JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS Vol. 46‚ No. 4‚ Aug. 2011‚ pp. 967–999 COPYRIGHT 2011‚ MICHAEL G. FOSTER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS‚ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON‚ SEATTLE‚ WA 98195 doi:10.1017/S0022109011000275 The Effects of Derivatives on Firm Risk and Value Sohnke M. Bartram‚ Gregory W. Brown‚ and Jennifer Conrad ∗ ¨ Abstract Using a large sample of nonfinancial firms from 47 countries‚ we examine the effect of derivative use on firm risk and value. We control for endogeneity
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An Economic Analysis of Financial Structure FACTS ABOUT FINANCIAL STRUCTURE The financial system is complex and contains institutions like: Banks‚ insurance companies‚ mutual funds‚ stock and bond markets. The most important role of the financial markets is to channel funds from savers to people with productive investment opportunities. For the financial structure their are eight basic facts‚ where the four first emphasize the importance of financial intermediaries and the relative unimportance
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I. Background 1. History and Location Henkel AG & Co. KGaA is a multinational company headquartered in Düsseldorf‚ Germany. Founded in 1876‚ Henkel is a global leader in the consumer and industrial businesses with brands such as Persil‚ Schwarzkopf and Loctite. Headquartered in Düsseldorf‚ Germany‚ Henkel employs 48‚000 people worldwide and is ranked among the Fortune Global 500. The company’s preferred shares are listed in the German stock index DAX. In North America‚ Henkel has about 5‚700
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A Financial Analysis of the Smartphone Industry Maria Thompson Jared Fowler John Froman Michael Collingsworth Emily Barnes Emily Pounders Robert Crittenden The University of North Alabama September 23‚ 2011 A Financial Analysis of the Smartphone Industry The industry of Smartphones is rapidly growing. Through our analysis‚ we have seen companies that have taken advantage of this rapid growth and some that have only experienced moderate growth. Through comparative analysis of financial
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covered in the following primary comparative financial statements‚ namely fiscal years ended 1 February 2004‚ 2 February 2003 and 3 February 2002: • Consolidated Statement of Earnings • Statement of Stockholders Equity and Comprehensive Income • Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows There are 2 years covered in the Consolidated Balance Sheet‚ namely fiscal years ended 1 February 2004 and 2 February 2003. All of the primary comparative financial statements were audited‚ namely the Consolidated
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AC1010 SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC. Table of Contents 1.0 Overview………………………………………………………………………………….3 2.0 Company Background………………………………………………………..………….3 3.0 Performance during the last 5 years…………………………………………………….3 4.0 Ratios Analysis……………………………………………………………………………4 * 4.1 Earning per Share Ratio…………………………………………………..4 * 4.2 Quick Ratio……………………………………………………………….5 * 4.3 Current Ratio……………………………………………………………..6 * 4.4 ROCE Ratio………………………………………………………..……..6 5.0
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reasonable‚ fact-based way‚ and refer to that information in determining whether to buy Microsoft ’s stock or not. The 10-K financial statement from Microsoft is an enormous document‚ and it would take too much time to read the entire material. We thus decided to read the report selectively and analyze the company in the following steps: First‚ we will calculate several useful financial ratios. Second‚ we will look into the firm ’s major accounting policies. Third‚ we will observe the trend‚ which shows
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4. Analysis 4.1 Revenue From the graph‚ "Overall Revenue Trend" in appendix C we can see that during the period 2001 2006 revenue ’s have fallen by 8.2%‚ from £9‚278m to £8‚515m. Revenues fell for 3 consecutive years; at the end of 2004 revenues were £1‚718m or 19% lower than in 2001. The following years saw revenues rise £955m or 13% above this. Let us now consider these changes in more detail. British Airways earns revenue from 3 published sources: Passenger services‚ cargo services and
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Executive Summary This analysis studied financial information of three multinational corporations in the retail industry‚ Ralph Lauren‚ American Eagle‚ and Gap. This examination is predominantly and analysis of Ralph Lauren and American Eagle‚ and it compares its financials and performance to that of Gap. In order to reach a decision on which firm my company should invest in; we recreated and cleaned both company’s financial statements followed by an analysis using key financial ratios and metrics
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A Financial Ratio Quarterly Trend Analysis of Honda Motor Co Ltd Stock Symbol: HMC Listed on the New York Stock Exchange Prepared for: Deanne Butchey Department of Finance and Real Estate Florida International University Course: FIN 4606 By: xxxxxxxxxx Recommendations for Investors and Lenders Would you place a personal deposit of one million dollars or more in the publicly traded stock of this company? Honda is considered to be one of the best auto makers in the world;
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