EFB201 Financial Markets Learning Guide EFB201 Learning Guide 1 Workload Expectations The unit has a two-‐hour lecture with a one-‐hour workshop/tutorial each week. QUT Guidelines are that “Eight to 10 hours per unit per week should be spent outside the classroom reading and working on assignments and
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Assessing the risk, return and efficiency of banks’ loans portfolios ∗ Javier Menc´ ıa Bank of Spain June 2008 Preliminary and Incomplete Abstract This paper develops a dynamic model to assess the risk and profitability of loans portfolios. I obtain their risk premia and derive the risk-neutral measure for an exponentially affine stochastic discount factor. I employ mean-variance analysis with a VaR constraint to assess efficiency. Then I compare Spanish institutions in an empirical application, where
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leader in the cruise industry. Based on the external and internal situation analysis the new growth strategy is formulated. The recommendations on the strategy implementation and evaluation are provided by terms of the various strategic theories and models. The projected internationalization strategy may result in the improvement of the financial business situation, by increasing the corporation’s profit margins and shareholder value, and non-financial indicators, for example, brand awareness. Moreover
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND POLICIES FIRST YEAR REQUIRED COURSE PACKET Quarter III, Spring 2010 FACULTY Section I: Section II: Section III: SectionIV: Section V: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND POLICIES Quarter III, Spring 2010 Elena Loutskina Marc Lipson Robert Conroy MarcLipson Elena Loutskina IMPORTANT SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENT: Thursday, February 19 is a DAY LONG exercise that requires your participation until 5:30pm that evening. By compressing the exercise into a single day we were able to designate
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culture of the organization, complexity of the organization's environment, size of the organization, expertise of planners, etc. For example, there are a variety of strategic planning models, including goals-based, issues-based, organic, scenario (some would assert that scenario planning is more of a technique than model). PROFIT AND NON PROFIT ORGANISATION (L O1) When an organization tries to realize better its central mission, it is often important to maintain both line and staff units' integration
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Derivatives are one of the three main categories of financial instruments, the other two being equities (i.e. stocks) and debt (i.e. bonds and mortgages). Derivatives include a variety of financial contracts, including futures, forwards, swaps, options, and variations of these such as caps, floors, collars, and credit default swaps. Most derivatives are traded over-the-counter (off-exchange) or on an exchange while most insurance contracts have developed into a separate industry. Many money managers
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Candlesticks are formed using the open, high, low and close. • If the close is above the open, then a hollow candlestick (usually displayed as white) is drawn. • If the close is below the open, then a filled candlestick (usually displayed as black) is drawn. • The hollow or filled section of the candlestick is called the “real body” or body. • The thin lines poking above and below the body display the high/low range and are called shadows. • The top of the upper shadow is the “high”.
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[pic] Ecole Supérieure Libre des Sciences Commerciales Appliquées Review of Literature Behavioral Finance Presented to Dr. Mohamed EL-Hennawy Group Assignment Prepared By Albert Naguib Noha Samir Wael Shams EL-Din Moshira Gamil Marie Zarif January 2012 | TABLE OF CONTENTS | |
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NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE OF INDIA LIMITED Test Details: Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Name of Module Fees (Rs.) Test Duration (in minutes) 120 120 120 120 120 120 105 105 120 120 120 120 120 No. of Questions 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 100 Maximum Marks 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Pass Certificate Marks Validity (%) (in years) 50 50 50 50 50 50 60 50 60 60 60 60 50 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 3 3 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
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Manuscript: Debt Instruments and Markets MBA Course B40.3333 David Backus Stern School of Business New York University New York NY 10012-1126 Working Draft: No Guarantees August 27, 1998 Home page: http: www.stern.nyu.edu ~dbackus Contents Preface 1 Debt Instruments 1.1 Overview : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1.2 The Instruments : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : v 1 1 2 I Instruments with Fixed Payments 2
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