MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY Faculty of Business and Economics AFIN828 International Investment and Risk Assignment Semester 1 / 2013 1) Using the price series provided in the spreadsheet assignment_data.xls calculate the monthly returns for Westpac (WBK)‚ Wesfarmers (WES) and Rio Tinto (RIO) for the considered time period from January 2nd‚ 2012 to January 1st‚ 2013. (25 Marks) a) Considering a possible investment in WBK and WES‚ calculate the mean (monthly) return‚ the standard deviation of return and
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The Investment bank is the financial institution which assists the governments‚ corporations and the individuals in raising the capital by acting or underwriting as the agent of the client in issuance of securities. The investment bank can also help the companies which are involved in acquisitions and mergers‚ and offer ancillary services like the trading of the derivatives‚ market making‚ foreign exchanges‚ instruments of the fixed income‚ equity securities and commodities. Unlike the retail
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Factors Affecting Foreign Direct Investment Location in the Petrochemicals Industry‚ the case of Saudi Arabia By Fawaz Binsaeed 0531820 BBS Doctoral Symposium 23rd & 24th March 2009 1 Factors Affecting Foreign Direct Investment Location in the Petrochemicals Industry‚ The case of Saudi Arabia Abstract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is an important source of capital and economic growth in developing countries. It provides a package of new technologies‚ management techniques
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[Type text] [Type text] [Type text] FIRST INVESTMENTS‚ INC.: ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CARLOS VILLICANA THURSDAY OCTOBER 23RD‚ 2014 MACC 6753 - FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS DANA MCLENDON‚ MBA WEEK 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Basic Industries is a diversified multinational corporation with major shares in various electric related markets. There is stock that has been held since the early 1980s and we have been asked to analyze and evaluate the past 10 years of data to either sell or continue
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depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities‚ read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Mayo‚ H. B. (2012). Basic finance: An introduction to financial institutions‚ investments‚ and management (10th ed.). Mason‚ OH: South-Western. Titman‚ S.‚ Keown‚ A. J.‚ & Martin‚ J. D. (2011). Financial management: Principles and applications (11th ed.). Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall. All electronic materials are
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International dispatches from Independent correspondents. Accessed on 1 March 2012 at http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/12/01/tescoand-wal-mart-fuel-indian-political-crisis/ Government of India. 2010. Issue of Discussion Paper on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in MultiBrand Retail Trading. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion‚ Ministry of Commerce & Industry. Guruswamy‚ Mohan and Sharma‚ Kamal. 2006.FDI in Retail-II: Inviting more Trouble? [report online]. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Alternatives
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Lecture-5 Assembly Line Balancing Dr. Dileep S. More Operations Management Group IIM Calcutta Objectives • Understand the concept of assembly line balancing • Study a general procedure to balance the line • Study advantages of line balancing Introduction • The first movable assembly line was created by Ford to manufacture the Ford Model T • Ford installed a capstan and a thick cable to move the cars between assembly stations Ford’s assembly line concept A Line with Multi Operators
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POM Assembly line history The assembly line is a process in which workers are put in order to assemble the parts faster to finish the product. This process affected the industrial revolution in a great manner. The companies were able to construct their products faster and satisfying the demand that was needed at that time. Many companies try to perfect the process in different manners. Then‚ Ford Company was the first in creating a moving assemble line. After that ford was the leader in selling
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Waiting line management: unit 11. The waiting line is a list of customers who remains waiting for getting certain goods or services from service center. Understanding waiting lines or queues and learning how to manage them is one of the most important areas in operation management. In organizations or in personal life‚ there are examples of processes which generates waiting lines or queues. Such waiting lines occur because the current services facility is insufficient to provide service at that
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Stretching their way across the Peruvian desert‚ the Nasca lines are one of the greatest mysteries in Latin America. The Nasca lines- or Geoglyphs are colossal lines carved into the earth and are believed to have been created over two thousand years ago by the ancient people of Nasca. Due to the dry and windless climate‚ the Nasca lines have remained remarkably preserved through time. A continuous line makes geometric shapes and animal figures‚ some as long as two hundred meters. The technology
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