International Portfolio Management Fall 2010 PROBLEM SET 1 Investment Policy and Bond Portfolio management Due date: Friday‚ September 17‚ 5:00 pm. No late problem sets will be accepted. 1. Assume that at retirement you have accumulated $825‚000 in a variable annuity contract. The assumed investment return is 5.5% and your life expectancy is 18 years. What is the hypothetical constant benefit payment? PV = -825‚000‚ i = 5.5‚ n = 18‚ PMT = 73‚358.93. 2. You manage a
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MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS Managers spend their days juggling projects‚ people‚ and problems. Good managers have learned how to balance them. They complete projects successfully and on time‚ guide and support their employees‚ maintain good relationships with customers‚ and solve problems quickly and decisively. Less effective managers often get bogged down and sidetracked. A good manager recognizes challenges and finds ways to solve them. Less effective managers may not even recognize
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Toy World‚ Inc. Case Analysis Seth Roberts Financial Policy Executive Summary Toy World‚ Inc. is a company that has been manufacturing toys for children since 1973. Since 1976‚ the company has enjoyed profitable operations. At the end of 1993‚ revenue and profit came close to $8 million and $270 thousand respectively. With Jack McClintock as president and Dan Hoffman as production manager‚ the two have tried to find a strategy to adjust operations to the volatility
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Solutions to Lectures on Corporate Finance‚ Second Edition Peter Bossaerts and Bernt Arne Ødegaard 2006 LECTURES ON CORPORATE FINANCE - (Second Edition) © World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/6188.html Contents 1 Finance 2 Axioms of modern corporate finance 3 On Value Additivity 4 On the Efficient Markets Hypothesis 5 Present Value 6 Capital Budgeting 7 Valuation Under Uncertainty: The CAPM 8 Valuing Risky Cash Flows 9 Introduction to derivatives
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Waste Management Inc. Fraud I. BRIEF HISTORY Waste Management Inc is a company in North America that provides waste and environmental services. This company was founded by Larry Beck in 1894. The company ’s operations also involved managing air and gas‚ environmental and groundwater protection as well as environmental engineering. By 1971‚ the company became more public after the 133 acquisitions and the $82M in revenue that were made and soon became the largest waste hauler in the
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IN CLASS EXERCISE RATIO ANALYSIS PETRONAS METHANOL Statements of Financial Position December 31‚ Assets 2013 2012 Cash RM 25‚000 RM 40‚000 Short-term investments 15‚000 60‚000 Accounts receivable 50‚000 30‚000 Inventory 150‚000 170‚000 Property‚ plant and equipment (net) 160‚000 200‚000 Total assets RM400‚000 RM500‚000 Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity Accounts payable RM 20‚000 RM 30‚000 Short-term
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The Harvard Management Company (2001) Case You will design an excel spreadsheet that allows you to answer the following questions: i) Given figures in Exhibits 4 and 11 what is the expected return and volatility of the policy portfolio? ii) Find an efficient portfolio having the same expected return as the policy portfolio but lower volatility. iii) Find an efficient portfolio having the same volatility as the policy portfolio but higher expected return. iv) Repeat question ii
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Chapter 7 Stock Valuation Solution to Problems P7-1. LG 2: Authorized and Available Shares Basic (a) Maximum shares available for sale Authorized shares 2‚000‚000 Less: Shares outstanding 1‚400‚000 Available shares 600‚000 (b) $48‚000‚000Total shares needed 800‚000 shares$60== The firm requires an additional 200‚000 authorized shares to raise the necessary funds at $60 per share. (c) Aspin must amend its corporate charter to authorize the issuance of additional shares. P7-2. LG 2: Preferred Dividends
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“FACt.” Case: Vizio‚ Inc Frame: VIZIO is founded in 2002 by William Wang‚ with a startup capital of $600‚000. The company produces high-quality flat-panel televisions at affordable prices. From 2002 to 2007‚ it realizes continuous growth and expansion. VIZIOR earns razor-thin margins‚ at a time when other famous brands such as Sony and Samsung still focus on high-end customers and charge a very high price for flat-panel television. By the end of 2007‚ VIZIO reached $1.9 billion in revenue and
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train them and rewarded them with bonuses to encourage continual good work or disciplined them if they weren’t performing as well as expected. CAN YOU SEE ANY APPLICATION OF SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY IN THIS CASE …..DISCUSS Social learning is modelling your behaviour on someone else. In this case‚ the original Managers were drinking on the job – so anyone underneath them would accept it as the norm. They were setting a bad example. When the new Managers came in they set up better working conditions
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