The Role of Risk management in the managing price Volatility in the Global oil and Gas Market Energy is a basic requirement for all human activity. A main characteristic of every culture and society throughout history has been the way in which it has used the energy resource at its disposal‚ and the per capital consumption of energy is the common measurement of its level of development. The oil and gas market are the driving force of the global economy and accounts for an ample of the world’s
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closing prices of the stock given to you. Get adjusted closing prices. Daily and weekly prices should be for one financial year. Monthly prices should be for 2 years. E.g. FY 2011-2012 and FY 2010-11. Compute annualized return and risk. DATA | ANNUALIZED RETURN | ANNUALIZED RISK | Weekly | -16.952 | 36.449 | Daily | -16.241 | 39.347 | Monthly | -11.21 | 30.209 | Comparing this with a suitable peer company‚ Company | Annualized return | Annualized risk | JSP | -11.2154 | 30.209 | TATA
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1. Convert prices to total return (% change in the price) = (Pt – Pt-1) / Pt-1 2. Remove outliers – sort data and remove anything +/- 20% 3. Calculate historical average and historical risk X-BAR = Σx/n Calculate the sum of the total return and divide by the number of observations • Variance = σ2 = Σ(x – x bar) 2 / (n-1) Fix X-BAR‚ double click to apply to all dates‚ get the sum‚ divide by (n-1) Risk = σ = √σ = SQRT(Variance) = standard deviation 4. Average Matrix Excel Options
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CHAPTER 22 estimating risk and return on assets 1. WHAT IS RISK? Risk is the variability of an asset’s future returns. When only one return is possible‚ there is no risk. When more than one return is possible‚ the asset is risky. The greater the variability‚ the greater the risk. 2. RISK – RETURN RELATIONSHIP Investment risk is related to the probability of actually earning less than the expected return – the greater the chance of low or negative returns‚ the riskier the investment
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Risk and return are most important concepts in finance. Risk and return concepts are basic to the understanding of the valuation of assets or securities. Return expresses the amount which an investor actually earned on an investment during a certain period. Return includes the interest‚ dividend and capital gains: while risk represents the uncertainty associated with a particular task. In financial terms‚ risk is the chance or probability that a certain investment may or may not deliver the actual/expected
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contributed to their rate of extinction. These factors include: climate change‚ oil spills‚ unmanaged coastal development‚ illegal trade‚ human consumption‚ and predators. According to the WorldWildlife webpage‚ “Incidental capture by fishing gear is the greatest threat to most sea turtles‚ especially endangered loggerheads‚ greens and leatherbacks. This threat is increasing as fishing activity expands” (wwf.org). Upon my research‚ I found another surprising factor that is currently contributing to
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Name : SADBA Title Of The Course : Investment and Fund Management Date of Submission : 15 November 2012 Instructor Name : Mr. Johnson Yang TABLE OF CONTENT Title Page……………………………………………………1 Content…………………………………………………...…2 Problem…………………………………………………...3-4 Answers…………………………………………………..5-7 Problem: The Financial advisor’s investment case: Inferior investment alternatives Although investing requires the individual to bear risk‚ the risk can be controlled through the construction of diversified
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government in the country’s own currency is often considered "risk free". However‚ risks can be more suffered when it comes to foreign national debt Firstly‚ ‚ the market interest rate tends to be unstable and different for debts of different countries‚ which is a practical problem to both the debt in the country’s own currency and the foreign purchasers. Secondly‚ policies in the other countries can be unstable which can be anything but risk-free to the foreign purchasers. Examples of this phenomenon
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Analysis on Mutual fund as a mode of investment to reduce the Market risk SUBMITTED BY: Raghav Vashist: 10BBL061 UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF Dr. Pranav Saraswat SUBMITTED TO INSTITUTE OF LAW‚ NIRMA UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC YEAR 2012-2013 CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION A Mutual Fund is a trust that pools the savings of a number of investors who share a common financial goal. The money thus collected is then invested in capital market instruments such as shares‚ debentures and other securities. The income
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Finance Class 3 Risk and Return 1. A share of stock of Beta Plc is selling for £50. A financial analyst summarises the uncertainty about the rate of return on the stock by specifying three possible scenarios: Business condition End-of-year price Annual dividend High growth £68 £2.5 Normal growth £54 £1.5 No growth £45 £0.5 Assuming all three scenarios are equally likely‚ calculate: a) the expected holding-period return; b) the variance and standard deviation of the holding-period return; c) the
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