BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY International Investment Management Mid-term Assignment Submitted by: Anindyta Ayu Indhriawati 25/03/2014 Submitted to: Dr Charalampos Stasinakis The purpose of this paper is to examine the relevance from the modern portfolio theory to the global investment market. Some of the questions that related to the use of techniques about the portfolio theory and it’s relation to risk and return will be discussed in terms of solving
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growth prompted the need for larger investments. Thus‚ in 1994‚ AccessLine diversified their financing to professional equity investors. Providing funding worth $15.5 million‚ AccessLine’s CFO Bill Stuart‚ and Morgan Stanley’s Bill Brady executed the transaction‚ involving the private placement from five investors. Such a strategy was chosen due to AccessLine’s lack of capital in the initial stages of AccessLine’s establishment. AccessLine was not lacking in management or technology and thus was not
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Investment Memo December 2‚ 2012 Having worked as a quant‚ I have a deep understanding of different quantitative strategies among several asset classes. In the equity world‚ quantitative strategies usually mean stock screens. While I believe in systematic investing‚ I also do recognize some pitfalls of algorithm-based stock screens. Thus‚ my investment goal is to develop a fusion strategy combining highly sophisticated quantitative and thorough fundamental portfolio management. The first step
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INVESTMENT AVENUES 1.1 INTRODUCTION TO INVESTMENT The money one earns is partly spent and the rest is saved for meeting future expenses‚ instead of keeping savings idle one may like to use savings in order to get returns on it in the future‚ this is called as investment. In an economic sense‚ an investment is the purchase of goods that are not consumed today but are used in the future to create wealth. In finance‚ an investment is a monetary asset purchased with the idea that the asset will provide
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Investment Process Investment: Investment is the employment of funds on assets with the aim of earning income or capital appreciation. Investment has two attributes namely time and risk. Present consumption is sacrificed to get a return in the future. The sacrifice that has to be borne is certain but the return in the future may be uncertain. This attribute of investment indicates the risk factor. The risk is undertaken with a view to reap some return from the investment. For a layman‚ investment
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Create investment criteria for Mr. Johnson that will outline what his company will be willing to evaluate for investing. The criteria will be created by you‚ which will be posted on the website to be seen by entrepreneurs. Here are some examples of criteria‚ but not limited to the following. * Development Stage: What stage does your investor prefer (concept‚ idea‚ break-even)? * Geographic Location: Location the investor prefers. * Industry: The industry your investor prefers. *
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Creation‚ 4/e IV. Capital Budgeting and Resource Allocation 17. The Investment Detective © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2003 CASE 17 The Investment Detective The essence of capital budgeting and resource allocation is a search for good investments in which to place the firm’s capital. The process can be simple when viewed in purely mechanical terms‚ but a number of subtle issues can obscure the best investment choices. The capital-budgeting analyst is necessarily‚ therefore‚ a detective
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Investment Appraisal: The Gamma plc case Gamma plc is considering buying a new machine to expand their production of office furniture. The machine costs £1.3 million and will last for 5 years. The scrap value of these machines is £150‚000. It is expected that the asset will be sold for this value on the last day of the fifth year‚ and that a replacement machine will then be purchased. An investment of £120‚000 in working capital will be needed initially. The projected financial data
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share. During the year you received dividend income distributions of $1.50 per share and capital gains distributions of $2.85 per share. At the end of the year the shares had a net asset value of $23 per share. What was your rate of return on this investment? A) 30.24% B) 25.37% C) 27.19% D) 22.44% E) 29.18% Answer: A Difficulty: Moderate Rationale: R = ($23-21+1.5+2.85)/$21 = 30.238% 31. Assume that you purchased shares of High Flying mutual fund at a net asset value of $12.50 per share. During the
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The Investment Detective Case We can use normal investment to calculate the data‚ but we also can do it as reinvestment to invest every project for the same years. For every question‚ I will give answers for both normal investment and reinvestment. 1. We can rank the projects simply by the cash flow data. Normal investment: Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Project number 3 8 6 1 5 7 4 2 Cash flow 8000 2150 200 1310 2200 560 1561 165 Reinvestment: Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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