spread‚ between two stocks. That may sound complicated‚ so let’s look at a hypothetical example. Let’s say a hedge fund takes a $1 million long position in Pfizer and a $1 million short position in Wyeth‚ both large pharmaceutical companies. With these positions‚ any event that causes all pharmaceutical stocks to fall will lead to a loss on the Pfizer position and a profit on the Wyeth position. Similarly‚ an event that causes both stocks to rise will have little effect‚ since the positions balance each
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What’s Portfolio Analysis? It’s basically a product portfolio in which we rank our product or we can say that where our products are stands in the market. We’ve three Matrices under this tab. 1. BCG Matrix (Boston Contingency Group) 2. GE Matrix (General Electric) 3. Product/Market Growth Matrix BCG Matrix It is what how we maintain or analyze our product. Here’s the matrix. BCG Matrix Explanation If the industry is growing and your share is low‚ you’requestion mark (?).
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MGMT 2383 Sample Case Study Analysis Your name & A# Date What are the main issues in the case? The Pfizer-Pharmacia Merger case demonstrates how a company must understand its corporate social responsibility. In this case‚ the company was unable to serve its stakeholders and put them first before shareholders or customers. By not using this view of CSR‚ the company’s employees became dissatisfied with their jobs which led to continuance commitment. Why did the problems/ issues occur? Corporate
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between the rates of return 3. Based on five years of monthly data‚ you derive the following information for the companies listed: Company a i (Intercept) σ i r im Johnson and Johnson 0.09 14.4 0.41 Exxon Mobil 0.15 7.4 0.53 Pfizer 0.07 10.3 0.67 Microsoft 0.21 12 0.70 S&P 500 0 5.4 1 a. Compute the beta coefficient for each stock b. Assuming a risk free rate of 5 percent and an expected return for the market portfolio of 12 percent‚ compute the
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Case Study: Pharmaceutical Industry Introduction 1 The pharmaceutical industry entails a team involved in the invention of a drug. The team consists of the drug producers‚ formulators‚ promoters and prescribers. (Swayne‚ Duncan‚ & Ginter‚ 2011) Since the foundation of the pharmaceutical industry in the 90’s with inventions of Insulin and Penicillin‚ the purpose of the pharmaceutical companies has been for production of Medicines and medical devices. (Ency) The
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University of Phoenix Material Differentiating Between Market Structures Table Compare the four market structures by filling in the table. Perfect competition Monopoly Monopolistic competition Oligopoly Example organization Ag Products Pfizer Circle K convenience Stores Northrop Grumman-Technical Services Sector Goods or services produced by the organization Herbicides‚ fungicides‚ etc used to treat crops. Pharmeceuticals‚ in particular‚ Viagra. “Grab It and Go” items such as candy‚ sodas‚ ready
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business of Pharmaceutical companies:- Pharmaceutical companies are not especially big in terms of revenues‚ but they are very profitable. For instance‚ in 2001‚ Pfizer was ranked 127th in the world on total revenue (US$32·2 billion) but 7th in terms of profit.29 The pharmaceutical industry is the most profitable business sector‚ with an average 16·2% profit‚ ahead of financial companies (11·6%) and beverages (10%).30 However‚ net income growth has declined‚ and growth in the value of drug
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decisions relate to particular strategic business units (SBUs) within the overall organ- isation. A strategic business unit is a part of an organisation for which there is a distinct external market for goods or services that is different from another SBU. Yahoo!’s strategic business units include businesses such
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reaching the apex of market share. BCG Growth Share Matrix – The BCG growth share matrix was developed by Henderson of the BCG group in 1970′s. The matrix classifies businesses / SBU’s by 1) Relative Market Share – The market share of the business / SBU / Product in the market as compared to its competitors and overall product / category. 2) Market growth rate – The growth rate of the industry as a whole is taken into consideration from which the growth rate of the product is extrapolated. This
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marks) An example of an issue with pharmaceutical drug corporations is the ethics associated with researching the drugs. For example‚ Pfizer caused an international scandal when they illegally tested a drug to cure meningitis in Nigeria. 11 children died due to not enough research into the effects of the drug on children. This is an ethical issue‚ as if Pfizer had done effective research‚ and received correct authorisation‚ those children could have been saved. Another issue with research is that
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