Investment Essays and Term Papers
Last update: September 21, 2014-
Should Retail Investors Invest in Index-Tracker Funds Rather Than Actively-Managed Funds?
Should retail investors invest in index-tracker funds rather than actively-managed funds? As we all know that there are two main institutional investments which are index fund and actively managed fund. However, it seems to be a hard problem when a retail investor who wants to make an institutional investment, perhaps most of them do not know which one deserve their investment. Index funds refers to a kind of fund buying all or part of securities
Rating:Essay Length: 1,889 Words / 8 PagesSubmitted: April 29, 2011 -
Foreign Direct Investment
Foreign direct investment (FDI) or foreign investment refers to long term participation by country A into country B. It usually involves participation in management, joint-venture, transfer of technology and expertise. There are two types of FDI: inward foreign direct investment and outward foreign direct investment, resulting in a net FDI inflow (positive or negative) and "stock of foreign direct investment", which is the cumulative number for a given period. Direct investment excludes investment through purchase
Rating:Essay Length: 474 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: May 3, 2011 -
Proiect Simba Invest
1) Prezentarea de ansamblu a firmei/organiza?iei Simba Invest SRL s-a înfiin?at în 1996 în Bac?u, având ca obiect de activitate distribu?ia de ?ig?ri, produse alimentare ?i b?uturi alcoolice. Compania s-a dezvoltat atât în planul portofoliului de produse, cât ?i al ariei de acoperire, desf??urându-?i activitatea în prezent în toate jude?ele Moldovei: Bac?u, Neam?, Vrancea, Boto?ani, Suceava, Ia?i, Vaslui, Gala?i, Buz?u ?i Br?ila. Distribu?ia produselor se face direct c?tre clien?i, prin preluarea comenzilor de c?tre agen?ii
Rating:Essay Length: 2,318 Words / 10 PagesSubmitted: May 6, 2011 -
Financial Tables Analysis of Zara Investment Company
FINANCIAL TABLES ANALYSIS OF ZARA INVESTMENT COMPANY Horizontal Vertical Balance Sheet Dec.31,2009 Dec.31,2008 ?Amount ?Percent 2009 2008 CURRENT ASSETS Cash on hands and at banks 7088301 15433236 -8344935 -54,07% 2,60% 6,04% Trading investment 0% 0% Inventories 2141115 2114546 26569 1,26% 0,78% 0,83% Account receivables 7001659 72885 -571226 -7,54% 2,57% 2,96% Other current assets 8362940 5209347 3153593 60,54% 3,07% 2,04% Total current assets 24594015 30330014 -5735999 -18,91% 9,02% 11,87% NON-CURRENT ASSETS Property and equipment 1920876 161953400
Rating:Essay Length: 3,549 Words / 15 PagesSubmitted: July 30, 2011 -
Financial Tables Analysis of Zara Investment Company
FINANCIAL TABLES ANALYSIS OF ZARA INVESTMENT COMPANY Horizontal Vertical Balance Sheet Dec.31,2009 Dec.31,2008 ?Amount ?Percent 2009 2008 CURRENT ASSETS Cash on hands and at banks 7088301 15433236 -8344935 -54,07% 2,60% 6,04% Trading investment 0% 0% Inventories 2141115 2114546 26569 1,26% 0,78% 0,83% Account receivables 7001659 72885 -571226 -7,54% 2,57% 2,96% Other current assets 8362940 5209347 3153593 60,54% 3,07% 2,04% Total current assets 24594015 30330014 -5735999 -18,91% 9,02% 11,87% NON-CURRENT ASSETS Property and equipment 1920876 161953400
Rating:Essay Length: 3,993 Words / 16 PagesSubmitted: July 30, 2011 -
Foreign Direct Investment
Foreign Direct Investment The reason I choose the topic; “Foreign Direct Investment” is that, despite in the face of ongoing business expansion and amelioration, there are many factors that border business in general which include; weak consumer confidence, tough austerity measures and economic uncertainty. However, in many countries, FDI is at increase level playing a crucial role for businesses across the globe to seek out opportunities for growth. In this juncture, I would like to
Rating:Essay Length: 835 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: July 3, 2014 -
