FNCE30001 Investments Semester 2‚ 2011 Introduction and L1: Risk Aversion and Capital Allocation Subject Administration Issues See the Study Guide on LMS for details! Lectures given in two streams: Wednesdays‚ 12:00pm - 2:00pm (The Spot‚ Basement Theatre) Fridays‚ 10:00am - 12:00pm (The Spot‚ Basement Theatre) First five lectures (on stocks) given by Dr Joachim Inkmann Consultation time: Fridays‚ 1:00pm – 3:00pm Remaining six lectures (on bonds) given by Professor Rob Brown Consultation
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Clearly‚ based on above explanation‚ Robert Citron’s investment strategy seemed not difficult to understand. It was a leveraged bet that the interest rates would remain stable or fall. Thus‚ this strategy had been profitable in the years prior to 1994 as the interest rates fell. However‚ when interest rates reversed its direction in early 1994‚ Citron’s strategy and fortuned became worse. First thing is the decline of interest rate gave a huge impact in municipal bonds across the country‚ with
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money in a right way. The idea behind unit trust is the better investment through collective investing.
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initial position Active management strategies can be broadly grouped into those applying: marketing timing‚ industry selection‚ security selection. Given the fact that that the investor already holds a well-diversified portfolio‚ it was decided that the most appropriate strategy was to purchase growth stocks which was considered to be undervalued by the market and can be bought cheaply today but has significant earnings upside to be able to outperform the market in capital terms in the future (Chahine
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Brailsford 4e: Solutions Manual Chapter 1 The investment decision Learning objectives After the completion of this chapter‚ the reader should be able to: ● understand the nature of an investment ● describe the key steps in the investment process ● recognise the major investment asset classes ● understand the role and function of financial markets ● understand the concept of return‚ and be able to distinguish between realised returns and expected returns ● understand the relationship between
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Investment Trusts Trading At Discount TOPIC # 3 Introduction According to Cheng et al. (1994‚ p.813)‚ ‘an investment trust company (ITC) is a UK public limited company‚ the business of which consists of investing its funds mainly in securities‚ with the aim of spreading investment risk and giving members of the company the benefit of the results of the management of its funds.’ In the UK‚ investment trusts started to form as early as the mid 1800s and helped small investors to diversify
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Ginny’s Restaurant: An Introduction to Capital Investment Valuation Key issues- Virginia invested in Ginny’s restaurant and she will receive $2 mn as well as $3 mn after one year from today without any other assets‚ for period of one year with interest rate is 6%. 1. Virginia’s current wealth (Present value of assets) is $4.83 mn. If she spends $2mn today and $3 mn after one year‚ then after one year from today she will get $5.12 mn. 2. If Virginia has an initial endowment of $4 mn
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Economics 101 Summer 2008 Independent Learning @ WLC Instructor: Dr Jack Kapoor Assignment #4 Individual Investment Plan Dawn M Russo To begin assignment four‚ I created three long-term financial goals: 1. Emergency Fund: 6 months to 1 year of gross income. 2. College Funding: Two children‚ ages 6 and 11 years old. 3. Retirement Plan: Including provisions for the possible Social Security program end.
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converse would be true if the intrinsic value is less than the stock price. The stock might be a good sell. 3. A satisfactory investment is one that offers an expected return‚ from the combination of current income and capital gains‚ that is commensurate with its perceived exposure to risk. The three steps in security analysis should enable investors to identify satisfactory investment s. First‚ economic analysis assesses the general state of the economy and its potential effects on security returns. Industry
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Group Assignment (Company Valuation Assignment) Company: TRAPHACO JOINT-STOCK CO (Ticker on HCMC stock exchange: TRA) Submission Date: Week 10‚ 26 April 2013 [Syndicate (Group) Assignment – minimum 3/maximum 5 students per syndicate] For this assignment you are required to use publicly available information to analyse a publicly listed company and prepare a report which provides an assessment of the company’s current position and future prospects‚ and which incorporates
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