Every investment is characterised by return and risk. The concept of risk is intuitively understood by investors. In general‚ it refers to the possibility of incurring a loss in a financial transaction. But risk involves much more than that. The word ‘risk’ has a definite financial meaning. The possibility of variation of the actual return from the expected return is termed risk. Corporate securities and government securities constitute important investment avenues for investors
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Investment Banking in 2008 (A): Rise and Fall of the Bear 1. What role did Bear’s culture play in its positioning vis-à-vis its competitors‚ and what role might that culture have played in its demise? Bear Stearns played a risky role with the promise of high returns. Bear was participating in the LTCM and created a bubble. Bear’s competitors recognized and hedged against risk by participating in the buyout while Bear Stearns ignored the bullish market. Other banks hired both externally as well
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Accounting rate of return The accounting rate of return (ARR) is a way of comparing the profits you expect to make from an investment to the amount you need to invest. The ARR is normally calculated as the average annual profit you expect over the life of an investment project‚ compared with the average amount of capital invested. For example‚ if a project requires an average investment of £100‚000 and is expected to produce an average annual profit of £15‚000‚ the ARR would be 15 per cent. The
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spur of the moment decision in the morning to his epiphany at night Ed epitomizes the desires of the human spirit – including humanity’s desire for immortality and greatness. Due to the play’s universal themes this one-act can be characterized as a ‘fine’ play. Among other qualities this play is characterized by its well established credibility‚ intrigue‚ richness‚ gravity‚ pertinence‚ economy‚ intensity‚ and celebration. The credibility and intrigue of a play address the believability of the
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Kudler Accounting System The accounting system is a crucial part of the business operations systems. The current accounting systems‚ while comprehensive‚ are lacking some key features that could increase benefits and reduce losses. The accounting information systems are used to gather financial data and provide information for internal and external decisions. These decisions include marketing‚ purchasing‚ payroll‚ investments‚ sales‚ and accounts‚ both payable and receivable. The purpose of a new
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mutual fund industry as a significant financial service in financial market has really been noteworthy. In fact since 1992‚ a number of research studies have underlined the importance of these two in the Indian capital market environment as important investment vehicles. But the existing ‘Behavioral Finance’ studies on factors influencing selection of mutual fund and life insurance schemes are very few and very little information is available about investor perceptions‚ preferences‚ attitudes and behavior
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Investment Behavior‚ Observable Expectations‚ and Internal Funds Jason G. Cummins ∗ Assistant Professor New York University 269 Mercer Street New York‚ NY 10003 jcummins@econ.nyu.edu Kevin A. Hassett Resident Scholar American Enterprise Institute 1150 17th Street NW Washington‚ DC 20036 khassett@aei.org Stephen D. Oliner Asst. Dir. of Research Federal Reserve Board Mail Stop 93 Washington‚ DC 20551 soliner@frb.gov First Draft: September 8‚ 1997 Second Draft: July 6‚ 1998 Third Draft: March 31
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TO: Deb Sammy FROM: Surya Narayanan Thangam‚ Investment Specialist DATE: September 14‚ 2013 SUBJECT: Investments in Italian Automobile Industry As per your request‚ I have focused my research on the Automobile industry in Italy for a long-term plan. For automobile‚ Europe and South America are on the same boat with 34% growth each (“Pirelli Sales By Region”‚ 2013). Even though the Italian economy is in bad shape right now‚ it will have a slow drag in 2013 and its expected to rise back in 2014
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demand a lower rate of return for an investment in Exxon Mobil as compared to United | | |Airlines? | | | | | |Because Exxon Mobil has less risk than United Airlines‚ Exxon Mobil has relatively high returns and a strong | |
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The law of diminishing returns only applies in the Short Run‚ when only one factor of production is variable and can be increased. The other factors of production are fixed. Thus as the variable factor of production is increased the marginal product of that factor will rise at first‚ but will at some point begin to fall. Returns to scale can only occur when no factors of production are fixed. If the quantities of all of the factors of production are increased‚ then output will also increase. However
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