Capital Management‚ Llc (a) Executive Summary: The objective of this report is to evaluate investment opportunities for Strategic Capital Management‚ LLC regarding stocks of Creative Computer and/or its subsidiary firm Ubid. The analysis deduces arbitrage to be the best investment strategy. Strategic Capital Management (SCM)‚ LLC: SCM is a recent entrepreneur venture founded by Elena King and two of her fellow classmates. The company has currently generated 20 million dollars and aims for annual
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ialCHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED STUDIES AND LITERATURE To give a better view about the problems cited in this work‚ the researchers gave a review to these related literature and studies. These literature and studies‚ both local and foreign‚ summarized and discussed below concerns with the subjects relating to the factors‚ concepts‚ and issues regarding corporate social responsibility of business organizations. Foreign Literature Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a critical issue across
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that are commonly traded in the financial markets. First we define what an arbitrage means. Arbitrage A type A arbitrage is an investment that produces immediate positive reward at t = 0 and has no future cost at t = 1. An example of a type A arbitrage would be somebody walking up to you on the street‚ giving you a positive amount of cash‚ and asking for nothing in return‚ either then or in the future. A type B arbitrage is an investment that has a non-positive cost at t = 0 but has a positive
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REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. Why did Nick Leeson sell numerous short straddles for each long futures contract he bought? When Nick Leeson was being promoted on the Singapore branch of the Barings bank‚ the strategy of the bank was to reduce the risk exposure by using a combination of one short straddle (combination of put / call) and for one long future. Since Nick Leeson used to be a specialist on Future contracts on Nikkei 225 and Japanese 10 years bond and was sure this market would arise. So
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1. Risk arbitrage strategy suggests that upon the announcement of M&A the target company’s stock typically trades at a discount to the price offered by the acquiring company. The arbitrageur is trying to profit from this spread. If the merger is successful‚ the arbitrageur captures the arbitrage spread. However‚ if the merger fails‚ the arbitrageur incurs a loss. There are two basic types of mergers‚ cash mergers and stock mergers. In a cash merger‚ the
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CHAPTER 2 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM SUGGESTED ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS QUESTIONS 1. Explain Gresham’s Law. Answer: Gresham’s law refers to the phenomenon that bad (abundant) money drives good (scarce) money out of circulation. The phenomenon was often observed under the bimetallic standard under which both gold and silver were used as means of payments‚ with the exchange rate between the two metals fixed. 2. Explain the mechanism which
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The EMH‚ the Financial Crisis and the Behavioral Finance 1. Introduction The Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) that was first proposed by Fama (1965‚ 1970) is the cornerstone of the modern financial economic theory. The EMH argues that the market is efficient and asset price reflects all the relevant information concerned about its return. The genius insight provided by the EMH has changed the way we look at the financial crisis thoroughly. However‚ the confidence in the EMH is eroded by the
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Wonderful World of Hedge Funds The world of hedge funds has been feared by many for the strategies that hedge fund managers employ. Every manager has a different strategy. These strategies differ greatly from the strategies of mutual funds‚ which the general public perceives as safer. The opportunity to make large amounts of money is less‚ but mutual funds tend to be a safer place to park your money. Alfred Winslow Jones laid the foundation for modern-day hedge funds‚ while John Meriwether and
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1 The three year zero rate is 7% per annum and the four year zero rate is 7.5% pa (both continuously compounded). What is the one year (continuously compounded) forward rate starting in three years’ time? (2 marks) With the formula with continuously compounded‚ = =0.09 =9% The one year forward rate starting in three years’ time is 9% 1. The zero rate curve is flat at 6% pa with semi-annual compounding. What is the value of a FRA where the holder receives interest at the rate of 8% per annum
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non-market strategy to create an integrated strategy (Burton). CAGE distance analysis – Mexico /US Cultural Distance: Mexico and the United States share a common border on the northern side. Despite their close physical proximity and mexican adaptations to western styles‚ lots of dissimilarities are observed in the culture‚ beliefs‚ traditions and norms of social conduct of the people in these two countries. A vast majority of Mexican people use Spanish language. In fact‚ Mexico is the country
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