Numeric Investors Focus: Equity portfolio management‚ security selection‚ institutional fund management‚ bottom-up investment strategies‚ performance evaluation. Assignment Questions 1. What do you think of Numeric as a firm? How are long-short products of Numeric different from its long-only products? Ans: The long-short products involved holding a portfolio of long positions in combination with a portfolio of short positions. For the long positions‚ Numeric would buy “good” stocks
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Suggested Questions for Warren Buffett Case 1. What is the possible meaning of the changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.55 billion gain in Berkshire’s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of PacifiCorp? PacifiCorp had a very large amount of investors/stockholders as indicated in the footnote‚ which contributed to the large increase in Berkshire’s market value of equity
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Savannah Paterson FINAN Case Questions #5 Toys “R” Us LBO 1. What are the risks and merits of the transaction? This LBO transaction has both risk and profit potential. KKR‚ Bain‚ and Vornado Realty Trust face risk because the industry that Toys “R” Us (toys) is currently in‚ the retail toy industry‚ is in a decline. Industry sales have been down 4% in the last year‚ and analysts don’t have a positive projection for future sales in the US. This declining industry‚ and threat of new competitors
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Case 5: Acceptable Pins A company supplies pins in bulk to a customer. The company uses an automatic lathe to produce the pins. Due to many causes-vibrations‚ temperature‚ wear and tear‚ and the like-the lengths of the pins made by the machine are normally distributed with a mean of 1.012 inches and a standard deviation of 0.018 inch. The customer will buy only those pins with lengths in the interval 1.00 ± 0.02 inch. In other words‚ the customer wants the length to be 1.00 inch but will accept
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for 30 marks. Part B accounts for 70 marks. Answer BOTH questions in Part A. Answer TWO questions from Part B. In cases where a student answers more questions than requested by the examination rubric‚ the policy of the Economics Department is that the student’s first set of answers up to the required number will be the ones that count (not the best answers). All remaining answers will be ignored. PART A. Answer BOTH questions in this Part‚ which accounts for 30 marks. Al. Use Phillips
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car that match the butt found on the scene. 2. Should you have read Melinda her rights prior to interviewing her? Why? No‚ at this point of the investigation I am not interrogating her‚ I am merely trying to pin down her alibi for the night in question. 3. Should you continue to look at the papers? Explain. No‚ I should not continue looking at the papers. This is a consented search‚ at any time Melinda can remove her consent. However‚ I might consider getting a search warrant at some point to
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Organizations: Behaviour‚ Structure‚ Processes Pre-sighted examination questions and notes on the examination Semester 3‚ 2013 QUESTIONS Section A Question A1 will be offered in the exam without any change and you will have to answer this question. As a guide‚ approximately three pages long relevant answers should be sufficient for this question. It is worth 20% of the total grade for this course. Question: A1 Analyze and evaluate your syndicate’s development and functioning
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AIH – TAX –ACT304 Assignment – Summer 2014 QUESTION 1: NML Ltd is a public gold mining company that is exploring for gold in the Ballarat and the Bendigo region. Geoff is the managing director and he seeks your advice as to the deductibility of the following expenses which were incurred prior to 30 June 2013: 1. The purchase of gold tenements for $259‚035 which gives the company the right to prospect for gold in that area for three years. 2. The payment of legal fees to settle a dispute
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Written Case Analysis (15% of course grade) Case 22 – Herman Miller Inc. The Reinvention and Renewal of an Iconic Manufacturer of Office Furniture Herman Miller Inc. CEO Brian Walker has employed you as a strategic consultant to evaluate the company’s approaches to executing its strategy and to make strategy-supportive recommendations for improvement. Specifically‚ he has asked you to advise him on what policies and operating practices have worked particularly well and what changes might
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Assignment ‐ I Assignment Code: 2014GM13A1 Last Date of Submission: 15th April 2014 Maximum Marks: 100 Attempt all the questions. All the questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. 1. 2. 3. 4. Section‐A Search through recent newspaper and magazines to find an inspiring story of an Entrepreneur. Prepare short note on Entrepreneur. Distinguish between creativity
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