Available ONLINE www.vsrdjournals.com VSRD-IJBMR, Vol. 2 (4), 2012, 167-178 RESEARCH COMMUNICATION RESEARCH COMMUNICATION A Study of Opportunities and Challenges for Mutual Fund in India : Vision 2020 1 Sarish* ABSTRACT In this paper, I have undertaken a study on mutual funds. The mutual fund sectors are one of the fastest growing sectors in Indian Economy and have awesome potential for sustained future growth. Mutual funds make saving and investing simple, accessible, and affordable
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several different ratios, but the main factors looked at include debt, equity, assets and interest expenses. 2. A ratio used to measure a company's mix of operating costs, giving an idea of how changes in output will affect operating income. Fixed and variable costs are the two types of operating costs; depending on the company and the industry, the mix will differ. . The most well-known financial leverage ratio is the debt-to-equity ratio. For example, if a company has $10M in
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provision of ways to transfer economic resources, provision of ways to manage uncertainty and control risk, provision of ways to manage uncertainty and control risk, provision of pricing informat ion and the provision of ways to deal with incentive problems. This paper provides practical insights into the roles of pension in financial intermed iation and thus highlighting the key importance of such pension funds into the success of any economy. This paper is one of the very first to recognize the key
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just issued a dividend of $1.50 per share on its common stock. The company paid dividends of $1.10, $1.15, $1.25, and $1.37 per share in the last four years. The stock currently sells for $48. a. What is your best estimate of the company's cost of equity capital using the arithmetic average growth rate in dividends? b. What if you use the geometric average growth rate? Solution: (3 + 2 = 5 Marks) Part a. Period 1 2 3 4 5 dividend 1.1 1.15 1.25 1.37 1.5 Average growth (Arithmetic) growth 0.045 0.087
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3)Attempting to remedy the situation, the firm cut its dividend in 1974 and 1975 and drastically reduced its working capital investment they turned to debt financing. Du Pont's debt-to-equity ratio rose from a conservative 7% in 1972 to 27% in 1975 while the interest coverage ratio fell from 38 to 4.6. The increased debt ratio shows that they were moving towards a higher leveraged position and aggressively financing growth with debt. The reduced interest coverage indicates that Du Pont was now
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Corporate Investment Decision Practices And the Hurdle Rate Premium Puzzle Iwan Meier and Vefa Tarhan1 February 27, 2006 Abstract We survey a cross-section of 127 companies to shed light on various dimensions of the investment decisions. The questions posed by our survey examine the hurdle rates firms use, calculations of project related cashflows, the interaction of cashflows and hurdle rates, and the determinants of firms’ capital structure policies. Unlike previous studies which examine
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combination of securities with different risk & return characteristics will constitute the portfolio of the investor. Thus, a portfolio is the combination of various assets and/or instruments of investments. The combination may have different features of risk & return, separate from those of the components. The portfolio is also built up out of the wealth or income of the investor over a period of time, with a view to suit his risk and return preference to that of the portfolio that he holds
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(Exam ID: 402723) Academic Supervisor: Jan Bartholdy An empirical study of abnormal return on stock and operating performance as a result of acquisition in banking industry Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University May 2011 Table of Contents 1. Introduction................................................................................................................ 1 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 2. Problem statement............................................................................
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1990, he along with Merton Miller and William Sharpe won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for the Theory. The theory suggests a hypothesis on the basis of which, expected return on a portfolio for a given amount of portfolio risk is attempted to be maximized or alternately the risk on a given level of expected return is attempted to be minimized. This is done so by choosing the quantities of various securities cautiously taking mainly into consideration the way in which the price of each security
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Energy Transfer Equity Company By Securities Analysis FI560 Abstract My stock analysis project is on Energy Transfer Equity, Inc. The analysis consists of a very extensive study in five areas: 1. The background of the company with a life cycle analysis 2. An analysis of Return on Equity 3. The company’s projected future growth rate of earnings 4. An analysis of its required
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