8 – 23 MERRILL FINCH INC. RISK AND RETURN a. (1) Why is T-bill’s return independent of the state of the economy? Do T-bill’s promise a completely risk-free return? Explain (2) Why are High Tech’s returns expected to move with the economy‚ whereas‚ Collections’ are expected to move counter to the economy? 1. The 5.5% T-bill return does not depend on the state of the economy because the Treasury must redeem the bills at par regardless of the state of the economy; therefore‚ T-bills are
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Review #1 Accounting Measures of Corporate Liquidity‚ leverage and costs of financial distress. Teresa a john Synopsis: When the cost of financial distress is high in a firm that firm may maintain a large amount of its total asset as liquid asset and be careful on taking debt. This journal has talked about the relation on the financial distress the cost of corporate liquid policy and the leverage policy of the firm. Liquid asset constitute a significant portion of the total asset of the major
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In reading the story “The Swimmer”‚ the main character Neddy Merrill‚ takes his journey home through swimming pools of his neighborhood‚ which then progresses into a journey through the years of his life. This is showing that the passage of time is inevitable‚ and no matter how much one might ignore it‚ it still passes. It is shown in this story that Neddy has been in denial of reality the entire time as well. At the beginning of this story it states that Neddy is “far from young‚” but he does his
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would have to implement Folder system that was done by the client associates. This is to provide systematic approach in FAs duties which is consistent with the Supernova process. As for the company‚ they may need to increase workforce at the Financial Advisory Center as many less promising clients are being let go by the FAs. There are several risks in this Supernova process. The first risk is that the FAs jeopardize the Supernova “brand” in that their clients would not be as satisfied as those
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A Financial Analysis of Southwest Airlines Co. Accounting for Financial Decisions BA812 Professor Wayne Drake May 20‚ 1998 Gillian Ainsworth Jennifer Goidell Christine Ledoux Tarak Modi Gerald Owens Robin Walters Southwest Airlines: Twenty-Six Years of “LUV” Twenty-six years ago‚ Rollin W. King scribbled three lines on a cocktail napkin‚ leaned across the table‚ and muttered to his longtime friend: “Herb‚ lets start our own airline”. Herbert D. Kelleher loosened his tie and knitted
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Asian Journal of Finance & Accounting ISSN 1946-052X 2012‚ Vol. 4‚ No. 1 Capital Structure and Firm Performance in the Financial Sector: Evidence from Australia Vedran Skopljak School of Economics and Finance‚ La Trobe University Kingsbury Drive‚ Bundoora‚ Vic 3086‚ Australia Tel: 61-3-9479-1111 E-mail: vedran.skopljak@latrobe.edu.au Robin H. Luo (Corresponding author) Department of Finance‚ Wuhan University Luojia Hill‚ Wuhan 430072‚ China Tel: 86-27-6875-2740 E-mail: robin.h.luo@gmail.com
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Personal distress and disability When determining whether behavior is abnormal or not we can consider whether it violates social norms or it makes people observing it feel threatened or distressed. Personal suffering can be used to explain if a person has some form of abnormal behavior. Disability is defined as whether a person impaired in some important aspects of their life‚ for example‚ work‚ relationships and so on. This can be defined as abnormal as well. Behavior can be considered
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Analysis and Distress Prediction * The evaluation of a firm from the perspective of a (potential) holder of its debt WHY DO FIRMS USE DEBT FINANCING? * Pros: * Corporate tax shield: interest paid on debt is tax deductible * Management incentives for value creation: focuses management to generate cash flow to meet debt repayment and reduce unjustifiable expenses or investments that do no maximize shareholder value * Costs: * Legal costs of financial distress: the direct
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Willie Lynch Letters The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of a Slave was a document that was presented by a white slave owner William Lynch on the bank of the James River in 1712. This document was written to establish how they can keep the African Slaves enslaved for at least 300 years. William Lynch had foolproof plan to keep the Africans in what we call today the “slave mentality”. His main goal was to turn the slaves against one another. Even today the powerful speech still enslaves black people
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MERRILL LYNCH FUTURES‚ INC. VS. COURT OF APPEALS‚ SPOUSES PEDRO M. LARA AND ELISA G. LARA G.R. No. 97816 July 24‚ 1992 NARVASA‚ C.J.: FACTS: Merrill Lynch Futures‚ Inc. filed a complaint against the Spouses Pedro M. Lara and Elisa G. Lara for the recovery of a debt and interest thereon‚ damages‚ and attorney’s fees. In its complaint ML FUTURES alleged the following: that it entered into a Futures Customer Agreement with the defendant spouses‚ in virtue of which it agreed to act as the latter’s broker
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