Update: Dear students‚ unfortunately‚ I have to cancel our practice session on Saturday. Please try practicing the problem below on your own (I will post additional questions tomorrow). We will discuss it on Monday. Also‚ on Monday‚ we will deal with the remaining questions on Hertz IPO case. Practice Quiz Vanguard Office Supplies (VOS) is a nationwide retail chain that offers office supplies and office furniture. Company management has decided that‚ from both a competitive and a cost-cutting
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Investment appraisal techniques Introduction Investment is a key part of building your business. New assets such as machinery can boost productivity‚ cut costs and give you a competitive edge. Investments in product development‚ research and development‚ expertise and new markets can open up exciting growth opportunities. At the same time‚ you need to avoid overstretching
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Analysis in Investment Appraisal by Savvakis C. Savvides Published in “Project Appraisal”‚ Volume 9 Number 1‚ pages 3-18‚ March 1994 © Beech Tree Publishing 1994 Reprinted with permission ABSTRACT* This paper was prepared for the purpose of presenting the methodology and uses of the Monte Carlo simulation technique as applied in the evaluation of investment projects to analyse and assess risk. The first part of the paper highlights the importance of risk analysis in investment appraisal
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INVESTMENT APPRAISAL Exercise1: Project K has a cost of $52‚125‚ its expected net cash inflows are $12‚000 per year for 8 years‚ and its cost of capital is 12%. a. What is the project’s PP (time thu hồi dc vốn)? b. What is the project’s DPP? c. What is the project’s NPV? d. What is the project’s IRR? a) PP = 52‚125/12‚000 = 4.34 b) 52‚125 – 12‚000/1.12 – 12‚000/1.12^2 – 12‚000/1.12^3 – 12‚000/1.12^4 – 12‚000/1.12^5 – 12‚000/1.12^6 = 2788 PV (7) = 12000/1.12^7 = 5428 DPP = 6 + 2788/5428
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Case Analysis Actually‚ we can rank the projects by simply inspecting the cash flows. However‚ it is not a good method to rank the projects. In order to ensure that the investment projects selected have the best chance of increasing the value of the firm‚ we need tools to evaluate the merits of individual projects and to rank competing investments. In this case‚ our group using some tools which are Payback Period‚ Net Present Value (NPV) ‚ Profitability Index (PI)‚ and Internal Rate of Return
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maturity‚ credit‚ and liquidity transformation without explicit access to central bank liquidity or public sector credit guarantees. Examples of shadow banks include finance companies‚ asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) conduits‚ structured investment vehicles (SIVs)‚ credit hedge funds‚ money market mutual funds‚ securities lenders‚ limited-purpose finance companies (LPFCs)‚ and the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). Our paper documents the institutional features of shadow banks‚ discusses
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the wealth. Capital investment appraisal is the budgeting of major capital and investment to company expenditure which facilitates the determination of the concerned firm ’s investments. Doubtlessly‚ firms will benefit from modern financial technology. The most common ways of investment appraisal are payback‚ IRR and NPV methods; each of them has its own strengths and weaknesses from a perspective of decision making. In this essay‚ the background and methods of capital investment appraisal will be
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The Islamic banking and finance system is recent in origin. Its special features preclude the application of modern finance theories. The system is briefly described in this paper as part of an initial attempt to develop a simple model for the portfolio management of an Islamic bank. The model is built on the assumption of certainty for one period. A numerical example based on actual data of Faisal Islamic Bank of Sudan is given to illustrate the model and reveal its relevance. 1. Introduction
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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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For the exclusive use of S. YAN UV0072 Version 2.2 THE INVESTMENT DETECTIVE The essence of capital budgeting and resource allocation is a search for good investments in which to place the firm’s capital. The process can be simple when viewed in purely mechanical terms‚ but a number of subtle issues can obscure the best investment choices. The capital-budgeting analyst‚ therefore‚ is necessarily a detective who must winnow bad evidence from good. Much of the challenge is in knowing what quantitative
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