Beta Management Group is a small investment management company based in Boston‚ which was founded by Ms. Sarah Wolfe (The founder and CEO of the Beta Management Group) in 1988. Ms. Wolfe follows a market timing investment strategy based on two portfolios; the Vanguard index and money market instruments. The goals of Beta Management were to enhance returns but reduce risks for clients via market timing. Ms. Wolfe would keep the vast majority of Beta’s funds in no-load‚ low-expense index funds; and
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PrSummary: This case study talks about the slowdown in the premium jeans market. The first slowdown was in 2007‚ after that time premium jeans never the same. Between 2008 and 2010 the premium denim prices fell 10-15 percent over this time period. There were different tactics these premium denim designers including 7 for mankind‚ True Religion‚ Diesel‚ Joe Jeans and Levi Strauss tried to attempt to maintain their positions. Some did this by lowering the price of jeans‚ creating lower priced jeans
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CASE STUDY : Beta Management Company The Context Beta Management Group is a small investment management company based in Boston. It was founded in 1988 by Ms. Sarah Wolfe (The founder and CEO of the Beta Management Group). Ms. Wolfe follows a market timing investment strategy based on two portfolios; the Vanguard index and money market instruments. The goals of Beta Management were to enhance returns-but-reduce risks for clients via market timing. Majority of Beta’s
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FIN 441 Assignment 1: Airbus Case Write a report on the Airbus A3XX. In 750 to 1600 words‚ address the following questions: 1. Why is Airbus interested in building the A3XX—what are the favorable characteristics of the plane and what would be likely benefits to Airbus? 2. A. How many aircraft does Airbus need to sell each year in order to break even (in NPV) on this investment? The assigned assumptions for this calculation are described at the end of the assignment. B. Where
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Why is the coupon rate of existing debt irrelevant for finding the cost of debt capital? 5. Under what assumptions can the WACC be used to value a project? 6. How should you value a project in a line of business with risk that is different than the average risk of your firm’s projects? 7. Maltese Falcone‚ has not checked its weighted average cost of capital for four years. Firm management claims that since Maltese has not had to raise capital for new projects since that time‚ they
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Running head: INDUSTRY AND RISK ANALYSIS Assessment 2 Industry and Risk Analysis Entrepreneurship and Innovation (BUS 521) Name Strayer University Dr. William Walker Date Abstract This particular assessment will address the industry and the risk analysis. Topics that will be covered are the future outlook and industry trends related to the new venture. The research paper also identifies certain legal regulations and concerns related to the venture idea. There are certain resources
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THEME Risk Management in Industry – An overview apid industrialisation has brought in its wake several problems. One of them is ‘industrial risk’‚ which is taking newer and newer forms ever. With mechanical‚ electrical‚ chemical and radiation hazards besetting the industrial world‚ the ‘Risks to Life‚ Limb‚ Health and Wealth’ are common in this sphere of economic activity. Risks are present in every corner and under every stone. Industrial risks may arise while handling‚ storage or because of
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BETA MANAGEMENT COMPANY Q1. Calculate the variability (standard deviation) of the stock returns of California REIT and Brown Group during the past 2 years. How variable are they compared with Vanguard Index 500 Trust? Which stock appears to be riskiest? The stock returns for each month are given in Table 1. Based on the monthly returns‚ the standard deviation or variability of each stock has been calculated. The standard deviation for California REIT is 9.23% and the standard deviation for Brown
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Beta Management Summary of facts: Beta Management is new‚ small mutual fund that is run by Ms. Wolfe. She has recently begun to work full time at her mutual fund due to its increasing growth. With the fund’s increasing growth over the past year Ms. Wolfe has started to have inquiries from larger mutual funds wanting her to manage some of their money. Ms. Wolfe does not have much experience in managing money and needs some advice on how to deal with the larger institutions. Problem: Beta Management
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