Businesses engaged in social involvement incur costs as a result of their activities‚ so it is only natural to determine if there is a financial justification for the investment‚ beyond the moral and ethical. Though many studies have been conducted‚ the only conclusion defined as “meaningful” by our textbook is that there is little evidence that a business’s social involvement is detrimental to its long term economic performance. Some businesses do engage in socially responsible activities based
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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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AUBG Quiz 2(a) Solution Guide Problem 1 (5 points) You are face with probability distribution of the HPR on the stock market index fund given in Spreadsheet 5.1 in the textbook. Suppose that the risk-free interest rate is 6% per year. You are contemplating investing $107.55 in a 1-year CD and simultaneously buying a call option on the stock market index fund with an exercise price of $110 and expiration of 1 year. What is the probability distribution of your dollar return at the end of the year
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financial institutions and select products or services Depository institutions include commercial banks‚ several types of savings institutions‚ and credit unions. All these types of firms are similar in two major ways: * their primary source of funds comes from customer deposits * their primary source of income is interest earned on loans S&Ls were first limited to offering savings accounts and making home and personal loans to individuals. More recently‚ however‚ savings institutions
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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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measurements to Zeus Asset Management. Zeus Asset Management is a fund management firm founded in 1968 in Atlanta by Tir Jerry Schneider. It serves both institutional and individual investors and with more than $1.7 million assets under management. The director of research‚ John Abbot‚ is considering adopting risk-adjusted approach in performance assessment. Zeus’s competitiveness analysis Zeus’s main competitors are the mutual funds in particular market. Compared with those competitors‚ Zeus has
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1637‚ in the Netherlands‚ a singe tulip bulb was worth the cost of the best house in Amsterdam • 100 shares of AT&T purchased in 1983 at a cost of $16140 is now worth about $74562‚ representing a 17.7% annual return o Investments: commitment of funds to achievement of long term goals • Purpose of investment: individuals invest to make money • Importance of investment: to build wealth and security. • In recent years it has become more critical because: o Of rising prices (inflation) o Salary
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(Disclosure and Investor Protection) Guidelines‚ 2000. The measures in practice gave mixed results. On the positive front‚ many banks sponsored mutual fund had launched assured return schemes and lured the investor ’s huge contribution. When they failed to deliver the promise‚ SEBI gave directive to sponsor bank to honour the commitment made by the mutual funds‚ which cost the sponsor banks over Rs 2000 crore. SEBI has introduced a supplementary process of applying in public issues‚ viz. ASBA process
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Potential Return – explain. Real-life example of this investment (name or company) Minimum investment amount or time? Easy to start or stop investment? Discuss. CD Certificate of Deposit is a savings note issued by a bank to a depositor who places funds in saving for a set period. Low Risk because of the low return. CDs are generally issued by commercial banks and are insured by the FDIC. Bank of America CDs require a minimum amount of money to invest. CDs are safe ways to save money but it is hard
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ENVIRONMENT OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS Securities Exchange Board of India 1. History In 1988 the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was established by the Government of India through an executive resolution‚ and was subsequently upgraded as a fully autonomous body (a statutory Board) in the year 1992 with the passing of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act (SEBI Act) on 30th January 1992. In place of Government Control‚ a statutory and autonomous regulatory board with
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