| Short Selling | | Working‚ Dynamics and Opinions | FIM – Spring 2011 Authored by: Muhammad Fahad Raza & Muneeb Shahid Short Selling Working‚ Dynamics and Opinions Contents What is Short Selling? 2 History 2 Working 2 Dynamics 3 Factors Influencing the Short Selling Process 3 Pure Intuition 3 Market Correction 3 Inside Information 3 Advantages of Short Selling 4 Disadvantages of Short Selling 4 Short Selling in US 5 Short Selling in Pakistan (ISE) 6 What is Short
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Biovail Corporation Issues : 1) The company has the problem with their recognition of the profit Whether they should realize or not the revenue for the third quarter. 2) Issues on the concepts of revenue recognition that have been apply in the company to show their financial results. Whether Biovail Corporation recognize its revenue using FOB shipping point or FOB destination. Suggested Solution 1) FOB Destination shipping term The truck accident had no impact on company’s third quarter
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short sales and “naked short” sales(裸卖空) The difference between short sales and “naked” short sales is that in “naked” short sales investors fail to deliver securities on due‚ while in short sales the delivery and selling are almost simultaneous (T+3). Short Sales1 (SEC definition) A short sale is the sale of a stock that an investor does not own or a sale which is consummated by the delivery of a stock borrowed by‚ or for the account of‚ the investor. Short sales are normally settled by the delivery
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Biovail Case‚ Question 1 1. How many truckloads of product are actually required to carry $10 million of product? Show your calculations. Given: a. 1 Wellbutrin XL tablet is estimated to be 1.5 cm3 (this includes the packing space) b. A 18-wheeler trailer dimensions are: 17m x 4.5m x 2.5m Since the tablet and the trailer are using different units of measurements we need to convert the trailer dimensions to centimeters before we can calculate the volumes. To convert meters into centimeters
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Table of Contents 1.0 Abstract Biovail Corporation‚ a large pharmaceutical company and had applied advanced drug-delivery technologies to improve the clinical effectiveness of medicines. It is recently had its stock downgraded by a well-known pharmaceutical analyst and a number of other analysts were also scrutinizing the company. The outcome was not favorable‚ as Biovail ’s acquisition methods were labeled as unethical and their accounting practices were questioned
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rectangular prism = a x b x c Volume= 1‚700 x 450 x 250 Volume = 191‚250‚000 cm3 c. To find out how many Wellbutrin XL tablets fit into a trailer 1.5x=191‚250‚000 X=127‚500‚000 d. How much revenue does Biovail get from a single pill ? 400% 35% $2.83 Biovail → Distributor → Wholesaler → Retailer 0.52 ← 2.10 / 400% ← 2.83/1.35%=2.10 127‚500‚000 x 0.52= $6‚630‚000 One truck can definately carry $10 million worth of Wellbutrin XL tablet product. 2. How should the
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Biovail Case Part 1: Assumptions: 1. The mark-up is from the Distributor to the Wholesaler‚ and the margin is from the Wholesaler to the Retailer Biovail Distributor purchase price Wholesaler purchase price = Distributor purchase price + 400% mark-up Retailer price = Wholesaler price + 35% margin 2. We don’t know the excess space needed in the truck for the 64 gallon drums so we assumed that the 1.00 cm3 accounts for the excess space
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Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION Biovail Corporation was one of the Canada’s largest pharmaceutical publicly traded companies which expert in the development and large scale of manufacturing of pharmaceutical products. Biovail Company engaged activities on enhance formulate of the existing drugs‚ clinical testing‚ manufacture and commercial pharmaceutical products and utilized advanced drug delivery technologies. In the case‚ on September 30‚ 2003 there was a truck carrying a shipment
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Table of Contents Executive Summary Biovail Corporation‚ a major Canadian pharmaceutical company listed on the New York Stock Exchange‚ announces that it will miss its quarterly earnings target by $25 to $45 million‚ blaming $10 to $15 million of the shortfall on a truck accident involving a shipment that left its facility on the last day of the quarter. The case was ultimately prosecuted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The case is centered on the question
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revenues for Biovail. The title of goods shifted to the distributor at the point of shipment‚ so Biovail has completed the required work per the contract‚ and can recognize revenue. This is assuming that the agreed upon amount was shipped‚ which can be proven by a packing slip or any other shipping documentation. In a circumstance like this‚ Biovail will likely undergo an audit with extreme scrutiny to ensure all terms of the contract were fully carried out. However‚ if Mr. Crombie (Biovail CFO) was
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