Assignment 7: Mean-Variance Portfolio Theory ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form 1 . Consider‚ as in Lecture 7.1‚ a portfolio of two risky assets‚ with expected returns rˉ1‚rˉ2‚ variances σ21‚σ22 and covariance σ1‚2. No other assets are available. You have to allocate $1 mln of investment in the portfolio of the two assets in order to minimize total portfolio variance. What is the optimal amount of investment in asset 1 (in mln dollars)? Assume expected returns are
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Mini Case: Guanxi and Gift (Grown up in China‚ I will address this case with my personal experience) As a growing market‚ China becomes increasingly appealing to western companies. To many of them‚ China is a country that is fundamentally different than most countries of the world‚ such as culture and social norm. Notorious corruptions have tarnished its reputation for attracting potential investors and businesses‚ who have been struggling to adapt the unique way of running business in this
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Chapter 4: Mini Case 1: Smith‚ Smith‚ Smith‚ and Smith is a regional accounting firm that is putting up a new headquarters building. The building will have a backbone network that connects eight LANs (two on each floor). The company is very concerned with network errors. What advice would you give regarding the design of the building and network cable planning that would help reduce network errors? I have to make some assumptions regarding the network design for this new building. Since they
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Mini Case Study Mike Lancaster Tuesday April 22‚ 2013 Professor Shultz BUAD 3010-002 Table of Contents 2 Case question & Executive Summary 3 History 5 Situation: Media document company 2015 website 6 Discussion of Alternatives 7 Media Composition 10 Issues Moving Forward 12 Conclusion 14 Case Question What should Unilever’s Integrated Marketing Communication Goals and Media Strategy be for 2016 – 2020 ? Executive
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Mini Cases: Cost of Capital Part A: Cost of Debt Mini Case 1: Cost of perpetual/Irredeemable debt Ashok Leyland issued Rs 100 Lakhs 12% debentures of Rs. 100 each. Calculate the cost of debt in each of the following cases. (Assume corporate tax rate being 40%). Case (a) If debentures are issued at par with no floatation cost. Case (b) If debentures are issued at par with 5% floatation cost. Case (c) If debentures are issued at 10% premium with 5% floatation cost. Case (d) If debentures are issued
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Juries have been regarded as the cornerstone of our criminal justice system in Australia since 1824 when juries were first introduced‚ however many argue they are an outdated form of determining the outcome of trials. Some of the reasons why juries are outdated are that jurors don’t realise how long some trials go for and there are too many complex documents to consider in coming up with a verdict of some trials. Another reason is the people that serve on juries are the least qualified people. Juries
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MINI-CASE A) Answer: Capital budgeting is the process of analyzing additions to fixed assets. Capital budgeting is important because‚ more than anything else‚ fixed asset investment decisions chart a company’s course for the future. Conceptually‚ the capital budgeting process is identical to the decision process used by individuals making investment decisions. These steps are involved: 1. Estimate‚ evaluate‚ & assess the riskiness of the cash flows 2. Determine the appropriate
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clauses that can be identified as outdated or could be reconsidered. An example of this is Article 1‚ Section 9‚ Clause 1 which states “The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit‚ shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight‚ but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation‚ not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.” This is just an example of an outdated clause in the constitution‚ but
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exercise price. In this case‚ option B’s premium price is lower. The trade off is between a lower exercise price‚ higher premium price‚ option A‚ that better hedges against the yen if it were to appreciate in value (exercising the option) and a higher exercise price‚ lower priced premium that reduces cost if the hedge does not appreciate in value (the option is not exercised). 2.Should Blades allow its yen position to be unhedged? Describe the tradeoff. The case stated that “the futures
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Portfolio of Case Studies Case study #1 pg.379 Whose responsibility should it be to complete those reports? It is Bob’s job to clean up and complete any reports he can until the end of the day or until his last day of work. That is only fair to the real people and children who are represented by the cases that he carries. After that however‚ it is Harriet’s job or whoever Melville Middle School appoints to clean up and organize and take over the cases that Bob has open. Is Bob right was he
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