NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL FIN 3102 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management Luis Goncalves-Pinto / Sem 1‚ AY 14/15 Practice Problems #1 1. You sell short 100 shares of Loser Co. at a market price of $45 per share. What is your maximum possible loss? Explain. 2. The investment bank you work for is writing its annual investments newsletter and you are in charge of the international markets outlook for next year. To prepare your section‚ you collect data on yearly
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Fundamentals of Investments‚ 5th edition Jordan and Miller Chapter 1 A Brief History of Risk and Return Concept Questions 1. For both risk and return‚ increasing order is b‚ c‚ a‚ d. On average‚ the higher the risk of an investment‚ the higher is its expected return. 2. Since the price didn’t change‚ the capital gains yield was zero. If the total return was four percent‚ then the dividend yield must be four percent. 3. It is impossible to lose more than –100 percent of your investment. Therefore
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Mandy 9943018 Laurana 9853047 Cristine A Formula for Economic Calamity一帖經濟蕭條的解藥? The market crash of 2008 that plunged the world into the economic recession from which it is still reeling had many causes. One of them was mathematics. Financial investment firms had developed such complex ways of investing their clients’ money that they came to rely on arcane formulas to judge the risks they were taking on. Yet as we learned so painfully three years ago‚ those formulas‚ or models‚ are only pale reflections
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year 2010‚ foreign institutional investors (FIIs) shareholding rose to the highest level since Indian markets opened up to foreign investment in 1993. In addition‚ strong corporate earnings had made India the top investment destination in 2010. As India is the second fastest growing major economy in the world after China‚ it is likely to attract higher investments in the future. Although the growth potential outlook for India remains positive‚ it is susceptible to correction due to is top priced
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1 Elasticity of Demand The demand of any product depends on the pricing strategy being followed by the company as well as other factors like nature of product i.e. necessity or luxury‚ availability of substitutes‚ switching cost etc. If the product is a necessity usually it has an inelastic demand. Inelastic demand refers to the situation where one unit increase or decrease in the product’s price cause less than one dollar change in the units demanded of that product (Kreps‚ D. M. 1990). If product
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10%. Each stock carries its own weight. B. What would have to be true for Microsoft’s equity cost of capital to be equal to 10%? In order for Microsoft’s equity cost of capital to be 10% its beta will have to be 1. 4. Suppose all possible investment opportunities in the world are limited to the five stocks listed in the table below. What does the market portfolio consist of (what are the portfolio weights)? Stock Price/Share ($) Number of Shares Outstanding (millions) A
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An investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals‚ corporations‚ and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or acting as the client’s agent in the issuance of securities. An investment bank may also assist companies involved in mergers and acquisitions‚ and provide ancillary services such as market making‚ trading of derivatives‚ fixed income instruments‚ foreign exchange‚ commodities‚ and equity securities. Unlike commercial banks and retail banks‚ investment banks
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The Future of Investment Banking The era of investment-banking (IB) post-economic crisis of 2008 will see increasingly modest returns and a much meeker future. Returns on equity (ROE)‚ a standard measure of profitability‚ once routinely ranged from 20-25%‚ have now halved to 13% and will continue to plummet to 6-9% by 2017 with the incorporation of new regulations. These regulations will fundamentally change the face of IB. Higher capital standards will force banks to shrink their balance sheets—making
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Chapter 4 FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FDI is the outcome of Mutual interest of MNC’s and host countries. The FDI refers to the investment of MNC’’ in host countries in the form of creating productive facilities and having ownership and control. On the other hand if MNC or a foreign organization or a foreign individual buys bonds issued by host country it is not FDI‚ as it has no attached management or controlling interest. Such investments are called Portfolio Investments. In developing countries
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and valuation assertions associated with investments in the form of observable market prices‚ details of values in the underlying investments or audited financial statements of the alternative investments. The type of evidence that we would like to review to determine whether BLMIS had purchased investment securities would include investment contracts and invoices. The type of evidence that we would like to review to determine whether BLMIS had sold investment securities would include invoices‚ and
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