Introduction to Securities Investment (Understanding Investment Decision Process) Individual’s Objective: Maximize utility (=degree of satisfaction) from consumption‚ subject to income & wealth‚ and market opportunities. In order to achieve the objective‚ people save a portion of (current) income for future spending‚ and reverse is also true. => efficient saving. Where to save? (Security types in Chapter 3) 1. Real assets: 2. Financial assets: represent claims on future cash payoffs
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Briefly state the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Which do you think is the most effective? Extrinsic: external‚ not inherent‚ not contained or included within‚ extraneous‚ Originating from outside. Extrinsic motivation (where we do things for rewards.) Intrinsic: adj. belonging to the real nature of a person or thing inherent. Intrinsic motivation (where we do things for their own sake.) When people are intrinsically motivated the reward for the activity seems to be part and
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in the early 1900’s and served similar purposes. Gillette and P & G are both strong‚ stable companies and could make an even stronger company. One of the propellers causing the companies to merge was that Gillette sold to men while P & G focused on women in the industry. These companies sell similar products‚ so the merge made sense. Each company has several popular brands so if they merged they would increase this number. 2. In light of Gillette’s large increase in value during James Kilts’s
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A global investment is the the process of spreading out your investment capital between a mix of financial instruments and firms. Investors have used this strategy for many years as a good method for managing the risks associated with investing. There are four advantages to global investing: diversification‚ currency valuation‚ decreased risk‚ and taxation. The economy is cyclical in nature‚ with times of expansion and contraction. These cycles can be global‚ industry-specific or limited to a specific
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discounted value of the future cash flow exceeds the up front cost. The problem is what to discount- stick to these rules: 1. Only cash flow is relevant. Net present value depends on future cash flows it’s the difference between cash received and cash paid out. Cash should be recorded only when they occur and not when work is undertaken or a liability is incurred. Ex: taxes should be discounted from their actual payment date. 2. Estimate cash flows on an incremental basis. The value of a project
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An Article Review on “Ethical Investment Processes and Outcomes” Introduction This article was written by Grant Michelson‚ Nick Wailes‚ Sandra van der Laan‚ and Geoff Frost. It was published in Journal of Business Ethics by Springer. This article highlights the key themes in the field and identifies some of the major theoretical and practical challenges facing both scholars and practitioners. Summary Generally there are two kinds of investors in the market‚ one who invests considering the pros
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deregulation for the meltdown in the investment banking industry‚ and how could the government have foreseen and/or stopped the domino effect before the crisis of 2008?s The gov could have decided to not back up what they were not regulating. They are partly to blame for the crisis because who knows if the banks would have issued the loans they issued and taken on huge amounts of risk if they didn’t have the guarantee of the banks behind them. 2. Could any one of the investment banks have remained competitive
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cross-border trade and investment in other parts of the world. Also‚ Japan was badly defeated in World War II and occupied by Allied forces at the end of the war. Japan was totally closed to foreign investment during that period. The Japanese government sets up important barriers to reduce the foreign direct investment into Japan to develop the country by avoiding other countries’ financial shocks. Additional‚ the high rental and labor cost impact the Foreign Direct Investment level too. Japan as
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organizations‚ investment incentives. Recently‚ it has attracted a lot of investment from foreign countries. Among the investment sectors‚ the real estate has recovered recently due to the currently increasing capital inflow. From September 2010 to September 2011‚ Ministry of Land Management‚ Urbanization & Construction has approved 1‚689 projects‚ value of 999.3 million US$‚ which increases 97% in compared to the same period last year. . CAMBODIA POLICIES IN INVESTMENT AND LAND - All investment projects:
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of the S&P 500 Index. Which stock appears to be riskiest? Reynolds appears to be the riskiest stock based on the returns and variability alone currently holding the highest average return out of two at 1.87%. With their higher return rate over the three they also hold the highest standard deviation of 9.1%‚ which in turn infers that they may hold the highest beta out of the three. 2. Portfolio Risk Suppose Sharpe’s position had been 99 percent of equity funds invested in the S&P 500
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