Just like a first date, I remember every detail of my first start-up. It was a busy time in my life, but there are many things that stand out. Thankfully, seen now in life’s rearview mirror, those memories are lessons that allowed me to be significantly more effective in my current enterprises. Our first investor was fond of asking about what he called “the three F’s,” as in […]

Meriwether was the former vice-chairman and head of bond trading at Investment bank Salomon Brothers. Meriwether put together a high profile team of traders and academics in an attempt to create a fund that would profit from the combination of the academics’ quantitative models and the traders’ market judgment. Some of the high profile employees brought on were Nobel-prize winning economists Myron Schools and Robert […]

What is the reason for differentiating between capital gains and ordinary income? Is there a purpose? Economic or merely tax reasons? Capital Gains and Ordinary Income             The act of investing is one way of acquiring revenues in the field of business. One of the most preferred methods of investing is by buying and selling stocks. Through this an individual or an organization can either […]

The total assets under management for the Darned Capital Management program were over $3 million and were held in three funds: the Darned Fund, Monticello Fund, and Jefferson Fund. Each fund was managed independently by a small team of MBA students, with some guidance from a faculty advisor and a board of trustees. Etc The investment strategy of the Monticello Fund was to use fundamental […]

Workshop 2, week 3 Syndicate 1 1. The collapse of Trio Capital demonstrated the way in which hedge funds and funds of hedge funds can be overly complex, unclear and lacking in transparency, particularly for retail investors. a. Briefly summarise what has happened in the case of Trio Capital last year in 2012 in Australia The collapse of Trio Capital is the biggest superannuation fraud […]

As many people can notice, globalization is becoming a trend when more and more countries are trading their products with each other. In some cases, countries are willing to integrate their capital markets, that is improving capital mobility, so as to achieve freer trade. However, some might argue that trade and capital mobility are complements, which are casually related. To justify one of the two […]

Baja, and their responses were used for data analysis using the Pearson Product Movement Correlation at 99% confidence level. It was concluded that there is a significant positive relationship between human capital development and quality of service delivery in the telecommunication industry. In order to ensure effective human capital development, it was recommended that organizations should set meaningful training programmers, skills and quality service delivery […]

1. The risk of any stock can be divided into two components that are relevant to investors. The first risk component is diversifiable risk and the other component is a market risk or systematic risk. The diversifiable risk of a stock can be avoided and is caused by random events such as marketing program success, lawsuits, strikes, and lockouts. We have to consider the fact […]

A lease is an agreement for the purchase of assets whereby a person or company purchases assets through financing from another party which may be the manufacturer or direct owner of the asset or some financial institution such as a bank. Lease is also a rent agreement whereby a person or company agrees to rent an asset for a certain period of time. The party […]

The presentation should have; analysis of the project, your valuation of the investment, and your investment recommendation. You have to be clear and brief and explain the main assumptions and methodologies used in the analysis. The quality of the presentation will be considered in the grading. You have to hand in a handout of the presentation and an executive summary of no more than 2 […]