Essays on Investment

The term Demat, in India, refers to a dematerialised account. For individual Indian citizens to trade in listed stocks or debentures. The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) requires the investor to maintain a Demat account. In a demat account shares and securities are held …

Extension Granted: Yes No Granted Until: Please attach a copy of your extension approval NB: STUDENTS MAY EXPECT THAT THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL BE RETURNED WITHIN 3 WEEKS OF THE DUE DATE OF SUBMISSION I declare that this assessment item is my own work unless otherwise …

Introduction The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the most economically sound nations of the Middle Eastern region. It is oil rich and has relatively robust banking system. Its laws have been rather progressive over the past few years. However excessive government interference, Islamic …

This assessment is part of Corporate Finance module in phase 1 in MSc Finance and Investment at University of Brighton 2008-2009. The main emphases of this assessment is to make written report that comments on a specific company’s financial performance and future prospects. The company …

Stock Analysis Report Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) – August 15th, 2011 Industry Oil and Gas Operations Sector Energy Recommendation SELL Price $74. 29 (as of August 15th 2011, 4:00pm ET) Intrinsic Value $52. 10 or 42. 6% overvalued Fundamentals Grade A Investment Style Large Cap …

Introduction Exchanges in various geographical locations have been established to provide a physical marketing place where the buyers and sellers of shares and other securities could meet to finalize the transactions mutually. In the last two decades of the 20th century the stock market operations …

Technical Paper – Course on General Management and Communication Skills, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India – Batch 129 Basel II Implications on Indian Banks Group Members Rahul Sharma (ERO0097549) Abhishek Tulsyan (CRO0137558) Sikha Kedia (ERO0105399) Gourav Modi (ERO0016925) Praveen Didwania (ERO0110131) Index of Contents …

A Financial Analysis of Yum! Brands, Inc Restaurants are, and will continue to be, an extremely profitable business. As a result, shareholders who have interest in brands such as McDonalds and Starbucks need not to worry about negative implications for the food giants compared to …

Overview of Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. is a holding company that provides securities brokerage, financing, investment, insurance, banking and advisory services, and related products in thirty seven countries throughout the world. It has 53,400 employees and 14,600 financial advisors that serve clients …

Sole proprietorships and partnerships are subject to fewer regulations, easy and less expensive, no corporate inc tax. Corporations easy to raise capital, transfer of ownership, limited liability, unlimited life.bThe conflicts between bondholders and stockholders can be reduced with the use of restrictive bond covenants. Stockholders …

Capital allocation systems generally assume hat It Is the role of reserving policies to cover expected credit losses, while It Is that of economic capital to cover unexpected credit losses. Thus, required economic capital Is the additional amount of capital necessary to achieve the target …

Corning Inc., established about 150 years back, is a diversified technological company having three broadly defined operating segments: Telecommunications, Advanced Materials and Information Display. Headquartered in New York, Corning had revenue of $4.6 billion and net income of around $520 million in 1999. The telecommunication …

Stability of dividend policy. There may be three types of dividend policy ( Strict or Conservative dividend Policy which envisages the retention of profits on the cost of dividend pay-out. It helps in strengthening the financial position of the company; Lenient Dividend Policy which views …

Introduction The objective of this paper is to discuss the root causes of financial crisis in the 1990s. In this light, the paper has identified financial liberalisations that occurred in the late 1980s as a principal cause of crisis in the 1990s. The paper begins …

Making investment is one of the most rational decisions which an investor has to take place because of the significant risks associated with the overall investment process. As a general principle, Investors/shareholders of ABC Ltd shall consider different benchmarks against which the investment decisions need …

The results suggest the theory that capital structure is the cumulative outcome of past attempts to time the equity market. Introduction Equity market timing” refers to the practice of Issuing shares at high prices and repurchasing shares at low prices. Equity market timing appears to …

Rhone-Poulenc 1) What are the goals of and constraints faced by the French State? Rhone-Poulenc? Its workers? of Bankers Trust? The goals of the French State: i. Reduce involvement of the state in French economy ii. Cut the budgetary deficit iii. Provide state-owned companies with …

Introduction Ratio analysis is the most popular and effective method of financial statement analysis. It involves the computation of various ratios using data from financial statements and interpretation of the calculated ratios for taking rational decisions. The present paper analyses the key financial features of …

Substantive Issue Ocean Carriers is a shipping company evaluating a proposed lease of a ship for a three-year period to a customer, beginning in 2003. The proposed leasing contract offers very attractive terms, but no ship in Ocean Carrier’s current fleet meets the customer’s requirements. …

INDIAN AMUSEMENT PARKS INDUSTRY The amusement industry in India is at a growing stage currently with more and more developments happening in this industry all across the country. The size of the Indian Amusement Park business is estimated to be around Rs 4000 crores and …

The World Cup is truly one of the biggest sporting events in the world. Host countries invest huge amounts of resources to organize and build infrastructures. Such countries surely are expecting gains in return for the huge investments they made. However, past experiences show that …

 The growth of the economy is dependent on the strength of the banking sector. Banks have the mandate of mobilizing resources in terms of savings and lending out for the purpose of investment. In Bahrain, there are numerous banks that offer these services. Due to …

In a 2001 Graham and Harvey survey of 392 chief financial officers (CFOs) asked “how frequently they used different capital budgeting methods? ” Approximately 75% of the CFOs replied that they use net present value (NPV) or Internal Rate of Return (IRR) always or almost …

Suggested end-of-Chapter Practice Questions: Chapter Seven Chapter 71, 2, 3, 7, 11, 13, 19, 22, 29, 32, 33, problem similar to HW 1. What is the process of asset transformation performed by a financial institution? Why does this process often lead to the creation of …

Watered stocks are basically stocks that offered to the public far greater than their true value. The term ‘watering down stocks in the stock market’ means to offer the public with such kind of stocks that are artificially inflated (Investopedia). The term originated during the …

Foreign Banks operating in India are banks of other countries having their branches in India. At present there are about sixteen such banks having a total of about 180 branches in most of the big cities of the country. These Foreign Banks have a flourishing …

The decision in Scullion v Bank of Scotland plc (trading as Colleys) Is very welcome at a time when the surveying profession is already under attack from lender claims. The first instance decision extended the scope of a valuer’s duty, paving the way for disappointed …

This project is about how the Investor’s Behavior is changing and they are now leaving behind the sacred investment options like the fixed deposits, company deposits, gold etc. Investors are now looking towards equity linked investment options. Like most developed and developing countries the mutual …

L1 – Modigliani & Miller (1958) ‘The Cost of Capital, Corporation Finance and the Theory of Investment’ This article mainly discusses the cost of capital, the required return necessary to make a capital budgeting project worthwhile. Cost of capital includes the cost of debt and …

Time value of money (15 points) You have just turned 30 years old, have just received your MBA and have accepted your first job. Now, you must decide how much money to put in your retirement plan. The plan works as follows. Every dollar in …