Solve the following problem showing all the necessary steps and computations. 1. Using the data in the following table‚ estimate (a) the average return and volatility for each stock‚ (b) the covariance between the stocks‚ and (c) the correlation between these two stocks. A. Stock A -10+20+5-5+9/6 = 3.5% Stock B 21+30+7-3-8+25/6 = 12% B. Covariance = 1/5 (-0.1-0.035)(0.21-0.04) + (0.2-0.035)(0.3-0.12) + (0.05-0.035)(0.07-0.12) + (-0.05-0.035)(-0.03-0.12) + (0.02-0.035)(-0.08-.012)
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Introduction I got a gift from my parents. It is $150‚000. I invested all of money in stocks. I started to invest from first of March to fifteen of April. I purchased 6 companies’ shares for increasing my capital. There are reasons why I chose these companies for buying and selling the firms’ stocks. I got the information about the firms from companies’ website‚ Korea newspapers and experts’ reports. Conclusion I invested money to 6 companies and they brought me a profit. Total profit was $ 48230
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Stock Market Presentation Project I invested $999.06 of my available $1000 in three companies. 1. Name of stocks: Estee Lauder‚ Ford‚ Verizon. 2. Initial Closing Value of each stock (per share): Estee Lauder-$60.99 Ford-$10.39 Verizon-$44.58 3. Number of shares purchased for each stock: Estee Lauder-9 shares Ford-9 shares Verizon-8 shares Stock Market Investments: | Name of stocks | Abbreviation | Number of Shares Purchased
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Stock Options Paper Stock options are a great incentive to get good‚ smart‚ and ambitious workers. You look at Coke and Pepsi they offer there delivery drivers‚ and there salesmen stock options to give them that incentive to sell and delivers those goods. What exactly are stock options is a question many people may ask. Stock options are when a company gives you the right to buy a certain number of shares at an agreed upon price that the employer specifics. Private and public companies
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funds from Treasury bonds to common stocks. Discuss how SSC’s stockholders might view each of these actions and how the actions might affect the stock price. ANSWER: A. B. TRANSACTION B is an expense‚ in a sense that the SSC Company is spending much money for expansion and couldn’t gain a single profit. So it is a loss in the part of the company that could affect the stock price. C. Shifting the company’s emergency funds from treasury to common stock will gave the company a good effect
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market or purchasing new shares by private treaty or by making a take-over offer to the general body of shareholders. Joint stock company is the most dominant business form for organised and large industrial and commercial activities. The corporate and industrial sectors are in a sense inseparable as a substantial part of organised industrial activity is conducted by joint stock companies. Questions like what to produce‚ how much to invest‚ where to raise finances from‚ how much to spend on R&D and
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Stock Market Project August 25‚ 2008 The purpose of this paper is to explain the outcomes and decisions involved in investing one million dollars in four various stocks. Choosing a stock to invest in and how much to invest can be very difficult. There are many web sites available online to make the decision a little easier. This paper will explain why AT&T‚ Exxon‚ Apple and Wal-mart were the chosen four and the final outcome of the investment after four weeks. There are an overwhelming
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COMPANY Team 14 Constantine Brocoum Courtney Delia Stephanie Doherty David Dubois Radu Oprea November 19th‚ 2009 Contents Objectives 1 Management Summary 2 Active Investor Strategy 2 Effects of $3 Billion in New Debt for Dividend or Stock Repurchase 2 a. Outstanding Shares 2 b. Book Value of Equity 2 c. Price per Share 2 d. Earnings per Share 3 e. Debt Interest Coverage Rations and Financial Flexibility 3 f. Outstanding Shares 3 Wrigley’s Current Weighted Average
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Stock Holdings Why we kept these stocks; Focus on FUTURE & what was created or expanded. Compay changes in management or business structure. Etc. Microsoft Many high profile insider investments lead me to believe in the company. Mr. Morfit‚ General Director of Microsoft‚ is stepping up to the plate again and buying more shares on a recent pullback. This leads us to believe he is very pleased with the new CEO and sees big things in the future for this ‘mature tech’ stock. We’re overall very comfortable
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Compare your valuation (stand-alone basis) with market price. What makes the difference between two prices? Target Price: $26.48 to 29.41 Market Price: $ 48.88 to 55.50 Market Price Multiples: Multiples imply the current stock price is overvalued. PER 33.46 X‚ PBR 1.61 X‚ EV/EBITDA 13.7X There is a big difference in our Target Price and Market Price. This may come from 1) Market expectation that the company will generate more Free Cash Flow growth in the next few
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