asked for your advice. The three stocks currently held all have b = 1.0‚ and they are perfectly positively correlated with the market. Potential new Stocks A and B both have expected returns of 15%‚ are in equilibrium‚ and are equally correlated with the market‚ with r = 0.75. However‚ Stock A’s standard deviation of returns is 12% versus 8% for Stock B. Which stock should this investor add to his or her portfolio‚ or does the choice not matter? Answer: B‚ Stock B Since she has a portfolio the number
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Tax Return Worksheet Directions Review Gloria Ramsay’s tax return. Answer the following questions based on the information listed in her return. 1. Even though Gloria is single‚ her filing status is Head of Household. Why is Gloria able to file as head of household? Gloria is able to file head of house hold in this case because‚ she has a qualifying dependent. A qualifying dependent would be a closely related relative dependent that you have provided for maintaining a home for yourself
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HOW DOES OUR READING OF ‘RETURN TO CARDIFF’ ADD TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ABSE’S VIEW OF WALES IN ‘DOWN THE M4’? In ‘Down the M4’‚ Abse doesn’t portray a particular fondness of Wales or the time he spends there in the present day. And yet it is clear that this wasn’t always the case‚ from where he says “this time/ afraid”. We can infer from this that he has enjoyed these visits in the past. However this time he is a “dutiful son”‚ showing that he is not on this journey for his own pleasure but is
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1. Calculating Returns ( LO1‚ CFA1) Suppose you bought 100 shares of stock at an initial price of $ 37 per share. The stock paid a dividend of $ 0.28 per share during the following year‚ and the share price at the end of the year was $ 41. Compute your total dollar return on this investment. Does your answer change if you keep the stock instead of selling it? Why or why not? 2. Calculating Yields ( LO1‚ CFA1) In the previous problem‚ what is the capital gains yield? The dividend yield? What is
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Chapter 11 Exercises 11-5 Return on Investment (ROI) Provide the missing data in the following table for a distributor of Martial arts products: 11-9 Return on Investment (ROI) and Residual Income Relations A family friend has asked your help in analyzing the operations of three anonymous companies operating in the same service sector industry. Supply the missing information in the table below: 11-18 Return on Investment (ROI) and Residual Income “I know headquarters wants us to add that new product
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Risk and return are most important concepts in finance. Risk and return concepts are basic to the understanding of the valuation of assets or securities. Return expresses the amount which an investor actually earned on an investment during a certain period. Return includes the interest‚ dividend and capital gains: while risk represents the uncertainty associated with a particular task. In financial terms‚ risk is the chance or probability that a certain investment may or may not deliver the actual/expected
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2011-2012 and FY 2010-11. Compute annualized return and risk. DATA | ANNUALIZED RETURN | ANNUALIZED RISK | Weekly | -16.952 | 36.449 | Daily | -16.241 | 39.347 | Monthly | -11.21 | 30.209 | Comparing this with a suitable peer company‚ Company | Annualized return | Annualized risk | JSP | -11.2154 | 30.209 | TATA STEEL | -4.0020 | 47.202 | OBSERVATION As can be seen from the observations above‚ the stock which gives the maximum return also comes with the maximum risk (TATA STEEL)
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Internal Rate of Return Meaning of Capital Budgeting Capital budgeting can be defined as the process of analyzing‚ evaluating‚ and deciding whether resources should be allocated to a project or not. Capital budgeting addresses the issue of strategic long-term investment decisions. Process of capital budgeting ensure optimal allocation of resources and helps management work towards the goal of shareholder wealth maximization. Why Capital Budgeting is so Important? Involve
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Return to Normalcy Americans wanted to return to normalcy after WWI‚ known as the Great War. So they isolated themselves from the rest of the world. They did this by staying out of foreign affairs like they did before. The U.S. rejected the Treaty Versailles and the League of Nations (johndclare.net) They basically turned their backs on the rest of the world. President Harding even used "Back to normalcy" as his slogan. The United states politically‚ socially ‚culturally‚ and economically had many
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your own business is better than being employed? -oOo- Everyone has to work. Working is not only for earning a living but also for making one feel happy and proud of what he can achieve in his life. Some people choose to be loyal employees in a company; others love to start their own business. Either choice has its own strengths that suit a specific person with a specific personality. To me‚ starting your own business is far better than being employed in terms of self-determination and job
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