CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION MEANING | A Mutual Fund is a trust that pools the savings of a number of investors who share a common financial goal. The money thus collected is then invested in capital market instruments such as shares‚ debentures and other securities. The income earned through these investments and the capital appreciation realised are shared by its unit holders in proportion to the number of units owned by them. Thus a Mutual Fund is the most suitable investment for the common man
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Hedge Fund Strategies Problem Set: Backtesting the Carry Trade (Macro Strategies) Prof. Andrea Frazzini In this problem set‚ you backtest the currency carry trade using the data provided in the accompanying Excel spreadsheet. You can do the problem set using Excel or any other program of your choice. Please answer in the space provided (no more than three pages for questions 1-6). 1. For each month of the sample‚ rank the countries based on their interest rate (hint: Excel has a function
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moving the production to other countries. Currently this is happening in most of the countries where they find other countries are cheaper to produce their products. Weighing advantages and disadvantages of off shoring is always debate. I want to summarize the advantages and disadvantages off shoring in point of view and then I will put my strategy on this. Advantages Off shoring helps in reduce the total costs of a product by getting cheaper labor and core stuff for the product. This way company
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1. Introduction to the Insurance Industry Insurance and risk management make up an immense global industry. According to a survey conducted by a leading global insurance firm‚ Swiss Re‚ worldwide insurance premiums totaled $4.270 trillion in 2008 (the latest data available)‚ up about 6.3% from $4.061 trillion in 2007. This was equal to about 6.18% of global GDP. Global life insurance premiums were $2.79 trillion during 2007‚ while all other types of insurance totaled $1.78 trillion. In America
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ULIP v/s MUTUAL FUNDS “What is the difference between a ULIP and a Mutual Fund?” The reason‚ perhaps for the wide extent of confusion‚ lies largely in the way ULIPs have been sold by agents. As just another mutual fund. They are not a mutual fund‚ even though in some ways their structure is quite similar. In the sense‚ they too invest in the equity and debt markets. The risk lies on the investor. They issue units and reveal the net asset value of these units. That is where
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SCHOOL HEALTH & NUTRITION PROGRAM In Relation to Social Work Abid Mehmood Ansari Bhatti Publications Gujranwala info: saifullah_grw@yahoo.com Preface “School Health & Nutrition Program in Relation to Professional Social Work” focuses on how Professional Social Work knowledge is helpful in achieving the goals of the School Health and Nutrition Program and provides a guideline to School Health & Nutrition Supervisors
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Texas A&M University Mays Business School Spring 2013 Professor Yong Chen Case 1: Dimensional Fund Advisors (Harvard Business School Case # 9-203-026) Due Wednesday‚ March 20 Objectives Subjects covered in the DFA case include efficient markets‚ models of capital market equilibrium‚ financial instruments‚ investment management‚ tax management‚ and stock trading. The case promotes an understanding of several important topics in finance. (1) The case introduces many of the major
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Shenghuang Zhang 1. Garber emphasizes Turkle’s assertion that “boring” is good. How can boring be good? According to this article‚ the meaning of boring is a feeling that is something wrong when a group of people group together but they do not communicate with each other. When people feel that they are boring‚ they will try to do some group activities; such as‚ conversation or games. “ ‘I am going to be a little boring.’ ” It is a good opening for conversation. Turkle said that‚ author responded
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INTRODUCTION The insurance plays a major role in the life of the humanity. Slowly people stared to realize the necessity of the insurance and these needs are unending as long as life exists. In fact insurance is not restricted for any category neither of the society nor in term of cast‚ ages or life styles. Also many people have a notion that Insurance is very good form of an investment‚ which is not right. Insurance is just creating a protection for you and your family. As Indian investors
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Emergency Fund Ratio For households with dual-earners‚ like yours‚ we normally recommend you hold in cash or cash equivalents 3-6 months of fixed expenses. These fixed expenses are what would be left if you both lost your job. Certain expenses like: income taxes and contributions to retirement plans would not be included when calculating the size of your emergency fund. You currently hold 15x your expenses in cash and cash equivalents. Since both of you work‚ in addition to earning strip mall income
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