1. Why does Apex find AccessLine to be an attractive investment? What are the risks? Basically‚ Apex was attracted by the new technology and the unique business model of AccessLine. And‚ it was at the early stage and was not invested heavily by other professional investors. The positive cash flow was an important factor that makes Apex felt confident. It means that the market actually existed and customers understand the concept of technology‚ reducing the entry risk. With the domain knowledge
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About Company: Basic Industries is a diversified multinational corporation with major shares in various Electrical related markets. Comparison with Industry Averages 1. Between the years 1985 & 1994‚ Sales has increased from 6213.6 to 13413.1. Thus an increase of 115.8%. Whereas during the same period Expenses have increased by 123%. Thus a reduction in margin. 2. ROCE a. It is defined as a ratio that indicates the efficiency and profitability of a company’s capital investments. In other
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Elizabeth Calloway Date: 04/04/2012 Apple is a good to investment Yes‚ apple would be a good investment? because it has stocks that are rising sky-high right now! Apple is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics‚ computers software and personal computers. The company’s best know hardware products include the iPod‚ and the iphone and the ipad. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system and the iTunes media Brower; The three
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Prepare for GD: FDI in retail - a boon or a bane What is FDI in retail????????????????????????? Foreign direct investment (FDI) refers to capital inflows from abroad that are invested to enhance the production capacity of the economy. However‚ FDI in retail is different from the investment in corporate‚ manufacturing‚ or infrastructure sectors. Retail can be single or multi brand and may be described as a sale to the ultimate consumer at a margin of profit. While the FDI in single-brand
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Investment Theory and Strategies A. Passive vs. Active Strategy i. Passive One of the most profound ideas affecting the investment decision process‚ and indeed all of finance‚ is the idea that the securities markets‚ particularly the equity markets‚ are efficient. In an efficient market‚ the prices of securities do not depart for any length of time from the justified economic values that investors calculate for them. Economic values for securities are determined by investor expectations about earnings
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a direct investment into production or business in a country by an individual or company in another country‚ either by buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country. Foreign direct investment is in contrast to portfolio investment which is a passive investment in the securities of another country such as stocks and bonds. Types 1. Horizontal FDI arises when a firm duplicates
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FTX4086F ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS TIME: 180 MINUTES 4 June 2012 MARKS: 140 PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY: 1. PLEASE DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE OVER UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO. 2. Ensure that your name and student number appears on the cover of each Answer Book. Please complete this before the test commences. 3. Each Section is to be answered in a separate answer book and the answer book must be clearly marked. 4. All Answers must be done in ink‚
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) FDI or Foreign Direct Investment is any form of investment that earns interest in enterprises which function outside of the domestic territory of the investor. Foreign direct investment is that investment‚ which is made to serve the business interests of the investor in a company‚ which is in a different nation distinct from the investor’s country of origin Benefits of Foreign Direct Investment One of the advantages of foreign direct investment is that it helps
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“Global reach and local know how ’ investment banks and globalization.” “Investment banks are facing many challenges‚ not least the need to become global in scope and ambition‚ but local in understanding and execution”. (Comments on the article by Anshu Jain‚ head of Deutsche Bank’s Global Markets Division). In the article the main though is represented by a statement that: “We cannot easily talk about alternatives to globalisation in investment banking; only of the different strategies
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