Week 5 Application exercise-Edward Jones (1)

You are an employee at XYZ Bank. Your Bank is trying the construct an investment portfolio that matches its resources and goals. To do so, you and your team are required to evaluate the investment options available for your Bank and decide what is the best option to choose. A B C D E Value of the 1,400,500 1,370,050 750,000 450,300 1,700,650 position Duration 5 4 6 YTM 4% 3% 7% 8% 5.50% Potential adverse move 0.30% 0.26% 0.43% 0.56% 0.37% in yield Correlation A. В D E A 1. 0.5 0.3 0.1 -0.2 B 1 0.2 -0.3 0.4 1 0.2 -0.3 D 1. -0.4 E Weight А В D E Scenario I 30.00% 10.00% 60.00% Scenario II 50.00% 30.00% 20.00% Scenario III 50.00% 50.00%

Acting as a financial adviser one of your duties is to create a balance of stocks and bonds that are tailored to the risk tolerance of your client. This means, some people want riskier balance with the goal of making more money, while others will take a lower risk to be safer with their investments. Your client has informed you that they have a desired average risk of 3.672 and have $7758.69 to invest in your suggested stocks and bonds. They also want triple the number of shares of MAT compared to BUS. You have selected: Stock MAT which has a risk of 3.2 and costs $36.74 per share. Stock BUS which has a risk of 8 and costs $46.35 per share. Bond SAFE which has a risk of 1.6 and a cost of $37.8 per share. You have determined you should buy shares of MAT, shares of BUS, and shares of SAFE.

Acting as a financial adviser one of your duties is to create a balance of stocks and bonds that are tailored to the risk tolerance of your client. This means, some people want riskier balance with the goal of making more money, while others will take a lower risk to be safer with their investments. Your client has informed you that they have a desired average risk of 6.381 and have $6539.19 to invest in your suggested stocks and bonds. They also want tripple the number of shares of MAT compared to BUS. You have selected: Stock MAT which has a risk of 5.8 and costs $34.54 per share. Stock BUS which has a risk of 8.4 and costs $27.09 per share. Bond SAFE which has a risk of 3 and a cost of $33.6 per share. You have determined you should buy shares of MAT, shares of BUS, and shares of SAFE.

Topic: ISLAMIC INVESTMENT Answer all the following question?. Assume that you are the President of ABC Investments, a firm that invests in stock exchange markets worldwide. As president, you appointed investment Managers, Alam and Anas, to select shares that you would invest RM215,000 in each in January next year. Then, managers will manage shares and advise when to sell them, bearing in mind the objective to maximize return. Table 1 shows the data collected in the subsequent year.   Investment manager Alam Anas Initial investment      RM215,000 RM215,000 Sale value RM229,000 RM235,000 Holding period          4 months 7 months Dividends collected RM6,000 RM9500   Calculate the HPR for the stock of both Investment managers.   What is the annualize HPR for Alam and Anas?     Note: that the consumer price index (CPI) is a measure taken from examining the average of prices from a hypothetical basket of goods and services purchased by…

a) Return calculations For each of the investments shown in the  table(Attached), calculate the rate of return earned over the unspecified time period. b) ETHICS PROBLEM Risk is a major concern of almost all investors. When shareholders invest their money in a firm, they expect managers to take risks with those funds. What do you think are the ethical limits that managers should observe when taking risks with other people’s money?

Assess the regulatory environment faced by brokerages and investment banking firms. Do you consider this environment to be highly regulated, moderately regulated or unregulated. Justify your response.Compare and contrast credit risk with liquidity risk.Describe the size, structure and composition of the mutual fund industry. Do you consider these characteristics as having a positive or negative impact on investors ? Why ?An investment bank pays $ 23.00 for 4 million shares of JC Co., and then resells them for $ 25 per share. How much money does JC receive? What is the profit to the investment bank ?An investment bank pays $ 20.50 per share for 3 million shares of X. It then sells these shares to the public for $ 22.50 per share. How much money does X receive ? What is the profit to the investment bank ? What is the stock price of X ?A mutual fund owns 500 shares of X currently trading at $ 12, and 300 shares of Y, currently trading at $ 24. The fund has 900 shares outstanding.What is…

You have joined PMS division of Motilal Oswal broking firm as a manager. Your job profile includes the manging portfolios of valuable clients. One of the clients is having four companies in his portfolio as per weights given below  Company Weights alpha Systematic Risk (%2) Unsystematic Risk (%2) HUL 0.15 0.47 18.49 35 Axis Bank 0.30 2.48 46.93 20 TCS 0.25 1.02 27.56 40 Tata Motors 0.30 1.27 56.25 50    Expected return from Nifty is 20 % and variance of its return is 25 percent square. Calculate the expected portfolio return and the portfolio risk using Sharpe’s Single Index Model

The specific financial aspects to be considered with your analysis are:• Profit Margin• Total Owners' Equity.• Current Ratio.• Return on Equity.• Debt Equity Ratio.• Earnings per Share.

