Investment Banking in 2008 (A): Rise and Fall of the Bear 1. What role did Bear’s culture play in its positioning vis-à-vis its competitors‚ and what role might that culture have played in its demise? Bear Stearns played a risky role with the promise of high returns. Bear was participating in the LTCM and created a bubble. Bear’s competitors recognized and hedged against risk by participating in the buyout while Bear Stearns ignored the bullish market. Other banks hired both externally as well
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FINANCIAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES Before starting to explain the details of investing is necessary to be clear about the aspect I believe is the most important into every business activity: The Knowledge. The knowledge is the factor that puts an investor into a better position respect than another one‚ knowing what is surrounding you and how it works is vital in order to make a successful business activity‚ specially investing. No big countries will exist without big companies and societies
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Warf Computers Financial Cash Flow $ Thousands Cash Flow of the Firm Operating Cash Flow $1‚322 Capital Spending $810 Additions to net working capital $170 Total $342 Cash Flow to investors in the firm Debt $81 Equity $261 Total $342 Warf Computers Accounting Cash Flow Statement $ Thousands Operations Net Income $896 Depreciation $191 Deferred Taxes $130 Changes in Taxes and Liabilities Accounts receivable $37 Inventories $17 Accounts
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FTX4086F ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS TIME: 180 MINUTES 4 June 2012 MARKS: 140 PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY: 1. PLEASE DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE OVER UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO. 2. Ensure that your name and student number appears on the cover of each Answer Book. Please complete this before the test commences. 3. Each Section is to be answered in a separate answer book and the answer book must be clearly marked. 4. All Answers must be done in ink‚
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Capital markets:Meaning: Capital markets are markets where people‚ companies‚ and governments withmore funds than they need (because they save some of their income) transfer those funds to people‚ companies‚ or governments who have a shortage of funds(because they spend more than their income). Stock and bond markets are twomajor capital markets. Capital markets promote economic efficiency bychannelling money from those who do not have an immediate productive use for it to those who do.Capital markets
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FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DECISION MAKING REGARDING THE INDIVIDUAL INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR: AN ASSESSMENT CHAPTER 1 Introduction Investor behavior of behavioral finance concentrates on irrational behavior that can affect investment decision and market prices. It attempts to better understand and explain how emotions and cognitive errors influence investors and the decision-making process. In global financial markets the use of approaches based on perfect predictions‚ completely flexible prices‚ and
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What do you consider to be the most important factor contributing to globalisation? Globalisation is the widening‚ deepening and speeding up of global interconnection‚ and growth of the Earth. It can also be described as growth on a global or worldwide scale. For example the growth of economies‚ power within a country and also down to a company in that country. There are many factors contributing to globalisation; however there are three main sections‚ split up between political‚ economic and cultural
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Capital Budgeting: Net Present Value vs Internal Rate of Return (Relevant to AAT Examination Paper 4 – Business Economics and Financial Mathematics) Y O Lam Capital budgeting assists decision makers in a company evaluate multiple investments of the company’s capital. Capital budgeting is used to plan for the acquisitions of other companies‚ for the development of new product lines of business‚ for the expansion of the existing production plants or for the replacement worn-out equipment‚ and
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new major investment suggests that big auto finance actors are not afraid of making the switch from hunted to hunter. In another disruptor-disrupted role-inversion‚ Ford announced a investment $182.2 in Pivotal today‚ a San Francisco-headquartered and cloud-based software platform firm‚ in a bid to enhance its software development capabilities to quicken the return on innovative projects. This represents Ford’s concerted efforts to bifurcate into a bi-functional auto and mobility company. Ford will
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Investment Appraisal Investment: Spending money into something with an expectation of making profit/ increasing wealth in the future Investment Appraisal: Is a process of evaluating the attractiveness of an investment proposal using various techniques/methods‚ Methods Payback period Accounting rate of return (ARR – ROCE) Investment appraisal Internal rate of return (IRR) Pay Back Period (PBP) The Payback Period (PBP) - The time taken
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