The Investment Detectives
Case Analysis: The Investment Detectives Group Members PREPARED By: Kumar Vivek MP13031 Rajeev Das MP13040 Sanjiv Ranjan MP13048 Suraj P.Upadhyay MP13062 Vishav Bandhu Sharma MP13070 Case Background Capital budgeting and resource allocation is a major job of an entrepreneur. Any wrong investment will lead a major loss to the organization. With the limited budget (Capital Sources) and several options available for investment thing become tougher. The capital budget analyst work is to find the bad
Rating:Essay Length: 1,014 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: October 20, 2014 -
Institutional Investments - Index Vs Tracker Funds
Institutional Investments Should retail investors invest in index-tracker funds rather than invest in actively managed funds? A critical appraisal An on-going debate that has been for several decades is whether if retail investors are better off investing their capital in index-tracker type funds or in actively-managed funds. There are different schools of thought regarding this, and there is much bias and opinion in the markets. There are numerous surveys that show that a retail investor’s
Rating:Essay Length: 1,871 Words / 8 PagesSubmitted: May 26, 2015 -
Investment Theory and Portfolio Management
Investment Theory and Portfolio Management Targeted Firm List SL# Targeted Company Name 01 BRAC Bank Ltd. 02 Trust Bank Ltd. 03 Shahajalal Bank Ltd. 04 First Security Islami Bank Ltd. 05 IPDC 06 Lanka Bangla Finance Ltd 07 International Leasing & Finance 08 Beximco pharmaceuticals 09 Square Pharmaceuticals 10 Reckitt Benckiser 4361_ULAB Prepared For Mr. Md. Mohibul Islam Graduate Business Program ULAB Prepared By SL # Group Member’s: Student ID # 01 Md. Sariful Islam
Rating:Essay Length: 6,007 Words / 25 PagesSubmitted: August 5, 2015 -
Alternative Investment Capital Gains
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT What is an Alternative Investment? An investment that is not one of the three traditional asset types (stocks, bonds and cash). Most alternative investment assets are held by institutional investors or accredited, high-net-worth individuals because of their complex nature, limited regulations and relative lack of liquidity. Alternative investments include hedge funds, managed futures, real estate, commodities and derivatives contracts. Alternative investments are favoured mainly because their returns have a low correlation with those
Rating:Essay Length: 1,577 Words / 7 PagesSubmitted: September 30, 2015 -
Investing in Different Industries Here in the Philippines
SECURITY ANALYSIS FM 414 (TERM PAPER) Members: Caro, Danice Marielle G. Dalimot, Roselle T. Flores, Ma. Reynalin Quilina Rofhel A. Resuelo, Normelyn S. Vedra, Mia Flor G. FM 4-1 1. Introduction “Do not save what is left after spending; spend what is left after saving” as Warren Buffet said. Our life will always involve earning and spending, so we have to be witty enough on how to control our spending that will not exceed our
Rating:Essay Length: 1,377 Words / 6 PagesSubmitted: March 10, 2016 -
A Feasibility Study in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Mathematics of Investment
A Feasibility Study in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Mathematics of Investment Submitted to: Dr. Lolita Fernandez Submitted by: Meliza D. Kawai ACT 12-A1 March, 2016 Table of Contents 1. Background of the Study 1. Market Highlights 1. Population Growth 2. Primary Economy 3. Educational Institutions 4. Prices of the Municipality 5. Emerging Market Trends 1. Technical Aspect 1. The Property 2. Location Map 3. Building Facilities and Features 4. Lease Contract and Tenant
Rating:Essay Length: 3,657 Words / 15 PagesSubmitted: March 16, 2016 -
Co-Branding: A Worthwhile Investment or an Unnecessary Hindrance?
