INTRODUCTION TO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT The Concept of Investment: □ An investment is the current commitment of funds for a period of time in order to derive future benefits. □ Investing involves making a sacrifice in the present consumption in the hope of deriving benefits in the future. □ Every investment decision has two aspects; Risks and Returns: □ Every investor looks to be compensated for; i) Time the funds are committed ii) The expected rate of inflation
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A Case Study On: “ Ethical Investment Processes and Outcomes” by Grant Michelson‚ Nike Wailes‚ Sandra Van der Laan‚ Geoff Frost. About the Author: Grant Michelson is a senior lecturer in Work and Organisational Studies‚ School of Business at University of Sydney‚ Nick Wails lecturer in Work and Organisational Studies‚ School of Business at University of Sydney‚ Sandra Van der Laan lecturer in Accounting and Business Law‚ School of Business at University of Sydney and Geoff Frost Senior lecturer
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Investment Process Investment: Investment is the employment of funds on assets with the aim of earning income or capital appreciation. Investment has two attributes namely time and risk. Present consumption is sacrificed to get a return in the future. The sacrifice that has to be borne is certain but the return in the future may be uncertain. This attribute of investment indicates the risk factor. The risk is undertaken with a view to reap some return from the investment. For a layman‚ investment
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ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS Research paper Zagreb‚ svibanj 2013. Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 3 2. ART INVESTMENT 3 3. OLD - TIMERS 6 4. BASEBALL MEMORABILIA 8 5. WINE 11 6. CONCLUSION 13 INTRODUCTION | Alternative investments have become popular because many people and investors have been looking into safer ways to invest their money. But there is a question: What is actually an alternative investment
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Single Investment. Expected return is a tool used to determine whether or not an investment has a positive or negative average net outcome. The most highest expected return is from Yong Tai Berhad. Standard deviation is a quantity expressing by how much the members of a group differ from the mean value for the group. The lowest standard deviation among this three company is from Hiap Teck Venture. Coefficient of variation represents the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean‚ and
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because cash is the financial asset and it becomes is a liability of the government upon the time you found the cash. So‚ the taxpayers will have to make up for the government liability. 2. The average rate of return on investment in large stocks has outpaced that on investments in T-Bills by about 8% since 1926 in US. Why‚ then‚ does anyone invest in T-Bills? Answer: This is because T-bill is regarded as an almost risk free asset as it is backed by the government. Therefore‚ it has lowest volatility
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The Investment Detective Case We can use normal investment to calculate the data‚ but we also can do it as reinvestment to invest every project for the same years. For every question‚ I will give answers for both normal investment and reinvestment. 1. We can rank the projects simply by the cash flow data. Normal investment: Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Project number 3 8 6 1 5 7 4 2 Cash flow 8000 2150 200 1310 2200 560 1561 165 Reinvestment: Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Investment Objectives Investment objectives cover how we accomplish most financial goals. These investment objectives are important because certain products and strategies work for one objective‚ but may produce poor results for another objective. It is quite likely you will use several of these investment objectives simultaneously to accomplish different objectives without any conflict. The other five specific objectives are stated below. Capital Appreciation Capital appreciation is
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GUIDEBOOK ON BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT IN VIETNAM BERLIN‚ 2011 FOREWORD Over the past two decades‚ Viet Nam’s economy has bee n developing rapidly owing to its “Doi moi” (Renovation) policy and activeness to integrate itself into the global economy. W ith its enormous efforts and determination‚ and effective cooperation with international partners and friends worldwide‚ Viet Nam is taking firm steps towards industrialization and modernization. With a stable political environment and great
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points) A possibility to loose money. What is diversification? (0.5 points) Spreading investments. What is risk tolerance? (0.5 points) The amount of risk you can handle. What are debt investments? (0.5 points) Non promised investments. What are equity investments? (0.5 points) More promised investments. Lesson 3 (3.0 points) What are stocks? (0.5 points) An investment where you get a share from the ownership/stock. What are bonds? (0.5 points) Lending money
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