M.Sc. Economics and Finance Dissertation INTEREST RATE SENSITIVITY OF STOCK RETURNS Acknowledgements I would like to thank my supervisor Dr. Illias Tsiakas for his continued support and Encouragement. I would like to thank my father‚ mother and my sister for their tremendous support and understanding not only through the period of this thesis but for the period of the entire masters programme. In addition I would like to thank some of my friends who supported and encouraged me. Special thanks
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INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND TEACHNOLOGY Introduction The location of the first Wal-Mart in the Fortune Global 500 for the year of 2.001 to 02 turnover of 219.81 billion dollars (see Table I). Wal-Mart is the largest company in the retail in the world. The company was much larger than its competitors in the United States - Sears Roebuck‚ Kmart‚ JC Penney and Nordstrom combined. In 2002‚ Wal-Mart operates more than 3‚500 discount stores‚ Supercenters and Sam’s Clubs in United States and
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Exploring the World Wide Web -Go to Wal-Mart’s web site www.walmart.com and read the information there about the company’s stance on the ethics of Global Outsourcing and the treatment of workers in countries abroad. Then search the Web for some recent stories about Wal-Mart’s global purchasing practices and reports on the enforcement of its code of conduct. I. “Brief” Summary of the exercise Wal-Mart was founded back in 1962 by Sam Walton who instilled values and the three basic beliefs that
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an investor. b. the expected return on a risky asset. c. the expected return on a collection of risky assets. d. the variance of returns for a risky asset. e. the standard deviation of returns for a collection of risky assets. PORTFOLIO WEIGHTS 2. The percentage of a portfolio’s total value invested in a particular asset is called that asset’s: a. portfolio return. b. portfolio weight. c. portfolio risk. d. rate of return. e. investment value.
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centers and nationwide logistics centers . With a mission to become the greatest Pioneer and Retail Distribution Group in Vietnam ‚ B ’s mart was officially opened on 01/06/2013 with business model as a convenient store chain with diversity products in order to meet consumer demand in Vietnam. Owning more than 40 shops currently operating in Vietnam ‚ B ’s mart will soon be expanded nationwide chain with the desire to become the leading convenient store in Vietnam . BJC holds 65 % stake in Thai
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Risk and Return: Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing Models Portfolio Theory Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) Efficient frontier Capital Market Line (CML) Security Market Line (SML) Beta calculation Arbitrage pricing theory Fama-French 3-factor model Portfolio Theory • Suppose Asset A has an expected return of 10 percent and a standard deviation of 20 percent. Asset B has an expected return of 16 percent and a standard deviation of 40 percent. If the correlation between A and B is 0.6
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Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer and one of the most successful companies in the world that does not insulate them from future problems or new challenges. Each problem will need to be addressed by the company or else future growth may be affected. With the passing of the founder‚ Sam Walton‚ many people question the company’s ability to carry on Sam’s legacy that guided the company to success. The company has a reputation for being responsive to the customer and will surely need to continue
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Returns 1 RETURNS Prices and returns Let Pt be the price of an asset at time t. Assuming no dividends the net return is Pt Pt − Pt−1 −1= Rt = Pt−1 Pt−1 The simple gross return is Pt = 1 + Rt Pt−1 Returns 2 Example: If Pt−1 = 2 and Pt = 2.1 then 2.1 Pt 1 + Rt = = = 1.05 and Rt = 0.05 Pt−1 2 Returns 3 The gross return over k periods (t − k to t) is 1 + Rt (k) := Pt−1 Pt−k+1 Pt Pt ··· = Pt−k Pt−1 Pt−2 Pt−k = (1 + Rt ) · · · (1 + Rt−k+1 ) Returns are • scale-free‚ meaning that they do not depend
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Balanced Scorecard of Wal-Mart 苏晓瑞 2012201689 Background of Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of discount department stores and warehouse stores. Headquartered in Bentonville‚ United States‚ the company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31‚ 1969. It has over 11‚000 stores in 27 countries. Now Walmart has become the world’s largest company by revenue‚ according to Fortune Global 500 list in 2014‚ as well as the biggest
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Overview of Information Technology tools for Supply Chain Management Prashant R.Nair‚ Vice-Chairman – Information Technology‚ Amrita University‚ Coimbatore‚ India; Venkitaswamy Raju‚ Director – Science and Engineering Programs‚ State University of New York at Farmingdale‚ USA and Anbudayashankar S P‚ Assistant Professor – Mechanical Engineering‚ Amrita University ABSTRACT Information Technology (IT) and its use in organizations and across the supply chain has become a determinant of competitive
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