Investment Journal 1 ( 11th Nov to 17th Nov) For the first week of investment‚ I was looking through the net for news regarding property (real estate) companies that are listed on the SGX. What I was looking for was a stable and reputable company that is well known in the market. The stock that managed to catch my eye was Wing Tai. http://sbr.com.sg/stocks/more-news/wing-tai-grabs-crown-best-performing-property-stock In the above article dated 14 Jan 2013‚ it shows that Wing Tai is the best
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Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Overview Since prehistoric time‚ human are using the gold in trading and value keeping asset. Even current financial activities are always surrounding by the gold issue. The ancient treated the gold as the true form of wealth. Gold has been using early in 4000 B.C as a fashion decorative object in where today Eastern Europe is centred. In 1500 B.C the gigantic gold-bearing regions of Nubia made Egypt a wealthy nation (National Mining Association). By the time the gold
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PERSONAL INVESTMENT PLANNING FOR THE MALAYSIAN INVESTOR CONTENTS Part 1 - Understanding Investments What is an investment? Types of investments Part II - Financial Planning Assess your own financial situation Diversify your investments Your risk profile Rational thinking Monitor your investments Do ’s and don ’t of investing wisely Be mindful of some trading rules Part 1 - Understanding Investments What is an investment? Many of us think of interest-bearing deposits or fixed deposits when we
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Literature review 3 2.1. ROI Case Study: IBM- November 2012 (Nucleus Research) 3 3. Methodology 4 4. Analysis 5 4.1. Adani Power 5 4.2. Torrent Power 6 5. Conclusion 7 1. Introduction An investment is an exposure of cash that has the objective of producing cash inflows in the future. The worthiness of an investment is measured by how much cash the investment is expected to generate. The analysis of Return on Investment (ROI) is a financial
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Penta ltd (Investment appraisal) Introduction What is investment appraisal? It is the activity responsible for carrying out a cost benefit analysis to justify capital expenditure for a new investment. Capital investment decisions are those decisions that make current outlays in return for a stream of benefits in future years. . The characteristic of many investments is risk and uncertainty. many organisations prefer to avoid high risk investments but may consider these investments if they
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Alex Sharpe’s Portfolio Student Assignment 1. Returns and Risk Estimate and compare the returns and variability (i.e. annual standard deviation over the past five years) of Reynolds and Hasbro with that of the S&P 500 Index. Which stock appears to be riskiest? Reynolds appears to be the riskiest stock based on the returns and variability alone currently holding the highest average return out of two at 1.87%. With their higher return rate over the three they also hold the highest standard
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INVESTMENT AVENUES 1.1 INTRODUCTION TO INVESTMENT The money one earns is partly spent and the rest is saved for meeting future expenses‚ instead of keeping savings idle one may like to use savings in order to get returns on it in the future‚ this is called as investment. In an economic sense‚ an investment is the purchase of goods that are not consumed today but are used in the future to create wealth. In finance‚ an investment is a monetary asset purchased with the idea that the asset will provide
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24/02/2013 1 25721 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Lecturers: Sean Anthonisz Nadima El-Hassan Jianxin Wang Brandon Zhu Subject Coordinator: Jianxin Wang Objectives 2 Why do you take this subject? What do you expect to learn? How much did you pay for this subject? Is this a good investment? Investment Decisions 3 How much should I invest in risky assets? How much should I invest in different risky assets? How many risky assets should I hold? When not to diversify? How to determine
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What is Investment Banking “A specific division of banking related to the creation of capital for other companies. Investment banks underwrite new debt and equity securities for all types of corporations. Investment banks also provide guidance to issuers regarding the issue and placement of stock.” An investment bank is a financial institution that helps companies take new bond or stock issues to market‚ usually acting as the intermediary between the issuer and investors. In addition to the services
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FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN CUBA: THE LIMITS OF COMMERCIAL ENGAGEMENT María C. Werlau Since the collapse of the Soviet Bloc‚ the Cuban government embarked on economic liberalization based on the adoption of capitalist mechanisms which include an opening to foreign investment. This has led to increasing claims abroad that engagement— particularly commercial engagement within the context of constructive engagement1 —is the policy instrument that will lead to economic and political reform and the
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