CO-BRANDING: IS IT WORTHWHILE? Co-Branding: A Worthwhile Investment or an Unnecessary Hindrance? Lauren Sternbach Binghamton University Executive Summary Co-branding is a marketing strategy in which two brands join together to create a product or offering that combines aspects of both brands. Co-branding is implemented in the hopes that the combination of the brands will produce a synergy effect, whereby the two brands are more successful together than apart. This strategy is known to provide a
Rating:Essay Length: 3,565 Words / 15 PagesSubmitted: May 15, 2016 -
Daqin Railway Overseas Investment Strategy
Daqin Railway Overseas Investment Strategy Daqin Railway as China’s first double-line electronic heavy duty railway for coal transportation and one of the largest coal transportation strategic enterprise, mainly undertakes coal products delivery from Shan Xi province, Inner Mongolia to other provinces inside of China. It started operations back to 1992 and has undertook over 100 million tons of coals transportation by 1995. Over the years, there has been rapid and vast expansion on its delivery
Rating:Essay Length: 556 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: November 20, 2016 -
Investment Management
Table of Contents Question 1 - Mean-variance portfolio optimization (a) Market risk premium and standard deviation (b) Capital allocation (c) Portfolio strategy (d) Expected utility Question 2- Fama-French 3 factors (a) Expected values and standard deviations (b) Profitability of portfolios (c) Expected utility Question 3- Testing the CAPM (a) Expected returns and CAMP betas (b) Slop coefficient and p- value of industrial portfolio (c) Slop coefficient and p- value of industrial portfolio for Market, SMB
Rating:Essay Length: 1,644 Words / 7 PagesSubmitted: January 1, 2017 -
Educate the Women and You Change the World: Investing in the Education of Women Is the Best Investment in a Country’s Growth and Development
Educate the Women and You Change the World: Investing in the Education of Women is the Best Investment in a Country’s Growth and Development Leah Witcher Jackson, Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Baylor University Question 1: What is the author’s thesis? The major point she is trying to make? (1 or 2 paragraphs) Answer: The author’s thesis is best identified in the title of her article. She is writing about what she perceives is
Rating:Essay Length: 1,392 Words / 6 PagesSubmitted: February 10, 2017 -
Fin548 - Investment Analysis - Stock Split Effect
FIN548 INVESTMENT ANALYSIS ‘STOCK SPLIT EFFECT’ PREPARED BY: WAN NUR ATIQAH BINTI CHE MOHD LUDIN (2015125989) NURUL FARHANA BINTI ADNAN (2015137039) GROUP: BM242 4D PREPARED TO: MISS NURHASLINDA BINTI HASHIM ________________ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We, Nurul Farhana Binti Adnan and Wan Nur Atiqah Bt Che Mohd Ludin take this opportunity to express our profound gratitude and deep regards to our lecturer FIN548, Miss NurHaslinda Binti Hashim for her exemplary guidance, monitoring and constant encouragement throughout the course
Rating:Essay Length: 3,013 Words / 13 PagesSubmitted: April 16, 2017 -
Investment
PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE Total Capital Gain STOCK CALCULATION TOTAL HEVEABOARD RM 60,000 TRC SYNERGY RM 208,770 TOTAL GAIN RM 268,770 Comment: Table above shows the total capital gain between stock Heveaboard and Trc Synergy The total capital gain for both stocks is RM 268,770. RETURN ON STOCK AND PORTFOLIO ON WEEKLY BASIS Return for Stock Heveaboard (RA) WEEK 1 Date Price Open High Low Vol. Change % 22-Jul-16 1.21 1.21 1.23 1.2 765.70K 0.00% 21-Jul-16 1.21
Rating:Essay Length: 1,184 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: July 16, 2017 -
The Procter and Gamble Company: Investment in Crest Whitestrips Advance Seal
Case 23: The Procter and Gamble Company: Investment in Crest Whitestrips Advance Seal Question: To calculate the NPV of the new product. A. Establishing a Base Case Price (per unit) = $22 Cost (per unit) = $12 Gross profit (per unit)= $10 Annual forecast units sold= 2,000,000 Net working capital (incremental average at 9%) = $601,740 Incremental advertising expense (for new product) =$2,000,000 Incremental selling, general & administrative expense = $1,000,000 Capital expenditures (R&D) =
Rating:Essay Length: 3,109 Words / 13 PagesSubmitted: August 17, 2017 -
A Report on Global Investment Activity of Blackrock 2005-2015
IMI_Delhi-latest (1) A Report on Global Investment Activity of Blackrock 2005-2015 Corporate Strategy SEMESTER-III Image result for Blackrock Image result for strategy Submitted to: Submitted by: AKASH SHARMA (17pgdmbfs05) PROF. P. Banerjee ANKUR GAGAR (17pgdmbfs09) RAGHAV SHARMA (17pgdmbfs39) SAMEER MALHOTRA (17pgdmbfs41) SATYAM RAI (17pgdmbfs43) EQUITY STRATEGIES BlackRock Investment approach is built on three strategies built upon the legacy of innovation and commitment to Risk management. Three strategies employed by BlackRock in investing into equities are
Rating:Essay Length: 898 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: September 30, 2018 -
Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership
TTIP USA EU The CGE model captures the movement of resources into commodities where the United States is most competitive with respect to EU markets, and vice versa. Some U.S. commodities have overall, but small, decreases in export values, notably, wheat, coarse grains, soybeans, vegetable oil, and poultry meat. This is due to supply constraints against other commodities that had higher initial tariffs. Many other commodities, however, see increases in overall exports in the scenario.
Rating:Essay Length: 712 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: November 20, 2018