2, and 3 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Xiaohui Gao Bakshi Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Portfolio theory I - Risk and return Portfolio theory II – Efficient diversification The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) Empirical tests of CAPM Market efficiency Midterm review Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7.1 & 7.2 Chapter 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 Chapter 8 Midterm Exam: October 30, Thursday (tentative schedule) Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13
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Investments Fall 2014 Case Discussion Questions Instructor: Professor Edward H. Chow 周行一 Case study: financial bubble Case: Trouble with a bubble (9-808-067) 1. Why did Irving Fisher believe that stock prices had reached a permanently high plateau? 2. Why did the stock market crash in 1929? 3. Why did influential individuals like Fisher, Keynes and Rockefeller believe that the downturn would only be temporary? Case study: investment banking business and global financial crisis
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▪ Career Objective To work in an organization where my educational and intellectual capabilities will be used to further enhance the growth of the organization, take advantage of every positive opportunity to LEARN, GROW and EXCEL on chosen career. ▪ Education 2014 Postgraduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management & Logistics ▪ Summary of 2010 Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Management Qualification
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| 123.78% | 192.57% | 344.43% | From the case, we can know that Microsoft outsold its nearest competitor several time to be the most profitable large public corporation in the world, and dominated two critical segments of the personal computer market, operating system and applications software. From the charts, we can find that when we take the excess cash and marketable securities out, the adjusted ROE decrease a lot. In 1985, the decreased ratio is 48.36%, while in 1994, the ratio is 322.67%
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as they relate to the financial statements of any U.S. public company of your choice in its latest annual report. You can find the financial statements of any U.S. public company by visiting Morningstar, Yahoo Finance or MSN Money, and using the stock market symbol for your chosen company (which can be looked up on Morningstar, Yahoo Finance or MSN Money). If you work for a U.S. public company, you may want to use the financial statements of your company - but the choice is up to you. It is useful
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fold increase within one year of operations Conceiving and developing channels for distribution and marketing of existing and new products, established channel partnerships with 10 leading wealth managers in India. Conceptualized, researched, market-tested and launched five new, successful products in one year. Leading the business development team and enhancing their skills levels to take on independent decisions.
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that the primary objective of financial management is to maximize the intrinsic value of a firm’s stock. We also saw that stock values depend on the timing of the cash flows investors expect from an investment—a dollar expected sooner is worth more than a dollar expected further in the future. Therefore, it is essential for financial managers to understand the time value of money and its impact on stock prices. In this chapter we will explain exactly how the timing of cash flows affects asset values
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living a very thrifty life and by investing in common stocks. Ralph had worked s an engineer for a surgical instruments manufacturer for over 30 years and had taken full advantage of the company’s voluntary retirement savings plan. However, instead of buying a diversified set of investment he had invested his money into a few high growth companies. Over time his investment portfolio had growth to about $900,000 being primarily comprised of the stocks of 3 companies. He was very fortunate that his selections
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years. 2. Perpetuities An investor purchasing a British consul is entitled to receive annual payments from the British government forever. What is the price of a consul that pays $160 annually if the next payment occurs one year from today? The market interest rate is 4.5 percent. PV = C / r PV = $160 / 0.045 PV = $3,555.56 3. Present Value and Multiple Cash Flows Investment X offers to pay you $6,000 per year for nine years, whereas Investment Y offers to pay you $8,500 per year for
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1:30pm. No exceptions will be allowed. • All work must be individual work. Duplicates or cheating will not be tolerated. Students involved will receive a grade of ZERO on the examinations. • All work must be completed on the computer. Use Excel or Word. Hand written work will NOT be accepted. • Each problem must be a separate spreadsheet with your name and problem number on top. • Please format examination currently. Points will be taken off for sloppy work or failure to properly
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