FNCE30001 Investments Semester 2‚ 2011 Introduction and L1: Risk Aversion and Capital Allocation Subject Administration Issues See the Study Guide on LMS for details! Lectures given in two streams: Wednesdays‚ 12:00pm - 2:00pm (The Spot‚ Basement Theatre) Fridays‚ 10:00am - 12:00pm (The Spot‚ Basement Theatre) First five lectures (on stocks) given by Dr Joachim Inkmann Consultation time: Fridays‚ 1:00pm – 3:00pm Remaining six lectures (on bonds) given by Professor Rob Brown Consultation
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Case Study: Dell‚ Inc. 1. History of the company. In 1983‚ Michael Dell started his own business while in college. The company he started was PC ’s ltd.‚ which was the forerunner to Dell Inc. today. Dell started his business with a simple concept which is made to order computers. The computers were to be direct sales to consumers. Dell maximized his profits by bypassing distributors and retailers. Although he his product was sold by retailers he soon took the product out of the stores and
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Identification of Customers‚ Markets‚ Products‚ Competitors Dell Computer Corporation was established in 1984 and today ranks among the world ’s largest computer systems companies. Dell pioneered the concepts of selling personal computer systems directly to customers; offering build-to-order computer systems; and providing direct‚ toll-free technical support and next-day‚ on-site service. The company designs and customizes products and services to end-user requirements‚ and offers an extensive
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money in a right way. The idea behind unit trust is the better investment through collective investing.
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Richard Shim‚ Analyst‚ IDC "The old Dell was phenomenal at balancing growth and profitability. The new Dell appears to be still having to struggle" Rob Cihra‚ Analyst‚ Caris & Co. "Businesses are spending with a lot more conviction at this point in the year than they were at this point in time last year‚ We feel like we’ve been chasing demand‚ and we’re feeling like we are starting to get out in front." Michael Dell‚ CEO‚ Dell Inc. Introduction On February 18th 2010
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Memorandum: Dell Business Risk Evaluation Dell Inc.‚ with fiscal 2005 net revenue of $49.2 billion‚ is a premier provider of products and services worldwide that enable customers to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. Dell offers a broad range of enterprise systems (servers‚ storage‚ workstations‚ and networking products)‚ client systems (notebook and desktop computer systems)‚ printing and imaging systems‚ software and peripherals‚ and global services. During calendar
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initial position Active management strategies can be broadly grouped into those applying: marketing timing‚ industry selection‚ security selection. Given the fact that that the investor already holds a well-diversified portfolio‚ it was decided that the most appropriate strategy was to purchase growth stocks which was considered to be undervalued by the market and can be bought cheaply today but has significant earnings upside to be able to outperform the market in capital terms in the future (Chahine
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Introduction Computer/Technology Industry The computer/technology industry has many key players with two of the major competitors being Dell and HP. The computer industry has come a long way since its first inception with the invention of Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer in 1946. This industry is comprised of many items such as computers‚ monitors‚ printers‚ scanners‚ mainframes‚ servers‚ electronic computer components‚ networking and workstations to name a few. The industry started
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Prices as Low as Dell By: Student Name Date: January 17‚ 2012 1a. Which pricing objectives is Dell Inc. pursuing? Dell’s pricing strategy is to ensure profit maximization. In the case‚ we see that Dell is seeking to sell as many products as they can in order to achieve high revenues. Their main objective is to maximize long term profitability through the increase in market share and lowering costs as much as possible. Dell was aware of IBM’s dominance of the market‚ and therefore Dell came up with
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Brailsford 4e: Solutions Manual Chapter 1 The investment decision Learning objectives After the completion of this chapter‚ the reader should be able to: ● understand the nature of an investment ● describe the key steps in the investment process ● recognise the major investment asset classes ● understand the role and function of financial markets ● understand the concept of return‚ and be able to distinguish between realised returns and expected returns ● understand the relationship between
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