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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University of Connecticut DigitalCommons@UConn Honors Scholar Theses Honors Scholar Program 5-10-2009 Analysis of the LIFO inventory valuation method during the onset of IFRS Joseph Louis Romeo University of Connecticut - Storrs‚ joseph.romeo@uconn.edu Recommended Citation Romeo‚ Joseph Louis‚ "Analysis of the LIFO inventory valuation method during the onset of IFRS" (2009). Honors Scholar Theses. Paper 79. http://digitalcommons.uconn.edu/srhonors_theses/79 This Article is brought
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Joint Stock Companies Among the different forms of business organizations which are functioning as at present‚ the predominant form of business organization during these modern days is found to be joint stock companies. Joint stock companies are termed as corporations in United States. Such form of business organization is necessary to undertake any business or industry on a large scale. This is because it overcomes the drawbacks of sole proprietorship and partnership. Such form of business
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Strategic and Financial Valuation of Carlsberg A/S Master Thesis – Finance and Strategic Management 30th of September 2011 Cand. merc. FSM Department of Finance Copenhagen Business School Author: Andri Stefánsson Supervisor: Carsten Kyhnauv Strategic and Financial Valuation of Carlsberg A/S Executive summary The main objective of this thesis was to determine the theoretical fair value of one Carlsberg A/S share on the 1st of March 2011. Carlsberg A/S is the world´s 4th largest brewery
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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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strongly in the future. After the launch of its new iPhone 5c recently‚ Apple’s stock price significantly dropped‚ as investors worry about the expensiveness of this new smartphone‚ but it has quickly recovered after that. Over the past 10 years‚ EPS increased steadily‚ reached the peak of $44.20 per share in 2012. Past 5 years EPS grew stably at annually average of 62.20% which is the highest out of 20 stocks from our stock screener. Apple’s projected growth is high but seems to be humble compared to
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The purpose of this research paper is to prove that technology has been good for the stock market. Thanks to technology‚ there are now more traders than ever because of the ease of trading online with firms such as Auditrade and Ameritrade. There are also more stocks that are doing well because they are in the technology field. The New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ have both benefitted from the recent technological movement. The NYSE says they "are dedicated to maintaining the most efficient
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