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 expected return and risk ● understand
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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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Assessable income=ordinary income + statutory income. Ordinary income: income deriving from the courts (s6-5) Negative propositions: items that are not income by ordinary concepts: 1.Amounts not convertible into money :In Tennant v Smith (1892) free accommodation provided to a bank manager was held not to be ordinary income because building could not be sub-let and the benefit thereby converted to money. In FCT v Cooke & Sherden (1980) an incentive prize offered by a manufacturer was not income of the
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Income Tax Return Assignment You have your own CPA tax practice and you are greeted with new clients: Albert and Jenny Cunningham and their two children. You meet with them and they give you the information shown below. They would like you to prepare their tax return for 2013. They would like to file married filing jointly. NOTE: Reference to the “current tax year” below for the taxpayers‚ Albert and Jenny‚ it is for the calendar year 2013. Albert and Jenny Cunningham (both 42 years
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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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OPERATING CYCLE The way working capital moves around the business is modeled by the working capital cycle.This shows the cash coming into the business‚what happens to it while the business has it and then where it goes.the term operating cycle otherwise known as “cash cycle”.In order to earn sufficient profits‚a firm has to depend on its sales activities apart from others.The continuing flow from cash to suppliers‚to investors‚to debtors and back in cash.The time gap is technically termed as
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Operating System UNIT - 1 Roadmap • What is an Operating System? • • • • • • • • Operating System Objectives/Functions The Evolution of Operating Systems Major Achievements Structuring methods Design of API’s Interrupts Device Organization User/System state Transition What is an Operating System? • A program that acts as an intermediary between a user of a computer and the computer hardware. OR • A program that controls the execution of application programs. • Kernel – the one program
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Return on equity or return on capital is the ratio of net income of a business during a year to its stockholders’ equity during that year. It is a measure of profitability of stockholders’ investments. It shows net income as percentage of shareholder equity. Formula The formula to calculate return on equity is: ROE = Annual Net Income Average Stockholders’ Equity Net income is the after tax income whereas average shareholders’ equity is calculated by dividing the sum of shareholders’
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market risk and expected return. (1) RISK AND RETURN OF A SINGLE ASSET: Capital gains/ loss yield Current Yield Rate of Return=[Annual income/Beginning price]+[{Ending price-Beginning price}/ Beginning price] OR Total return = Dividend + Capital gain= Rate of return Dividend yield Capital gain yield R1 DIV1 P1 P DIV1 P P 0 0 1 P P P 0 0 0 (2) PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION AND EXPECTED RATE OF RETURN: E(R)=∑(i=1 to n)=p(i) *R(i)‚ where‚ E(R)=expected return‚ n=number of possible
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What type of goals do I need for investment settings? If you have decided to invest‚ it is important that your investment goals are realistic .By having these goals‚ you will be on your way to controlling your financial future. You may have not one‚ but several or many goals. Your investment strategy will be based on your goals and the amount of risk you want to take. Time is an important part of investing. If your money is invested for longer‚ you will be able to reach your goals because of
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