May 4, 2013 Joe Rogers, GlobalREACH Capital Markets Blog Post Apple’s $17 billion bond issue dwarfs small business lending Why can't Small Businesses stock up on cheap cash, too? Last week Apple Computer borrowed $17 billion in one day from institutional investors via a very complex offering that demonstrated the depth and efficiency of the global capital market. Stan Schroeder reveals some insights in Mashable about how Apple, in one day, went from being debt-free to having obligations equal
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Financial System of Malaysia 5.1 Financial System Structure in Malaysia The Malaysian financial system is structured into two major categories, Financial Institutions and Financial Market. The Financial Institutions comprise Banking System and Non-bank Financial Intermediaries. The Financial Market in Malaysia comprises four major markets namely: Money & Foreign Exchange Market, Capital Market, Derivatives
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the standard financial model of asset pricing to produce a method for the valuation of real assets; and intentionally uses relatively simple versions of these two theories to link economics, finance, and appraisal. Numerical examples using data on real estate assets illustrate the valuation method. The Q theory of investment, introduced by James Tobin (1969), is popularly accepted theory of real investment hypothesized to be a positive function of Q, defined as the ratio of the market value to the
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investments can go into the S & P 500 or an index related option. The former has lower fees, and the latter higher ones. Other elements to be discussed include the aforementioned investment options, graph implications regarding mutual fund investors, market efficiency, and an equity investment decision to be made by the East Coast Yacht employee. The East Coast Yacht company’s finance representative, Dan Ervin, made several comments based on the percentage graph for 10-year return for the Vanguard
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returns, β is a key factor explaining why the expected return of one stock is higher than the others’. If Beta = 1, then the stock is exactly as volatile as the entire stock market. Beta greater than 1 means the stock is more volatile than the market and vice versa. GE has a higher expected return because it has a higher level of market risk, and AMZN has a lower expected return than GE. 4, a) BAC is one of the examples that show a company’s stock price caused by one of its announcement. Its stock
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15% | 1.8687 | The Portfolio Beta | 0.6552 | * The beta of the portfolio is 0.6552, which is less than 1. It means the risk of the portfolio is less than market risk. 2. Compute the number of contracts * Choose the maximum portfolio loss: Considering the beta of the portfolio as well as the expectation of drop in the market in March, we decide that the maximum portfolio loss level is 5%. * Identify the
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dates back to the 1930s. Though there has been moderations of the laws over the years, Indian Financial Sector and its underlying foundation is in need of holistic restructuring. Keeping this in mind, in March 2011, the Government of India, Ministry of Finance established the Financial Sector Legislative Reform Commission or FSLRC to mend the legal and institutional structure of the Indian Financial Market. The Commission was chaired by B. N. Srikrishna, former judge of the Supreme Court and the other
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emerged as the symbol of Islamic banking in Malaysia and its vision to be “A Global Leader in Islamic Banking” illustrates the Bank’s status as the flag bearer of the country’s financial services industry (“the industry”). Bank Islam has been growing from strength to strength as evidenced by its financial performance and paid-up capital, which in turn, was instrumental in making the growth of its assets. Throughout the year, Bank Islam has been embarking on a number of expansion
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interest rate (annual): 10% Japanese interest rate (annual): 10% ______________________________________________________________________________ a. In which country would you invest your $1 million if you decided to use the forward market? What total amount (in dollars) would you obtain at the end of the 180 days? Show the necessary calculations. Note: Assume that there are no transaction costs. The current spot exchange is $1 = Y200, in 180 days 200/210 =.95 which
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A project report on STUDY OF DERIVATIVES IN INDIAN STOCK MARKET PERIOD (2009-2012) Submitted to _______________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Nashik In partial fulfillment of the Requirement of the award of the degree Of Master of Business Administration (MBA-Finance) By: __________________________________________________ Under The Guidance of Through The Coordinator Study Centre Code: _________ CERTIFICATE
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