Different perspectives on risk and return Semester 1‚ 2013 FINC5001 Capital Markets & Corporate Finance BUSINESS SCHOOL THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY 1. Executive Summary This paper aims to examine Mean-Variance Analysis and Capital Asset Pricing Model in respect to expected return and risk for two stock portfolio. We have chosen to examine Woolworths Limited (Woolworths Limited 2013)‚ and Cochlear Limited (Cochlear 2013). We first discuss about Mean-Variance Analysis and
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Executive Summary Executive summary In this report I will focus on Nike’s Inc. Cost of Capital and its financial importance for the company and future investors. The management of Nike Inc. addresses issues both on top-line growth and operating performance. The company’s cost of capital is a critical element in such decisions and it is important to estimate precisely the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). In my analysis‚ I will examine why WACC is important in decision-making and I will
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Q5 How the CML is derived? The line of possible portfolio risk and return combinations given the risk-free rate‚ risk and return of a portfolio of risky assets is referred to as the capital allocation line (CAL). A simplifying assumption underlying modern portfolio theory is that investors have homogeneous expectations‚ i.e.‚ they all have the same estimates of risk‚ return‚ and correlations with other risky assets for all risky assets. Under this assumption‚ all investors face the same efficient
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performs poorly‚ the other security performs well. This will provide reasonable return to its investor‚ even if some of the stocks in the portfolio perform poorly. In this project we are taking Large Capital Securities and Mid Capital Securities to construct an equity portfolio with the help of Sharpe’s model of portfolio construction. From our analysis it is found that among the top companies in both the segment (Large Cap and Mid Cap)‚ the portfolio consists of only one Large Cap security. Introduction
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Finance 3715 Test 3 Practice Test 1. Which of the following will be constant for all securities if the market is efficient and securities are priced fairly? a. Reward-to-risk ratio b. Variance c. Beta d. Standard deviation e. Risk premium 2. Which one of the following statements best defines the efficient market hypothesis? a. Profits are removed as a market incentive when markets become efficient b. Mispriced securities are common in efficient markets c. All securities in an efficient
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Study on the Present Situation‚ the Problems and the Risk Analysis of Securities Investment Fund in China 1. Scope/ rational of project The securities investment fund in china actually is quite similar with the mutual fund in USA. China is one of emerge markets in the world. Compared with the developed market‚ it still has so many problems that have to research and analyse. Mutual funds started in the second half of the 18th century in the Netherlands ( Rouwenhorst‚ 2004). In the 21th
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enterprises. The sequence of treatment was on certain episodic events like formation‚ issuance of capital‚ major expansion‚ merger‚ reorganization and liquidation during the life cycle of an enterprise. It laid heavy emphasis on long-term financing‚ institutions‚ instruments‚ procedures used in capital markets and legal aspects of financial events. That is‚ it lacks emphasis on the problems of working capital management. It was criticized throughout the period of its dominance‚ but the criticism is based
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Security Market Line In Markowitz Portfolio Theory‚ a line on a chart representing the capital asset pricing model. The security market line plots risk versus expected return of the market. The security market line is a useful tool in determining whether a given security is undervalued and/or a market outperform. If a security plots the security market line‚ it indicates a higher expected return for a given level of risk than the market as a whole. security market line A line used to illustrate
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53062624 ZHANG YUE 53062845 SHEN ZEDA 53062901 CHEUNG HOI KEI 53080605 Content Part I. Introduction Executive summary •••••••••••••••••••••••••1 Dividend discount model (DDM) •••••••••••••••••••••••••1 Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) •••••••••••••••••••••••••2 Part II. Evaluation of stock Blue chip stock 1.1 Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited ••••••••••••••••••••••••4 1.2 The
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What is the cost of capital for Marriott’s as a whole at the prevailing capital structure vs. at the target capital structure. ➢ Be prepared to defend your specific assumptions about the various inputs adopted into equations. For example‚ the team is expected to suggest the proposed market risk premium. ➢ WACC should be estimated for the overall firm ▪ CAPM – equity beta vs. asset beta - see Section F • Compute a separate cost of capital (WACC) for the lodging
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