GB550: Financial Management Unit 4 Assignment Chapter 24 Question 24-2 Page 964 Security A has an expected rate of return 6%‚ a standard deviation of returns of 30%‚ a correlation coefficient with the market of -.25‚ and a beta coefficient of -0.5. Security B has an expected return of 11% a standard deviation of returns of 10%‚ a correlation with the market of .75 and a beta coefficient 0.5. Which security is more risky? Why? From the problem‚ the standard deviation of Security A is 30%
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life; It has shaped my childhood. In fact‚ before the age of 10‚ I had never lived in the same house for more than a year. Perhaps it was restlessness‚ or prospects of new opportunity that drove my parents‚ my mother in particular‚ to stage her own mini-migrations
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Jessica Reupke Case 28 10/9/11 1. Did subprime mortgage loans contribute to the housing bubble? Why did the bubble burst? What were the consequences of the housing bust to borrowers‚ loan originators‚ and MBS and CDO holders? Subprime mortgage loans contributed to the housing bubble as they enabled the expansion of homeownership by offering loans to a wider variety of borrowers‚ particularly those with a low credit score‚ small down payment‚ or high debt-to-income ratio. This expansion increased
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(1) Calculate the firm’s financial ratios for 2007: Vanguard Group 2007 financial ratios 1. Current ratio = current assets/current liabilities = 718‚750/431‚250 = 1.67 2. Quick ratio= (current assets-inventory)/current liabilities = (718‚750-303‚750)/431‚250 = 0.96 3. Inventory turnover= cost of sales/average stock = 1‚362‚480/303‚750 =4.49 4. Average collection period= (average debtors/annual credit sales)×365 = (296‚250/1‚680‚000) ×365 = 64 days 5. Total asset turnover= annual sales/total assets
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fiscal year of 2007 NutraCea allegedly overstated its sales revenue in its financial statements by reporting deceptive sales and applying inappropriate revenue recognition practices and concealing its factual operating results. The SEC charged
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Strategy for Apple’s Mac Mini 1. Executive Summary Our objective is to build a highly loyal customer base for the Apple’s Mac Mini as the family management and networking system of choice. This is based on a strategy to delight customers through a customer needs based marketing strategy so that customers will give us repeat business throughout their life‚ and refer our products and services to their family and friends. 2. Current Marketing Situation The Mac Mini is a different direction
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Case 7.2: Disney Acquisition of Marvel Entertainment a. The most important business reason for this acquisition is probably that Disney has been looking for new sources of auxiliary revenue brought by Marvel Entertainment. By acquiring more than 5‚000 characters in Marvel’s library‚ including Iron Man‚ Spider-Man‚ X-Men‚ Captain America‚ and the Fantastic Four‚ the acquisition greatly expands Disney’s customers‚ making Disney more attractive to young adulthood and beyond. b. Goodwill=Fair
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Financial Statement Case Analysis Upon review of John’s income statement the vertical analysis above shows how each account compares to the total Sales for each year. When looking at the figures you can automatically see differences in amounts and can come to a conclusion about what areas to look at more closely. By applying the analysis technique for review of the income statement we have detected some areas of concern that need further analysis. Cost of goods sold shows an increase of
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Final Exam Essay Question 1: As we can see from Exhibit 1( in comparison with Exhibit 16.1)‚ we noticed that the during four-year period 2009-2012‚ the United States stays as the largest amount of FDI inflows. The other most popular destinations of FDI flows still include the countries mentioned in the textbook: the United Kingdom‚ France‚ China‚ Canada‚ Spain‚ and Germany. These countries still have locational advantages for FDI. And Japan plays an even smaller role in FDI inflows‚ with average
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Ling may not have enough money to cover her later years expenses; • She had been a fairly aggressive investor‚ but she may not want to take very risky investment since she cannot afford to lose at her age. Goals and objectives: • Cash-flow management; • Pay off the property investment loan; • Superannuation adequacy and savings programs; • Personal investing. Assumptions: • Taxation and other legislative conditions will remian stable; • Income will incerease by 1% over the rate of inflation;
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