Portfolio Management Strayer University 1.Analyze the relationship between risk and rate of return‚ and suggest how you would formulate a portfolio that will minimize risk and maximize rate of return. The relationship between risk and rate of return is risk determines expected rates of return on every existing asset investment. The Risk-Return relationship is characterized as being a "positive" or "direct" relationship. (Importance of risk
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Facilitator: Michelle Thong Learning Objectives After studying this topic you should be able to: • Explain what is meant by corporate strategy; • Assess the effectiveness of different growth strategies • Evaluate related and unrelated diversification strategies • Assess the use of portfolio analysis • Explain the role of corporate parenting in creating value • Discuss strategy evaluation. Corporate Level Strategy What is Corporate Strategy? Defines the scope of the different industries
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Diversification plays a vital role in the economy of our nation. This paper will provide an example of a well-diversified country versus a poorly diversified country. Nations invest in a variety of financial risks to ensure the security of its investment. Diversification can involve investing in a variety of stocks as well as a variety of bonds. “A portfolio strategy designed to reduce exposure to risk by combining a variety of investments‚ such as stocks‚ bonds‚ and real estate‚ which are unlikely
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In addition‚ diversification strategy is suggested for the Mclays. In the past‚ Mclays adopted the horizontal diversification by acquiring companies like Qualitex Printing Limited and conglomerate diversification by developing the products related to the existing products in the recent past. This is because‚ both strategies are cost effective and profitable options. This is the important prerequisite in the print and digital communications market today as per the environmental audit. Therefore‚
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Introduction Recently‚ I have read Six Chapters of a Floating Life‚ an autobiographical novel by Shen Fu who was a painter and poet during Qing Dynasty. The author is not so famous in the history of literature that I had not learnt about him before my teacher introduced this book to us. However‚ Six Chapters of a Floating Life is worth reading‚ which depicts the author’s life with his wife and without his wife. The version I have read was translated by Yin Yutang and published by Foreign Language
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Today one of the biggest issues in the United States and around the world is our health and what we are eating. Yet‚ when compared to China‚ the United States still has a healthier living style than China. China has quite a few cuisines for different parts in China. Since the foods prepared by different places show strong regional features‚ they are also very different in their tastes. In northwest China the people love sour food; those of southwest China are particular to spicy food; and those from
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The Emperor Kang Xi There were about five thousand years of resplendent civilization in the history of China‚ and 408 emperors (Kuaican) with forty (Dan) different dynasties were parts of it. Those emperors were like the stars of the Milky Way‚ as some of them were regard as real stars because of their feat‚ but some of them were looked as meteors from what they did. There was a twinkling superstar at the Milky Way of Chinese history. His name was Aixinjueluo Xuanye‚ who was also known as the Emperor
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the Uyghur people. He was noticed to be respected and esteemed by Khan‚ who greatly enjoyed hearing Marco’s tales of foreign countries‚ and continuously sent him on informative missions to distant parts of the empire. One such journey took Polo to Yunnan in southwestern China and possibly as far as Tagaung in Myanmar. On another occasion he visited southeastern China‚ later enthusiastically describing the city of Quinsay (now Hangzhou). Separate from the missions he undertook for the emperor‚ Polo
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Merger Strategy-Growth‚ Synergy‚ Operating Synergy‚ Financial Synergy‚ Diversification‚ Other Economic Motives‚ Hubris Hypothesis of Takeovers‚ Other Motives‚ Tax Motives Growth – This is one of the most common motives for mergers. It may be cheaper and less risky for the acquiring company to merge with another provider in a similar line of business than to expand operations internally. It is also much faster to grow by acquisition than internally. Sometimes an organization may have a window
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VIRGIN’S GROUP CORPORATE STRATEGY DIVERSIFICATION 1. Introduction The Virgin Group is one of Britain’s biggest and successful empires in the 21st century. The company has successfully incorporated a great number of diverse industries under the Virgin brand. This includes travel‚ mobile‚ financial services‚ leisure‚ cosmetics‚ retail‚ and music businesses. Virgin has been able to dominate the British market and has therefore continued to rapidly expand into other regions such as the United
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