Essays on Investment

Selling price The selling price would equal to the sum of the potential profits realizable by the purchased asset. In order to present a proper amount with respect to the time value and including the market risk and risk premium, the profits have to be …

In this research it was tried to analyze perspectives of activity of the Galaxy Science Centre (GSC), located in the city of Britannia. Taking into consideration the status of the GSC a non-profit consideration, the study analyses the admission fee policy for various groups of …

Bridgecorp is a financial institution that operates in New Zealand and in Australia (McNabb). As a financial institution it is their responsibility to make sure that the investments of their respective investors will earn profit in a respectively manner. We all know that crises came …

The Saline project was the first Russian production-sharing agreement (AS) with foreign corporations. A AS is a commercial contract between investor(s) who are willing to make a large, long term and high risk investments with the host country that has the natural recourses (usually oil …

After a careful examination of the Arch Communications Inc. case and the valuation done by the Analyst, we believe that there are following issues with a valuation that should be examined very closely. Technicality Error in the preparation of the Free Cash Flow: In the …

Segmentation of the deposit market, irrespective of its origins, was the first requisite for universal banking. Following the revolution in mode of payments, the joint-stock banks moved along a secular trajectory from investment banking toward modern deposit banking. When allowed to capture the market of …

1)      The two leading stock exchanges are the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations.  The NYSE began in 1792 with 24 stock owners gathering on Wall street to buy and sell stock. The stock exchange has the …

As of July 17, 2009 GSK’s Book Value was 13. 57 B, which is way lower in comparison to GSK’s market capitalization of 94. 32 B. As per financial theory, the market capitalization is based on the company’s total market value and not the book …

IP valuation is a mechanism for determining the monetary value of an IP asset. IP asset is a bundle of intangible assets of a Company and can be distinguished that law creates it. Such created IP assets are legally protected, independently identified, can be transferred …

A typical example of ‘short-termism’ was the collapse of the dot-com market in the early part of this decade. The business world should have learnt some worthwhile lessons about ‘short-termism’ when the ‘dot-com bubble’ finally burst. In the late 1990s, the American media was overwhelmed …

In the recent past, there have been calls for stricter regulations in terms of supervision and capital adequacy of the banking sector as a result of increased risks faced by banks trading internationally. A committee was therefore formed; Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, to come …

Question 1: financial globalization Over the years since World War 2 we have seen economists battle on the idea for and against of financial globalization. The topic had been there during previous years but not much attention was paid into it, it only attracted attention …

Foreign currency influences the trading merchandise in the economy. When the currency of an economy is weak against another economy, it affects the value of the exports and imports in the country. A weaker Euro, for example, implies that the imports will become more expensive …

First Investments Inc. owned stock of Basic Industries (BI), a diversified multinational corporation with major shares in various electrical related markets · The BI annual report of 1994 shows a decline in the return on owners’ equity (ROE) · Fred Aldrich, a trainee in First …

Thematic investing can be used in different contexts within the equity universe, but it typically comes down to a top down approach to investing.This particularly for a market like India with such low participation in equity markets could be the way forward. It revolves around …

Financial analysis is the evaluation of the viability, stability, and profitability of a business, sub-business, or project through the utilization of ratios taken from the financial statements and other reports which are used as bases for decision making.  The horizontal analysis, “a procedure in fundamental …

Brown’s Installation Service is the leader in installation, relocation, and reconfiguration of office furniture. In business since 1972, you can be sure that their thirty five years of experience will help you in setting up or changing an office easily and efficiently. Along with their …

This report intends to highlight the current issues Startup faces and its impact on their earnings and share valuations. Tells industry in Singapore only has three players – Startup, Singlet and MI, thus, we would also look at Singlet and MI to aid in our …

Research Methodology The main purpose of this section is to discuss how the primary research has been carried out and the rationale for the choice of methodology. The conclusion of the literature review showed that there are currently no publically agreed criteria for social venture …

Do ready-for-possession or close-to-possession homes make more sense than properties which will be delivered only 2-3 years down the line? There was a time when the answer of most end-users and real estate investors would have been a resounding 'No'. After all, it is common …

Introduction In this unit my aim is to understand the access sources of finance for a business and the skills financial information for decision making. I will be learning how finance information is recorded and how to use this information to make decision for example …

While NPV is expressed in terms of value in units of currency, IRR is a rate that is expressed in percentage which tells how much a company can expect to get in percentage terms from a project down the years. NPV takes into account additional …

What are the main functions of capital markets? Using flow-of-funds analysis, explain how the corporate sector is financed? Introduction This essay has been divided into two parts. Part one purposes to introduce the main functions of Capital Markets. A description of what capital markets actually …

The shareware is an institute where people can make incredible profits and lose it all Just as easily. The ASS shareware game is an educational tool used by thousands of schools throughout the country to gain better understanding of how the share market works. The …

Financial market is a market for buying and selling of capital and credit securities. It consists of the money market which is the trade of short term securities that mature in less than a year such as treasury bills and capital market which consists of …

I have reviewed the trend analysis for the Dreschler Hotel and competing hotels and find that in comparison to the competing market, Dreschler is well within the numbers on average. Occupancy rate as compared with like hotels appears to be almost par with an average …

The stock price obtained from the IBM website is 106. 06 (IBM, 2009). The theoretical price is calculated using the CAPM and CGM models on the basis of risk-free rate derived from the 10 years U. S treasury bonds. This basis affects the estimated theoretical …

Demand for disclosure has been spurred by information asymmetry and agency conflict between management and investors. Good corporate structure principles are the foundation upon which trust of investors and lenders is built, corporate governance is a philosophy and mechanism that entails putting in place better …

A lot many have those teeny-weeny trysts with entrepreneurship at an early age, or might have that one moment of glory but thereafter they are nowhere to be seen. However, that’s not how the success story of the Turakhia brothers unfolds. They did it not …

GAL has a current ratio of less than 2 and less than PAP in 2012 meaning it does not have a satisfactory amount of current asset to cover its current liabilities. However, when it comes to 2012, both current ratio and quick ratio has a …