INVESTIGATING MUTUAL FUNDS IN GHANA: IT’S RISK‚ RETURN AND PERFORMANCE ABSTRACT Over the years‚ investors have been attracted to mutual funds. This study seeks to do an-depth analysis of the Ghanaian mutual fund industry between the years 2006 and 2010. An exhaustive literature review on mutual funds and portfolio diversification will be conducted. An assessment of the performance of mutual funds will be done using the Sharpe and Sortino ratios as well as the Jensen Alpha. Comparisons will be made
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The Glass Menagerie and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? The Glass Menagerie was written by Tennessee Williams and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape was written by Peter Hedges. The first main difference between these two works is that The Glass Menagerie was a memory play that premiered in 1944 and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape was a novel in 1991 that was later adapted into a film in 1993. The main factor in The Glass Menagerie is that the characters and the story mimic the author’s own life‚ which he
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“Imagination‚ the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature‚ should be limited. In order to enjoy life‚ we should not enjoy it too much.” Vladimir Nabokov (Russian novelist) once stated. In the novel What’s Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges Gilbert Grape the son of Bonnie Grape and the late Albert Grape in Endora‚ Iowa and he works as a grocery clerk‚ he tends to be impulsive‚ immature‚ and enclosed to himself during the book. He goes through tough times in the house when he’s the man
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Yale’s $8 billion man David Swensen has made better returns for Yale than any portfolio manager at any university. He has a word of advice: don’t try this at home. by Marc Gunther ’73 July/August 2005 Marc Gunther is author of Faith and Fortune: The Quiet Revolution to Reform American Business and senior writer at Fortune magazine. Last spring‚ Yale president Richard C. Levin ’74PhD held a cocktail reception for David F. Swensen ’80PhD‚ who was celebrating his 20th year as Yale’s chief investment
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Beta Management Summary of facts: Beta Management is new‚ small mutual fund that is run by Ms. Wolfe. She has recently begun to work full time at her mutual fund due to its increasing growth. With the fund’s increasing growth over the past year Ms. Wolfe has started to have inquiries from larger mutual funds wanting her to manage some of their money. Ms. Wolfe does not have much experience in managing money and needs some advice on how to deal with the larger institutions. Problem: Beta Management
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Solution to Derivatives Markets: for Exam FM Yufeng Guo June 24‚ 2007 www.guo.coursehost.com c °Yufeng Guo ii Contents Introduction 1 Introduction to derivatives 2 Introduction to forwards and options vii 1 7 29 79 129 141 3 Insurance‚ collars‚ and other strategies 4 Introduction to risk management 5 Financial forwards and futures 8 Swaps iii CONTENTS CONTENTS www.guo.coursehost.com c °Yufeng Guo iv Preface This is Guo’s solution to Derivatives Markets (2nd edition ISBN 0-321-28030X)
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References: 1. Agarwal V‚ N.D Daniel‚ and N.Y Naik. “Role of Managerial Incentives and Discretion in Hedge Fund Performance.” Journal of Finance (2009). 2 3. Lionel Martellini‚ Philippe Priaulet‚ Stéphane Priaulet (2003) “Fixed-income securities: valuation‚ risk management and portfolio strategies”‚ Pages 214 – 216. 7. Davis Stevenson. “Adventrous investor
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based around real life events from the past. Movies released based on holidays in particular‚ can give the world visions of stereotypical American families that live and interact with one another unrealistically. Pieces Of April‚ directed by Peter Hedges‚ gives audiences a realistic example of how Thanksgiving can patch up holes between relatives and bring a family closer together. April‚ (the main character)‚ shows audiences the positive transitions of her own identity throughout the film‚ as she
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Question 1 Susan Plumb is the supervisor of her firm’s research department. Her firm has been seeking the mandate to underwrite Wings Industries’ proposed secondary stock offering. Without mentioning that the firm is seeking the mandate‚ she asks Jack Dawson to analyze Wings common stock and prepare a research report. After reasonable effort‚ Dawson produces a favorable report on Wings stock. Plumb then adds a footnote describing the underwriting relationship with Wings and disseminates the report
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1. What is a momentum investment strategy? Momentum is the phenomenon that stocks which have performed well in the past will continue to perform well in the future‚ and that stocks which have performed poorly will continue to perform poorly. Therefore a momentum investment strategy is to invest in short term portfolios that have high returns in the past‚ and to short those with low returns over the same period. 2. Analyze these portfolios. By analyzing monthly returns of all 10 portfolios from
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