VALUATION TECHNIQUES Vault Guide to Finance Interviews Valuation Techniques How Much is it Worth? Imagine yourself as the CEO of a publicly traded company that makes widgets. You’ve had a highly successful business so far and want to sell the company to anyone interested in buying it. How do you know how much to sell it for? Likewise‚ consider the Bank of America acquisition of Fleet. How did B of A decide how much it should pay to buy Fleet? For starters‚ you should understand that the value
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Multifactor Models of Risk and Return. (QUESTIONS) 1. Both the capital asset pricing model and the arbitrage pricing theory rely on the proposition that a no-risk‚ no-wealth investment should earn‚ on average‚ no return. Explain why this should be the case‚ being sure to describe briefly the similarities and differences between CAPM and APT. Also‚ using either of these theories‚ explain how superior investment performance can be establish. Answer: Both the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the
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The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company: capital structure‚ valuation‚ and cost of capital Teaching Note Synopsis In June 2002‚ a managing director of an active-investor hedge fund was considering the possible gains from increasing the debt capitalization of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. Wrigley had been conservatively financed and at the date of the case‚ carried no debt. The tasks for the student are to: Estimate the potential change in value from relevering Wrigley using adjusted present value analysis
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How far the Capital Asset Pricing Model has been successful in explaining asset returns‚ defining its approach and assumptions. Semester 2013 Department of Accounting and Finance Lord Ashcroft International Business School Anglia Ruskin University Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………......... 3 What’s Capital Asset Pricing Model…………………………………………………..... 3 1. Definition………………………………………………………………………………
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other fields of finance. For asset pricing‚ the concepts of risk and return‚ and state prices will be introduced as a stepping stone towards the discussions of more advanced topics including the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)‚ the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT)‚ and other more recent asset pricing models. Other topics in finance such as options and behavior finance may also be covered on an optional basis. Besides the theoretical frameworks‚ recent developments in empirical asset pricing and empirical
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CAPITAL ASSET PRICING MODEL The Capital Asset Pricing Model deals with independent investor problems that needs to undergo the procedure of selection of securities involving risks. The investors need to select the most advantageous security that produces the best possible outcome. This model deals with the estimation of securities as well as it links the risk and return (the expected shares). There is a direct relationship and risk and return provides higher expected return from that security
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Beta (b) for Asset "j" is 0.8. c. What do you think the Beta (β) of your portfolio would be if you owned half of all the stocks traded on the major exchanges? Explain. 3. In one page explain what you think is the main ’message’ of the Capital Asset Pricing Model to corporations and what is the main message of the CAPM to investors? 1. For each of the scenarios below‚ explain whether or not it represents a diversifiable or an un-diversifiable risk. Please consider the issues from the viewpoint
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PRICING MODELS Pricing Models Adam F. Thornton FIN 501 – 3 TUI University Dr. William Anderson Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) is one of the fastest growing restaurant chains in the United States. Self proclaimed as “fast-casual‚” CMG offers a dining experience that is unique‚ organic‚ and which draws from the local economy. For the investor‚ CMG is a wise investment for the aggressive and fast growing portion of a portfolio. When determining an appropriate model to evaluate
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Question (2010/2011 Exam – Q7 (section B)): The Capital Asset Pricing Model holds in economies satisfying a certain set of conditions. State four of these conditions and identify why they are essential for the model to hold (you are not expected to derive the entire model but you must identify the steps in the theory where these conditions play an important role). Under 7 sets of key assumptions‚ we know that all agents will hold a particular market portfolio‚ which consists of the same proportion
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Valuation : * Price earnings ratio : DESCRIPTION | Mar-12 | Mar-11 | Mar-10 | Mar-09 | Mar-08 | Price-earnings ratio | 23.04 | 24.23 | 12.71 | 7.25 | 12.17 | This ratio reflects the following factors : growth prospects‚ risk characteristics ‚shareholder orientation ‚corporate image and the degree of liquidity.It indicates company performance and forecast future performance.Ratio is decreasing and it is good sign because investors will get high earnings.But risk will
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