the these three stocks: Answer: B‚ B;A 2. Your friend is considering adding one additional stock to a 3-stock portfolio‚ to form a 4-stock portfolio. She is highly risk averse and has asked for your advice. The three stocks currently held all have b = 1.0‚ and they are perfectly positively correlated with the market. Potential new Stocks A and B both have expected returns of 15%‚ are in equilibrium‚ and are equally correlated with the market‚ with r = 0.75. However‚ Stock A’s standard deviation
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the terms of reference‚ the Committee needed to review and make recommendations on the following issues: a. Ownership structure of stock exchanges and clearing corporations b. Board composition of stock exchanges and clearing corporations c. Listing and governance of stock exchanges and clearing corporations d. Balance between regulatory and business functions of stock exchanges and clearing corporations‚ with
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VALUE LINE PUBLISHING‚ OCTOBER 2002 Teaching Note This case follows the performance-review and financial-statement-forecasting decisions of a Value Line analyst for the retail-building-supply industry in October 2002. The case contrasts the strong operating performance of Home Depot with the strong stock-market performance of Lowe’s. Students examine a financial-ratio analysis for Home Depot that acts as a template to generate a comparable ratio analysis for Lowe’s. The students’ ratio
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Analysis of Case 2-5 Office Depot Leads in Green Abstract The Hawkins and Mothersbaugh’s Office Depot case study outlines the three core areas and 10 key guiding principles for its environmental stewardship (2010‚ pp. 269-270). This paper will summarize Office Depot’s accomplishments to date and determine whether or not consumers are generally aware of these accomplishments. I will also consider whether or not the audit in 2004 performed by PricewaterhouseCooper had an effect on my evaluation
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With Preferred stock‚ there are of a variety of features that can be added to in order to either increase its attractiveness to investors‚ or to make it easier for the issuing company to buy back. Some company uses this to gain access to cash fast and they can control their payback. Preferred stock can have a lot of features add to it but here are the four major categories they will fall into: Callable this feature gives a company the ability to buy back preferred stock on specific dates and at
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institution for the mobilization of finance from the surplus sectors to the deficit sectors. The development of capital market in Nigeria‚ as in other developing countries has been induced by the government. Though prior to the establishment of stock market in Nigeria‚ there existed some less formal market arrangements for the operation of capital market. It was not prominent until the visit of Mr. J. B. Lobynesion in 1959‚ on the invitation of the Federal government‚ to advice on the role the
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Stock exchange A stock exchange is a form of exchange which provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks‚ bonds‚ and other securities. Stock exchanges also provide facilities for issue and redemption of securities and other financial instruments‚ and capital events including the payment of income and dividends. Securities traded on a stock exchange include shares issued by companies‚ unit trusts‚ derivatives‚ pooled investment products and bonds. To be able to trade a security
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things really are. Beliefs tend to be deep set and our values stem from our beliefs Values are about how we have learnt to think things ought to be or people ought to behave‚ especially in terms of qualities such as honesty‚ integrity and openness which when people are asked what are their values tend to be the main values. Attitudes are the established ways of responding to people and situations that we have learned‚ based on the beliefs‚ values and assumptions we hold. How we respond to situation
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Sensex is basically an indicator of the health of the stock markets in India. It is the most popular stock market index in India. It is just a number and the value of Sensex is closely followed by a number of investors‚ promoters‚ market experts‚ brokers and several other stakeholders not only in India but across the world. One can know the relative strength or weakness of the Indian stock market by the movement of Sensex on the Bombay Stock Exchange‚ popularly known as BSE. Sensex is an acronym
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How to inculcate Moral Values in your children When your son or daughter was a toddler‚ did you childproof your home? Perhaps you covered electrical outlets‚ hid sharp objects‚ and barricaded stairways-all in an effort to keep your child safe. If only it were that easy to keep your teenager safe! Now you have greater worries‚ such as: ‘Is my son accessing pornography?’ Is my daughter ‘sexting’ –sending lewd photos of herself via cell phone?’ And the dreaded question ‘Is my teenager sexually active
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