1.What is a hedge fund? How do hedge funds differ from mutual funds? According to our case‚ Hedge funds are private group investments that offer equity pooling advantages. Hedge funds have limited partnership which are restricted by law to no more than 1000 investors per fund‚ so hedge funds set extremely high minimum investment amounts‚ ranging anywhere from $250‚000 to over $1 million. Hedge funds not only require investors pay a management fee‚ but also collect a percentage of the profits
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Chapter Four Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies INVESTMENTS | BODIE‚ KANE‚ MARCUS Copyright © 2014 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. Investment Companies • Pool funds of individual investors and invest in a wide range of securities or other assets • Services provided: • Record keeping and administration • Diversification and divisibility • Professional management • Lower transaction
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market ($)‚ total number of different stocks currently held‚ total invested in mutual funds ($)‚ and the name of each mutual fund in which they have invested. The data were used in the aggregate for classroom illustrations. Who- MBA Stats Students What- their total personal investment in the stock market ($)‚ total number of different stocks currently held‚ total invested in mutual funds ($)‚ and the name of each mutual fund in which they have invested When-unknown Where-unknown How-reporting to
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BERGSTRESSER LAUREN COHEN RANDOLPH COHEN CHRISTOPHER MALLOY AQR’s Momentum Funds (A) In early 2009‚ after significant research and reflection‚ Cliff Asness‚ founder and principal at AQR‚ was considering the launch of three new retail mutual funds that would offer investors exposure to ‘Momentum‚’ a new investment style. While momentum strategies were commonplace among hedge funds‚ the new AQR funds would become the first retail funds to focus on this strategy. The Momentum Strategy AQR defined stock momentum
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The real rate of return is the inflation-adjusted return that one gets by putting money in investment products like bank fixed deposits‚ equity mutual funds ‚ gold or real estate. For eg.‚if i keep Rs 10‚000 in an FD that gives 9% annual rate of interest‚ at the end of the year i will get Rs 10‚900. But‚ if the rate of inflation during the same period was 10%‚i.e.‚ the rate of interest is lower than the rate of inflation‚ at the net basis I am losing 0.9%‚ i.e‚ my real rate of return is=1.09/1
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upper edge of this region is the efficient frontier in the absence of a risk-free asset. 2. (Chapter 1‚ Practice Questions 14) The return from the market last year was 10% and the risk-free rate was 5%. A hedge fund manager with a beta of 0.6 has an alpha of 4%. What return did the hedge fund manager earn? Solutions: 3. (Chapter 2‚ Q3) Page 2 of 8 (a). How many banks are there in the United States? (b). What is the size of the assets held by these banks? Solutions: (a)&(b) 4. (Chapter 2
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Institute of Management (IIIM)‚ Charusat University of Science and Technology‚ Changa‚ hereby declare that the report of summer training and project work entitled “A Study on Risk and Investment Behavior of Investors‚ Baroda City and awareness of Mutual fund” is the result of my own work. I also acknowledge the other works/publicationscited in the report. Place: Changa Date: 15 JULY 2010 Signature ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Sometimes words fall short to show gratitude‚ the same happened
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Warren E. Buffett‚ 2005 Warren E. Buffet‚ the chairperson and chief executive officer (CEO) of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.‚ announced that MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company wanted to acquire the electric utility PacificCorp. The acquisition of this company had renewed public interest in its sponsor‚ even though his net worth is about $44 billion and also he and other insiders controlled 41.8% of Berkshire. “I will keep well over 99% of my net worth in Berkshire” was one of his main fundaments for
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Yale’s $8 billion man David Swensen has made better returns for Yale than any portfolio manager at any university. He has a word of advice: don’t try this at home. by Marc Gunther ’73 July/August 2005 Marc Gunther is author of Faith and Fortune: The Quiet Revolution to Reform American Business and senior writer at Fortune magazine. Last spring‚ Yale president Richard C. Levin ’74PhD held a cocktail reception for David F. Swensen ’80PhD‚ who was celebrating his 20th year as Yale’s chief investment
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