market alongside the theories and concepts involved in portfolio management. Essential Text: Reilly‚ Frank K. and Keith C. Brown‚ Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management‚ Eighth Edition‚ 2005‚ South-Western‚ U.S.A. (RB) Supplementary Material Bodie‚ Zvi‚ Alex Kane and Alan J. Marcus‚ Investments‚ 6th Edition‚ 2005‚ McGraw-Hill‚ U.S.A. Evaluation Criteria: Evaluation Heads | Marks Distribution (Total 100) | Assignment 10 | 5 | Quizzes 10 | 10 | Midterm exams 40 | 25
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Process and Portfolio Construction Investment bankers work with firms issuing new securities as both an advisor and intermediary in setting security prices‚ interest rates‚ and marketing the new securities for sale in the primary market (Bodie‚ Kane‚ & Marcus‚ 2008). The primary market is where firms are able to sell their new securities and obtain funds that are needed to increase their capital base. Firms issuing new securities are strategically working to raise funds; however‚ there is a potential
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Elements of Information Theory Second Edition Solutions to Problems Thomas M. Cover Joy A. Thomas October 17‚ 2006 1 COPYRIGHT 2006 Thomas Cover Joy Thomas All rights reserved 2 Contents 1 Introduction 7 2 Entropy‚ Relative Entropy and Mutual Information 9 3 The Asymptotic Equipartition Property 49 4 Entropy Rates of a Stochastic Process 61 5 Data Compression 97 6 Gambling and Data Compression 139 7 Channel Capacity 163 8 Differential Entropy 203 9 Gaussian channel 217 10
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CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL REPORTING‚ FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS‚ AND VALUATION Solutions to Questions‚ Exercises‚ and Problems‚ and Teaching Notes to Cases 1. Value Chain Analysis Applied to the Timber and Timber Products Industry. Exhibit 1.A below contains a depiction of the value chain. The links in the value chain are as follows: 1. Timber Tracts: Plant and maintain timber tracts (Weyerhaeuser) 2. Logging: Harvests timber (Weyerhaeuser) a. Sawmills:
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INVESTMENTS MFIN 8801 - Section 02 Boston College Spring 2015 Mon./Wed. 10:45 Fulton Hall 150 Rob James 617-552-0886 jamesrc@bc.edu Fulton Hall 324A Course Description: This course is an introduction to capital markets and financial instruments. It is not a course in personal investing. We will focus on asset valuation‚ risk measurement and control‚ and portfolio design for large institutions. We will cover 4 major modules: equity markets‚ portfolio theory‚ fixed income markets‚ and derivative
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across broad asset classes” (Bodie‚ Kane‚ & Marcs‚ 2008‚ p. 10). In the asset allocation process‚ the investor will decide on upon which asset classes to invest in which can be bonds‚ stocks‚ and mutual funds to name a few. Once the investor has decided on the asset allocation and asset class path the portfolio should take‚ the investor would need to choice a security to invest in. A security selection is a “choice of specific securities within each asset class” (Bodie‚ Kane‚ & Marcs‚ 2008‚ p. 10)‚ such
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Although much attention will be paid to the theoretical constructs of the material‚ the emphasis will be placed on applications throughout the course. Course Materials. The main text for the course is Bodie Z.‚ A. Kane‚ A.J. Marcus‚ S. Perrakis and P. Ryan‚ Investments‚ 7th Canadian edition McGraw Hill Ryerson The class will also have an OWL site where some but definitely NOT ALL extra material will be posted. The web site will not contain enough material for you to do well in this course.
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Learning objectives 1. institutional aspects of equity issuance transaction 2. costs and benefits associated with public share offerings 3. develop a deeper appreciation for challenges of valuing unseasoned firms and enhance corporate valuation skills KEY QUESTIONS FOR CONISDERATION 1) What are the advantages and disadvantages of going public? 2) What different approaches can be used to value JetBlue’s shares? 3) At what price would you recommend that JetBlue offer their shares
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ACTBAS2 INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS CASE (“Goodwill Stores”) 3rd Term‚ Academic Year 2011-2012 Source: Weygandt‚ J.‚ Kieso‚ D.‚ and Kimmel‚ P. ”Accounting Principles”‚ 8th edition. (modified) Ulysses Cordero was just hired as the assistant treasurer of Goodwill Stores. The company is a specialty chain store with nine retail stores concentrated in one metropolitan area. Among other things‚ the payment of all invoices is centralized in one of the departments Ulysses will manage. His primary responsibility
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edu/fic/papers/08/0819.pdf(Accessed August 18‚ 2012) What are the Important roles played by Central Bank in Developing countries David Saied. 2007. Panama has no Central Bank. http://mises.org/daily/2533(Accessed August 17‚ 2012) Kathryn Zipfel ( Bodie‚ Z.‚ A. Kane‚ and A. J. Marcus. 2011. Investment and Portfolio Management. New York: McGraw Hill (accessed august 19‚ 2012) (Economies of Scale 2008. Economies of scale and scope. http://www.economist.com/node/12446567 (accessed August 15‚ 2012) Me George EkegeyEkeha
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