Oana Mădălina PREDESCU Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies predescu_oana85@yahoo.com Stelian STANCU Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies stelian_stancu@yahoo.com Abstract. This paper examines both the benefits of choosing an internationally diversified portfolio and the evolution of the portfolio risk in the context of the current global financial crisis. The portfolio is comprised of three benchmark indexes from Romania‚ UK and USA. Study results show that on the background of a global economic
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03/15/2010 Carnival Corporation-2007 Carnival Corporation is the largest cruise and most profitable cruise ship operator in the world. Carnival is headquartered in Miami‚ Florida and London England and employs 80‚000 employees. “Carnival operates a fleet of 95 ships‚ with another 11 ships scheduled for delivery between 2010 and 2012 (Carnival Corporation‚ 2010).” Carnival cruises to Alaska‚ the Caribbean‚ Panama‚ South America‚ Mediterranean‚ New England‚ Bermuda‚ South Pacific‚ and the Bahamas
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Marriott International‚ Inc. is a widely recognized and diversified global lodging firm which engages in the franchise and operation of hotels‚ timeshare properties‚ and housing properties. It operates through the following business segments: North American Limited-Service; North American Full-Service; and International. The firm operates hotels the management model‚ franchise model‚ and the leased and owned model. The company operates 16 brands that cover full-service‚ extended-stay hotels‚ and
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The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company: capital structure‚ valuation‚ and cost of capital Teaching Note Synopsis In June 2002‚ a managing director of an active-investor hedge fund was considering the possible gains from increasing the debt capitalization of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. Wrigley had been conservatively financed and at the date of the case‚ carried no debt. The tasks for the student are to: Estimate the potential change in value from relevering Wrigley using adjusted present value analysis
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estimate and present each component of the WACC separately‚ explaining briefly but clearly what assumptions you are making for each of them. In the same spirit‚ estimate the appropriate all-equity cost of capital for the APV-based valuation. WACC calculation. WACC = RD*(1-t)*D/(D+E)+RE* E/(D+E) Cost of equity We assume that risk free rate (Rf) equals rate of long-term Treasury Bonds (as the project’s life is 10 years)‚ so Rf = 9.5%. According to Aswath Damodaran equity risk premium in the
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STUDY ON THE KENYA RAILWAYS CORPORATION The Kenya railway Corporation is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and has power to sue and be sued in its corporate name and to acquire‚ hold and dispose of movable and immovable property for the purposes of the Corporation. It is managed by a board of directors of the Corporation. i. a Chairman of the Board appointed by the Minister; ii. the Managing Director; iii. the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry for the
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1. Bob’s Warehouse has a pre-tax cost of debt of 8.4 percent and an unlevered cost of capital of 14.6 percent. The firm’s tax rate is 37 percent and the cost of equity is 18 percent. What is the firm’s debt-equity ratio? | 0.76 | | 0.82 | | 0.79 | | 0.87 | | 0.72 | 2. Johnson Tire Distributors has an unlevered cost of capital of 11 percent‚ a tax rate of 34 percent‚ and expected earnings before interest and taxes of $1‚400. The company has $2‚700 in bonds
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Running Head: Starbucks Corporation Starbucks Corporation: Company Study April 15‚ 2014 Siena Heights University Case Statement: Starbucks is a globally expanding cooperation with many future opportunities and they will continue to strive to be the world’s greatest coffee company. Mission Statement: Starbucks Corporation’s current mission statement inspires the goodness of the communities and people they reach out to on a daily basis. Their mission statement
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Inc to issue New Stock Certificates to the Ancilliary administrator. Benguet refuses to obey the order of the CFI of Manila on the ground that it is in violation of the Corporation By Laws. Issue: Whether or not the Benguet Consolidated Inc is covered by the orders of the COURT. Held: The Supreme Court Held that “a corporation is an artificial being created by operation of law‚ it owes its life to the state‚ its birth being purely dependent on its will”. It is logically inconceivable therefore
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From: McKensie Booth Subject: Strategic Management Date: 11/9/2010 Nucor Corporation Memo Response: Per your request I have analyzed Nucor Corporation and the steel industry. After performing both strategic and financial analysis I offer my recommendations. Executive Summary: Nucor Corporation was the most profitable steel producer in North America in both 2005 and 2006. It is regarded as a low-cost steel producer in the United States‚ and one of the most efficient and technologically
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