such as private equity‚ real assets‚ and absolute return investments. However‚
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CAPITAL BUDGETING – INVESTMENT DECISIONS SUBMITTED BY : Abhisht Sinha (08305) Himangi Malik (08321) Swagata Ghoshal (08337) Tijeel Kumar Tarun (08352 I. CASE ABOUT BUILT OPERATE AND TRANSFER The case taken is about Built Operate and Transfer. It is a feasibility report which was prepared to present economic analysis carried out on the project and contain result of economic evaluation of the project so that the owner can take investment decision and the project can be properly planned and
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Investment Avenues in India | By R.WILLIAMS PUTHENVEETTIL STUDENT OF MBA IN AIT | ABSTRACT:Each investment alternative has its own strengths and weaknesses. Some options seek to achieve superior returns (like equity)‚ but with corresponding higher risk. Other provide safety (like PPF) but at the expense of liquidity and growth. Other options such as FDs offer safety and liquidity‚ but at the cost of return. Mutual funds seek to combine the advantages of investing in arch of these alternatives
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Country profile report-Poland The overall attractiveness of Poland as potential Greenfield investment site. Introduction: Poland is a country located in Eastern Europe‚ (Heritage‚2012)‚ it is bordered by Germany‚ Belarus‚ Russia and Ukraine. It is the 9th largest country in Europe and has a population of 38.1 Million. Once a member of the Soviet Union‚ Poland is now a democratic Parliamentary Republic and has a president as head of state. It has been part of the EU since 2004 (CIA‚ 2012)
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN KENYA By Mathew Nyamwange X50/70602/2007 A case study of Kenya ’s FDI between 1980 and 2006‚ in partial fulfillment for my Masters in economics‚ course XET502: ADVANCED MICROECONOMIC THEORY II‚ School of economics‚ University of Nairobi. 1. Introduction ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________ An agreed framework definition of foreign direct investment (FDI) exists in the literature.
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Risk Analysis on Investment Decision Net present value‚ internal rate of return‚ and profitability index are measures used to compare two mutually exclusive capital investment proposals. "SAI wants to increase market share and keep up with technology‚ which can be done by either expanding their existing Digital Imaging market share or by entering the Wireless Communication market‚" (UoP‚ 2007). Both alternatives have areas of opportunity as well as potential risks that the company will have to
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