“UK Open-Ended Mutual Funds Industry pre and post the Global Financial Crisis: Performance Persistence and Return Attribution” By Dimitris Xydias Abstract This dissertation project tests the persistence in performance of a survivorship bias controlled sample of 574 UK Open-End Mutual Funds for the period between 31/12/1999 and 31/12/2011 and decomposes the funds’ returns into factors. The former is done by employing both parametric and non-parametric approaches to identify persistence and the
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The internal rate of return (IRR) and the net present value (NPV) techniques are 2 investment decision tools that satisfy the 2 major criteria for the correct evaluation of capital projects. This criterion is that the techniques should incorporate the use of cash flows and the use of the time value of money. This makes them viable techniques for evaluating investment proposals. The Net Present Value is one of the techniques that are used by firms when evaluating which investment proposals to take
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y ANALYSIS OF RISK AND RETURN TRADE OFF BY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MAJOR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES SYNOPSIS SUBMITTED FOR REGISTRATIO N OF Ph.D RESEARCH WORK R.T.M. NAGPUR UNIVERSITY 2011
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to count the number of jobs or number of people employed in the economy. Discuss the differences between these two measurements of job creation. Is either measurement better than the other? - The unemployment rate measures the number of workers who are at least 16 years old‚ who are not working and who have been trying to find a job within the past four weeks and still haven’t found one. - To count the number of job or number of people employed in the economy (productivity) is to measure the
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H00112703 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT FRIDAY 08TH MARCH 2012 C38FN 2012-2013 CORPORATE FINANCIAL THEORY WORDCOUNT: 2874 Abstract This essay will discuss the net present value (NPV)‚ payback period (PBP) and internal rate of return (IRR) approaches for a project evaluation. It is often said that NPV is the best approach investment appraisal‚ which I why I will compare the strengths and weaknesses of NPV as well as the two others to se if the statement is actually true. Introduction
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activities more distinctively or more effectively than rivals. So‚ in order for a firm to earn more‚ they must have a better understanding to exploit its competitive advantages. By this‚ it can help the firm to earn above-average returns. Above-average returns are returns in excess of what an investor expects to earn from other investments with a similar amount of risk. These terms are very important to those are responsible for an organization’s performance. It is because without full understanding
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Compare Chapter 1 of ‘Great Expectations’ in which Pip first meets the convict with Chapter 39 when the convict returns. The first thing that could be noted when comparing these two chapters is the length of each. Though this could be passed over‚ I think is shows how a small a difference the convict made to Pip in chapter 1 but the much bigger impact he made in chapter 39. From the second paragraph in chapter 1‚ Dickens tries to get the reader’s sympathy to be directed towards Pip. He
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From the horror of the last big recession in Ireland in the 1980s‚ Irish people have often tried to escape the tough times by crossing over the Atlantic to a better life in the US. With the recession and an unemployment rate of almost 10 per cent‚ the recent figures of those emigrating is outstanding. In 2010‚ we saw over 65‚300 people leaving the country‚ the same number of those who left in 2009. This shocking figure is just below the number of emigrants in 1989‚ when unemployment in Ireland was
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A Review of the Empirical Literature on Earnings and Economic Value Added (EVA) in Explaining Stock Market Returns. Which Performance Measure is More Value Relevant in the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE)? Dimitrios Maditinos*‚ Željko Šević**‚ and Nikolaos Theriou* *TEI of Kavala‚ Greece‚ Department of Business Administration **University of Greenwich Business School‚ Department of Accounting and Finance Abstract The aim of this study is (a) to present the empirical research to date on earnings
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Dry oil also is such‚ what business is all some money some sadness.Investment has a risk‚ entering the line need to be careful.A lot of people before making investment will think this think that‚ one by one chance again and again lost as a result‚ as the market diversification‚palm oil mill informationization‚ is absolutely the early stage of the market the industry do necessities‚ open oil lane can say less investment‚ higher profit‚ market a wide range of a good choice. Many oil production areas
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