Compare and contrast CAPM and APT? Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and arbitrage pricing theory (APT) are both methods of assessing an investment's risk in relation to its potential reward and whether the potential investment yield is worthwhile. CAPM developed by Sharpe 1964. The basic theory behind this model is that investor needs to be compensated for Time Value of Money and the risk that they are taking. The time value of money is represented by the risk-free (rf) rate in the formula
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regions, and territories. Effective September 16, 2013, Google Inc acquired Bump Technologies Inc. Effective October 22, 2013, Google Inc acquired FlexyCore, a developer of software. Effective December 6, 2013, Google Inc acquired the entire share capital of SCHAFT Inc. Effective December 14, 2013, Google Inc acquired Boston Dynamics Inc. Effective January 15, 2014, Google Inc acquired Impermium Corp, a developer of SaaS application software. Effective February 7, 2014, Google Inc acquired the remaining
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WEEK 3 Homework * * * What is the relationship between a firm’s life cycle stage and its ability to accurately forecast sales? Why is this the case, and how do capital suppliers respond? Why is so much emphasis placed on forecasting sales and cash balances in building proformas and projections? * * * Professor, class, * * There is a tight relationship between a firm's life cycle stage and its ability to accurately forecast sales. The earlier a venture is at its
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using the CAPM model to make long term assumptions about real return, risk, and correlations of the twelve asset classes it has created and - using the Mean Variance Optimization method (MVO) to find the set of portfolios that would provide the maximum expected return for a given level of risk and, conversely, the minimum risk for a given level of expected return (“the efficient frontier” of possible combinations of asset classes). To infer variance and covariance of each asset class and estimate
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Midland Energy Resources Case Analysis Midland Energy Capital Planning Model • Fund significant overseas growth • As domestic natural resources dwindle, overseas investments are the main drivers of growth for Midland. These investments are analyzed and evaluated is US dollars (foreign cash flows are converted to US dollars) and have a US dollar discount rate applied to them. In 2006, 77.7% of Midland’s total earnings from equity affiliates came from non-US investments. • Invest in value
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is merely a guide of the material covered and is not intended to include answers to exam questions. Exam 1: Chapters 1-7 Terminology & Concepts • See lecture slides and homework • Financial system functions and goals • Types of assets, physical, financial, … • Debt, money market, notes, bond, government debt, sovereign debt • Types of US government debt, mortgage backed securities • Equities, common, preferred, warrants • Pooled investment securities, nav, open-end
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technical risk ratios; A positive alpha of 1.0 means the fund has outperformed its benchmark index by 1%. Correspondingly, a similar negative alpha would indicate an underperformance of 1%. The Jensen index, or alpha, bears some relation to the capital asset pricing model, or CAPM. The CAPM equation is used to identify the required return of an investment; it is often used to evaluate realized performance for a diversified portfolio. Because it's assumed that the portfolio being evaluated is a diversified
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systematic risk (non-diversifiable risk) of a stock. Mysterious as it may sound, it can be easily found out by regressing the stock’s monthly excess return (return in excess of risk free rate) on market monthly excess return according to the following model: R_it-R_ft=α_i+β_i (R_mt-R_ft )+e_it Equivalently Equivalently the dependent variable Y the independently variable X where, R_it is the return of stock i on month t; R_ft is the risk free return on month t, normally a 3-month treasury
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multinational firms have become preeminent. The distinguishing characteristic of the MNC is its emphasis on global, rather than affiliate, performance. Specifically, MNCs ask, "Where in the world should we build our plants, sell our products, raise capital, and hire personnel?" Thus the true multinational is characterized more by attitude than the physical reality of an integrated system of marketing and production activities worldwide. It involves looking beyond the boundaries of the home country,
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expected rate of return on the firm's assets by enough to completely compensate for the higher risk. a. True b. False (2.2) Risk aversion Answer: a Diff: E [vi]. When investors require higher rates of return for investments that demonstrate higher variability of returns, this is evidence of risk aversion. a. True b. False (2.3) CAPM and risk Answer: a Diff: E [vii]. One key result of applying the Capital Asset Pricing Model is that the risk and return of an individual
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