portfolio return. b. portfolio weight. c. portfolio risk. d. rate of return. e. investment value. SYSTEMATIC RISK 3. Risk that affects a large number of assets‚ each to a greater or lesser degree‚ is called _____ risk. a. idiosyncratic b. diversifiable c. systematic d. asset-specific e. total UNSYSTEMATIC RISK 4. Risk that affects at most a small number of assets is called _____ risk. a. portfolio b. undiversifiable c. market
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An investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals‚ corporations‚ and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or acting as the client’s agent in the issuance of securities. An investment bank may also assist companies involved in mergers and acquisitions‚ and provide ancillary services such as market making‚ trading of derivatives‚ fixed income instruments‚ foreign exchange‚ commodities‚ and equity securities. Unlike commercial banks and retail banks‚ investment banks
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Tutorial 7 2) What is strategy risk? What is the taxonomy of strategy risk? Strategy risk is a possible source of loss that might arise from the pursuit of an unsuccessful business plan. For example‚ strategy risk might arise from making poor business decisions‚ from the substandard execution of decisions‚ from inadequate resource allocation‚ or from a failure to respond well to changes in the business environment. The taxonomies of strategy risk are objectives‚ business plan‚ new business development
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Risk Financing Risk imposes costs in two broad forms – loss costs and the costs of uncertainty. Risk financing attempts to mitigate the impact of these costs by structuring the availability of funds to pay claims‚ aid recovery and enable the organization to maintain financial stability as it moves forward towards its mission. How risk financing occurs can vary. At one end of the scale‚ fully self-insured entities retain responsibility and‚ if risk-related costs arise‚ the entity directly bears those
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Inherent risk Computerizing risk Non-routine transactions (Beasley 2010‚ p268) ‘Transactions that are unusual for the client are more likely than routine transactions to be incorrectly recorded‚ because of the client often lacks experience in recording them.’ Why it is risk: Santos use a series of computerizing or IT technology to support their business for increase market competition. IT technology has been used for trade ordering systems between customs and Santos. Customers can order
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his money at an annual interest rate of 6%‚ the rest at 9% annual rate. The return on these two investments over one year is $1‚440. How much does he invest at each rate? Solution Paul made two investments totaling $15‚000. The percentage return on the first investment was 7% annually‚ while the the percentage return on the second one was 10% annually. If the total return on the two investments over one year was $1‚350‚ how much was invested at each rate? Ben invested $30‚000‚ part
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state HNISPROJECT REPORT Analysis of investment pattern of High Networth Real Estate developers in Kolkata Submitted to: Birla Sunlife AMC 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The project in its present form and state would not have been possible had it not been for the able guidance and support of Mr. Gautam Deo whom I always looked up to‚ when faced with any difficulty and have disturbed him at all times and hours. I would also like to thank our trainer Mr. Himanshu Redhu who provided me with all the
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Adjusted Present Value Normal NPV calculation: NPV = −investment + CFN CF1 CF2 + +L+ 2 (1 + WACC) (1 + WACC) (1 + WACC) N where‚ in a simple situation: equity debt WACC = equity + debt (cos t of equity ) + equity + debt (cos t of debt )(1 − tax rate ) Using debt for financing has a tax advantage in that interest payments are tax deductible. This tax deductibility is a source of value for the firm. In the normal NPV calculation‚ this additional value is accounted
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Fundamentals of Investments‚ 5th edition Jordan and Miller Chapter 1 A Brief History of Risk and Return Concept Questions 1. For both risk and return‚ increasing order is b‚ c‚ a‚ d. On average‚ the higher the risk of an investment‚ the higher is its expected return. 2. Since the price didn’t change‚ the capital gains yield was zero. If the total return was four percent‚ then the dividend yield must be four percent. 3. It is impossible to lose more than –100 percent of your investment. Therefore
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Lecture 1: Risk and Risk Aversion • This should mostly be review given your Microeconomics courses • Readings: ▪ Ingersoll – Chapter 1 ▪ Leroy and Werner Chapters 8 & 9 ▪ Ross – “Stronger Measures of Risk Aversion” The most interesting aspect of Asset Pricing‚ the focus of this course‚ considers how securities markets price risk (the time dimension alone is largely mechanical although there are interesting interactions between the two). For this question to
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