Chapter 8 Index Models 163 Multiple Choice Questions 1. As diversification increases the total variance of a portfolio approaches ____________. A 0 B 1 C the variance of the market portfolio D infinity E none of the above Answer: C Difficulty: Easy Rationale: As more and more securities are added to the portfolio unsystematic risk decreases and most of the remaining risk is systematic as measured by the variance of the market portfolio. 2. The index model was first suggested by ____________. A Graham
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VALUATION TECHNIQUES Vault Guide to Finance Interviews Valuation Techniques How Much is it Worth? Imagine yourself as the CEO of a publicly traded company that makes widgets. You’ve had a highly successful business so far and want to sell the company to anyone interested in buying it. How do you know how much to sell it for? Likewise‚ consider the Bank of America acquisition of Fleet. How did B of A decide how much it should pay to buy Fleet? For starters‚ you should understand that the value
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Mortensen estimate Midland’s cost of capital? What would be the potential consequences of a too high estimate compared to the firm’s “true” cost of capital? What about a too low estimate? The purpose is that the cost capital will be used for capital budgeting‚ financial accounting‚ performance assessment‚ stock repurchases estimations. Also the cost of capital is a necessary basis for the expected growth and forecasted demand. The too high estimated cost of capital means that Midland may miss out on
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Capital Cash Flows: A Simple Approach to Valuing Risky Cash Flows Richard S. Ruback* This paper presents the Capital Cash Flow (CCF) method for valuing risky cash flows. I show that the CCF method is equivalent to discounting Free Cash Flows (FCF) by the weighted average cost of capital. Because the interest tax shields are included in the cash flows‚ the CCF approach is easier to apply whenever debt is forecasted in levels instead of as a percent of total enterprise value. The CCF method retains
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Investment Management Division The Intuition Behind Black-Litterman Model Portfolios s In this article and as our title suggests‚ we demonstrate a method for understanding the intuition behind the Black-Litterman asset allocation model. s To do this‚ we use examples to show the difference between the traditional meanvariance optimization process and the Black-Litterman process. We show that the mean-variance optimization process‚ while academically sound‚ can produce results that are extreme
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141-178 ISSN: 2146-4138 www.econjournals.com Theoretical and Empirical Review of Asset Pricing Models: A Structural Synthesis Şaban Çelik Deparment of International Trade and Finance‚ Yasar University‚ Izmir‚ Turkey. Tel: +90-232-4115343; Fax: +90-232-4115020. E-mail: saban.celik@yasar.edu.tr ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to give a comprehensive theoretical review devoted to asset pricing models by emphasizing static and dynamic versions in the line with their empirical investigations.
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Treynor-Black Model Using the Treynor-Black Model in Active Portfolio Management Aruna Eluri‚ David S. Price‚ Kelly Walker Course Project for IE590 Financial Engineering Purdue University‚ West Lafayette‚ IN 47907-2023 August 1‚ 2011 Abstract In 1973‚ Jack Treynor and Fischer Black published a mathematical model for security selection called the Treynor-Black model. The model finds the optimum portfolio to hold in the situation where an investor considers that most securities are priced effectively
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The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company: capital structure‚ valuation‚ and cost of capital Teaching Note Synopsis In June 2002‚ a managing director of an active-investor hedge fund was considering the possible gains from increasing the debt capitalization of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. Wrigley had been conservatively financed and at the date of the case‚ carried no debt. The tasks for the student are to: Estimate the potential change in value from relevering Wrigley using adjusted present value analysis
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Valuation : * Price earnings ratio : DESCRIPTION | Mar-12 | Mar-11 | Mar-10 | Mar-09 | Mar-08 | Price-earnings ratio | 23.04 | 24.23 | 12.71 | 7.25 | 12.17 | This ratio reflects the following factors : growth prospects‚ risk characteristics ‚shareholder orientation ‚corporate image and the degree of liquidity.It indicates company performance and forecast future performance.Ratio is decreasing and it is good sign because investors will get high earnings.But risk will
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Appendix to Chapter 7 Evidence on the Efficient Market Hypothesis Early evidence on the efficient market hypothesis was quite favorable to it. In recent years‚ however‚ deeper analysis of the evidence suggests that the hypothesis may not always be entirely correct. Let’s first look at the earlier evidence in favor of the hypothesis and then examine some of the more recent evidence that casts some doubt on it. EVIDENCE IN FAVOR OF MARKET EFFICIENCY Evidence in favor of market efficiency has examined
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