Financial Instruments Professor Lasse H. Pedersen Prof. Lasse H. Pedersen 1 Overview Real and financial assets Use of financial assets Important examples of financial assets Prof. Lasse H. Pedersen 2 Real Versus Financial Assets Real Assets – Assets used to produce goods and services – Examples: factories‚ land‚ human capital‚ etc. Financial Assets – Claims on real assets such as stocks bonds – Derivatives Prof. Lasse H. Pedersen Use of Financial Instruments
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Jr Executive Summary • • • Net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) are two very practical discounted cash flow (DCF) calculations used for making capital budgeting decisions. NPV and IRR lead to the same decisions with investments that are independent. With mutually exclusive investments‚ the NPV method is easier to use and more reliable. Introduction To this point neither of the two discounted cash flow procedures for evaluating an investment is obviously incorrect. In many
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Mr. Watts November 4‚ 2008 To evaluate the development of a hospital one must acknowledge the strength and aspects of the financial operations on a daily basis. A financial consultant must recognize the turnaround time and implement a plan of action to maintain the revenue for the hospital. Also‚ provide the best inputs on the issues of the organization. As a financial consultant for Elijah Health Center all avenues will be address to prevent capital shortage‚ funding options for acquiring medical
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5 Analyzing financial statements using ratios 0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011 Generally there are two approaches in analyzing financial statements by use of ratios: 1. Common size percentages – where a key item in the financial statements is identified and then all the other items are expressed as a percentage of the item. 1 Accounting and Reporting II 1 1.4 Analyzing financial statements using ratios 0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011 Common size percentage can be applied as follows:
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How can a company use information technology to make its company financial plans? Information technology offers a great depth of knowledge to many companies when making financial plans. Information system helps businesses to gather and share information which is vital in financial planning of any kind of business enterprise‚ for instance customer’s preferences‚ and business environment. That’s why is recommendable to have in depth knowledge of your business so as to make of the right kind system
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Financial Derivatives Various Types and Pricing of Forward Contracts Contents 1. Introduction.............................................................................................................................3 2.1 Futures...................................................................................................................................4 2.2 Options....................................................................................................................
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Field of interest: Financial Analysis Introduction I am interested in investing and that means that I am interested in almost all "investment vehicles"; from stocks and bonds to futures and options. However‚ I am in certain stage of my life where I don’t have high income. So I shifted my interest primarily toward options. Because of the simply reason‚ options in 100 shares will cost much less than actually buying 100 shares. This reason and my today’s situation have "forced" me to be more interested
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What caused the Financial Crisis…another way‚ Not who ..BUT WHAT the three common narratives about the financial crisis. The first argues that the primary cause was government intervention in the housing market. This intervention‚ principally through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac‚ inflated a housing bubble that triggered the crisis. This is the view expressed by one of our co-commissioners in a separate dissent. -Both of these views are incomplete and misleading. The existence of housing bubbles
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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF QUANTITATIVE FINANCE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN FINANCIAL MODELLING IN EXCEL CURRICULUM Advanced Excel (2 Days) (A) Excel Features and Techniques 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Excel Shortcuts Excel formulae Usage of names to make formulas easier Data Sorting Excel formatting Data Formats Lines and Borders Colours and Patterns Excel functions Excel charts Dynamic Graphs Conditional Formatting Linking worksheets Data Validation Controls
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FINANCIAL PLANNING AND CONTROL IN A SERVICE COMPANY In our previous discussions‚ we keep on talking about financial planning‚ budgets and control but in a context of a manufacturing concern. Manufacturing‚ meaning you are going to a process to come up with a tangible end product. Today I will present to you relatively the same topic but in a service business setting. Internationally‚ service business are believed to represent higher percentage of US jobs and GDP and been grown rapidly as the time
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