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    Logan Bricketto​ Rodemann Econ Tuesday and Thursday 2nd 12 Febuary 2012 The Catch Up   During the month of September italys government sold a slug of five year old paper at one of its usual bond auctions. there was hardly enough demand for the bonds to meet supply even we a steep interest rate. contrast that with the sale in august of 20 billion yuans, which is 20 billion in us dollars, of paper by China in hong Kong;s fledgling offshore market. the yield was miserly yet there were

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    Risk Management

    Working Capital The way to calculate working capital is: Working capital = Current Assets – Current Liabilities “Current assets may include inventories of raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods, trade receivables, short-term investments and cash, while current liabilities may include trade payables, overdrafts and short-term loans.” (See table 1) “Working capital is the result of subtracting current liabilities from current assets. It is a measure of a company's solvency, its

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    Business

    Source: Small Business Management What is ratio analysis? The Balance Sheet and the Statement of Income are essential, but they are only the starting point for successful financial management. Apply Ratio Analysis to Financial Statements to analyze the success, failure, and progress of your business. Ratio Analysis enables the business owner/manager to spot trends in a business and to compare its performance and condition with the average performance of similar businesses in the same industry

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    Assignment 1 Fin 550

    1(a). AMT = (17.0)+(6.0)+(-10.0)+(-1.5)+(14.0) 5 = 25.5 = 5.1 5 AMB = (7.0)+(2.0)+(-8.0)+(1.5)+(5.0) 5 = 7.5 5 = 1.5 Stock T is more desirable because the arithmetic mean annual rate of return is higher. B. (17.0 – 5.1)2 + (6.0 – 5.1)2 + (-10.0 – 5.1)2 + (-1.5 – 5.1)2 + (14.0 - 5.1)2 =.00142 + .00081 + .00231 +. 00044 + .00079 = 0.00577 = 0.00577 / 5 = 0.00115 =0.033911 (7.0 – 1.5)2 + (2.0

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    Ge's Growth Strategy

    became public. As the public was exposed to the corruption that could occur within large, trusted corporations, investors began to shy away from the larger, more complex corporations like GE in fear of the same thing happening and they lose their investments again. This caused Immelt to look into the operations of the company and what was driving the current growth. He had to consider whether the same strategy would still work, which led to the third reason for a need for change. Immelt knew

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    Walalabinbang

    for GE. This section begins by showing that the start-of-period (present) value of a common stock equals the present value of dividends expected during the period plus the present value of the expected end-of-period price for a single period investment. The current price is the present value of the stream of

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    Capital Management

    Statement of Investment Objectives We at Griffin Capital Management aim to provide excellent returns to our investors by minimizing volatility risk and exceeding the performance of the S&P 500 plus five percentage points. The two main objectives of our portfolio managers are to provide consistent returns and protect our investors from the loss of capital. Due to asset allocation restrictions, this portfolio will not hold any ETFs, bonds, mutual funds, and derivatives. Although these restrictions

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    Power of Corporate Greed

    to their corporate responsibilities to act ethically and in the best interest of their shareholders. The global recession of 2008 and the collapse of Wall Street is the most indicative example of the how misrepresentative portrayal of financial investments can only deliver exponentially large returns for so long. The perfect storm of factors struck the heart of our economy all at once- the collapse of the housing market coupled with overextension of subprime mortgage loans. While the going was good

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    Investing in the New East African Community

    East African Investment Trends leading to higher returns for East African portfolios. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to be less comprehensive but more general about the trends that are developing in the East African Community expected to contribute to above average investment returns in both the short and long-term. While the information provided serves as a base of knowledge and introduction to the region, there is an expansive amount of information related to the topics below through

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    Fairfax and New Corp

    identifying non-financial information, analysing Notes to the financial statements. 1. Trend Analyses and Financial Ratio Analyses over Three - year Period, from 2007 to 2009. Company Financial ratio 2009 2008 2007 Profitability Return on investment (ROI) (%) N/A 7.8 5.3 Gross margin (%) 19.3 27.6 23.5 Liquidity Working capital (%) 79.4 127.9 171.5 Quick ratios (%) 73.2 119.2 161.4 Fairfax Leverage Leverage ratio (%) 38.1 50.6 47.3 Media

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