FIN 6310 Case Studies Purchase Case Studies (4) • Ivey Case Studies (2) o You will need to create an account at http://cases.ivey.uwo.ca o Then search for and put the following two cases in your cart. Download the spreadsheets. o Burgundy Asset Management: The Wescast Investment Decision o Burgundy Asset Management: …. Spreadsheet o Valuing Wal-mart 2010 o Valuing Wal-mart 2010 – Spreadsheet for students o Checkout
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Risk and Return Analysis Paper FIN 402 Risk and Return Analysis Paper Creating the right balance of securities in a diversified portfolio is crucial to maximizing return and minimize risk. This can be done through analysis of current and past activity of each product. Through a risk assessment‚ return analysis‚ researching the beta of each security‚ and reviewing the average risk and return‚ we can determine the weights of our securities and devise the strongest portfolio to limit risk and
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Solution to Case 02 Risk and Return Flirting With Risk Questions: 1. Imagine you are Bill. How would you explain to Mary the relationship between risk and return of individual stocks? I would explain to Mary that risk and return are positively related‚ i.e. if one expects to earn higher returns‚ then one has to be willing to invest in stocks whose price can vary significantly from year to year or in different economic conditions. For example‚ in the table
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Chapter 8 Index Models 163 Multiple Choice Questions 1. As diversification increases the total variance of a portfolio approaches ____________. A 0 B 1 C the variance of the market portfolio D infinity E none of the above Answer: C Difficulty: Easy Rationale: As more and more securities are added to the portfolio unsystematic risk decreases and most of the remaining risk is systematic as measured by the variance of the market portfolio. 2. The index model was first suggested by ____________. A Graham
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Suggested Solutions to Sample Midterm #1 Fi 4000—Fall 2014 Problem 1 (20 points) Part A Suppose Mike wants to prepare an amount of money today to support his son’s college education. He expects his son to enter a college in 16 years with annual tuition and expenses of $25‚000 for 4 years. His first college tuition and expenses will due in exactly 16 years from now. Mike decides to put all the money that is required for his son’s college education today at a bank account earning rate of
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FINA3080Investment Analysis and Portfolio Analysis Midterm Examination Date: March 12‚ 2013 1. If all investors become more risk averse the SML will _______________ and stock prices will _______________. A. shift upward; riseB. shift downward; fallC. have the same intercept with a steeper slope; fallD. have the same intercept with a flatter slope; rise 2. According to the capital asset pricing model‚ a security with a _________. A. negative alpha is considered a good buyB. positive alpha is
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Mid Term – October 2014 Bond Pricing Qu 1: Time to Maturity Zero Coupon Rate Discount Factor 1 5% 2 6% 3 7% 4 8% 5 9% Give the formula for the discount factor in terms of the zero coupon rate. Use the formula to fill in the discount factors in the table above (you can write the formula or using excel calculate the numerical value). Assume that the government wishes to issue a new 5 year bond priced at 100 (called a par coupon bond as it is priced at par i.e. the price is the same as the face
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Homework 2 All questions carry equal points. 1. (a) Suppose all distinct assets in the economy have a correlation of ρ = −.02 with every other asset. Let the variance of each asset be 0.25‚ and the investor holds an equally weighted portfolio of these assets. How many of such assets should an investor hold so that the variance of her portfolio is zero? (b) If the correlation was 0.02 can the investor ever achieve a zero variance? (c) For the case that the correlation is 0.4‚ and the investor
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Assignment No 6 Diversification in Stock Portfolios Introduction Diversification is one of the key components of a successful investment portfolio. Almost all experts advise the avoidance of concentrating all of your investments in one type. However‚ many investors forget about diversification once they see a financially attractive stock and concentrate all of their assets in it. Other investors make a similar mistake and being influenced by their
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ZEUS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. Huy Tu Nguyen 22491465 1. Overview of Zeus Asset Management Inc. Founded in 1968‚ Zeus Asset Management Inc. (ZAM) is an independent‚ money – management company offering services to both institutional and individual clients. ZAM follows a conservative‚ risk-averse‚ quality-oriented investment management to exploit the extra return from long term strategies. In fact‚ the company’s investment philosophy of risk-aversion can be guaranteed by the experienced staff‚ who
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