A private firm with investment in many industries is considering investing in the fast-food industry. Looking at data on publicly traded fast food companies, an analyst discovers the following information for McDonald’s and Wendy’s International. Equity beta D/E McDonald’s 0.90 0.60 Wendy’s 0.70 0.45 In addition, the analyst has the following information from financial markets: 1. The risk-free rate of interest is 3%. 2. The market risk premium is 6%. 3. The corporate tax rate is 20% for all firms. 4. The project will be financed with 40% debt and 60% equity. 5. The private company can borrow long-term debt at 6% interest. Calculate the discount rate for an investment in the fast-food business. (

You have invested in a business that proudly reports that it is profitable. Your investment of $5,000 has produced a profit of $300. The managers think that if you leave your $5,000 invested with them, they should be able to generate $300 per year in profits for you in perpetuity. Evaluating other investment opportunities, you note that other long-term investments of similar risk offer an expected return of 8%. Should you remain invested in this firm? The expected return of your investment is %. (Round to one decimal place.) (Select from the drop-down menus.) If projects that are similar in horizon and risk are offering an expected return of 8%, then this business earning your opportunity cost of capital, and you should remain invested invest elsewhere

erry Allen graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Finance in 2011 and took a job with an investment banking firm as a financial analyst. One of his first assignment is to investigate the investor-expected rate of return for technology firms: Apple (APPL), Dell (DELL) and Hewlett Packard (HPQ). Jerry’s supervisor suggested that he make his estimates using CAPM where the risk-free rate is 4.5%. the expected return on the market is 10.5%. The expected rate return for Apple using the beta from Yahoo and the beta from MSN and a risk-free rate of 4.5% and a market risk premium of 6% BETA   Yahoo MSN Apple (APPL) 2.90 2.58 Dell (DELL) 1.81 1.37 Hewlett Packard (HPQ) 1.27 1.47           1.      Calculate the expected return using CAPM equation using a beta coefficient of 2.00    2.      Solve the expected return for Apple using the beta from Yahoo and the beta from MSN and a risk-free rate of 4.5% and a market risk premium of…

Jerry Allen graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Finance in 2011 and took a job with an investment banking firm as a financial analyst. One of his first assignment is to investigate the investor-expected rate of return for technology firms: Apple (APPL), Dell (DELL) and Hewlett Packard (HPQ). Jerry’s supervisor suggested that he make his estimates using CAPM where the risk-free rate is 4.5%. the expected return on the market is 10.5% 1.      Calculate the risk premium of the market show all the working formula where applicable

Jerry Allen graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Finance in 2011 and took a job with an investment banking firm as a financial analyst. One of his first assignment is to investigate the investor-expected rate of return for technology firms: Apple (APPL), Dell (DELL) and Hewlett Packard (HPQ). Jerry’s supervisor suggested that he make his estimates using CAPM where the risk-free rate is 4.5%. the expected return on the market is 10.5%     2.      Calculate the expected return using CAPM equation using a beta coefficient of 2.00    3.      Solve the expected return for Apple using the beta from Yahoo and the beta from MSN and a risk-free rate of 4.5% and a market risk premium of 6% yield    4.      Calculate the expected return with the CAPM equation using each of the following beta estimates for the three technology firms. Present the information in a tabulated format    Answer text Question 8 Rich text editor

Jerry Allen graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Finance in 2011 and took a job with an investment banking firm as a financial analyst. One of his first assignment is to investigate the investor-expected rate of return for technology firms: Apple (APPL), Dell (DELL) and Hewlett Packard (HPQ). Jerry’s supervisor suggested that he make his estimates using CAPM where the risk-free rate is 4.5%. the expected return on the market is 10.5% 1.      Calculate the risk premium of the market show all the working formula where applicable/    2.      Calculate the expected return using CAPM equation using a beta coefficient of 2.00    3.      Solve the expected return for Apple using the beta from Yahoo and the beta from MSN and a risk-free rate of 4.5% and a market risk premium of 6% yield    4.      Calculate the expected return with the CAPM equation using each of the following beta estimates for the three technology firms. Present the information in a tabulated format

Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below] The managers of the XYZ clubs, who have the authority to make investments as needed, are evaluated based largely on return on investment (ROI). The company's X Club reported the following results for the past year: Sales $ 840,000 Net operating income $ 24,360 Average operating assets $ 100,000 The following questions are to be considered independently. 2. Assume that the manager of the club is able to increase sales by $84,000 and that, as a result, net operating income increases by $7,056. Further assume that this is possible without any increase in average operating assets. What would be the club's return on investment (ROI)? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Return on investment (ROI)

Two tales of behavioral biases: You are a portfolio manager of a prestigious Investment Management company, and two of your clients have reached you to share their thoughts about their portfolio performances: • Mathew: “Hello, I have lost a lot of money in the last two quarters! I know that I asked you to invest my money into a very aggressive mutual fund even though you said that it did not fit my investor profile. I know, I know, but I now need to recover. I want you to move my money from this aggressive mutual fund to a technology fund that has done excellent in the last year. Thus, the potential return from this fund is higher, and I think that I can recover from my losses.” • Carol: “I wanted to thank you for the extraordinary performance of my portfolio in the last few quarters. I think that this situation will not continue in the future, however. Six consecutive quarters of gain? Come on, a loss is overdue, you know? Should I move my money elsewhere? Or, if we keep the money in…

You are a researcher and an investment advisor with an investment bank. Your company is planning to develop its own financial statement analysis to track the performance of its portfolios in a particular listed company in the Ghana Stock exchange. So far, the company has portfolios which consist of the equities of companies in the following sectors of the economy ⚫ Financial - Manufacturing The manufacturing category includes all companies that are non- financial. You have been asked to calculate financial ratios for a five-year period of the chosen company based on the following: Profitability ratios > Efficiency/Activity Ratios Liquidity Ratio Financial Leverage/Debt Rations > Investment/Market Ratios You are required to prepare a report for the company. The report should have the following features: (a) Beautiful back-page with appropriate title (b) Executive Summary (c) Table of Content (d) Introduction in terms of what the document is about The introduction should talk about the…

Mr. John is the financial manager of XYZ Company Ltd., which deals in FOREX trading.The company is doing well and the volume of transactions is up to the target. It is starting a newpolicy to attract the corporate treasurer and other financial executives to invest in risk-free optiontrading. Mr. X has been assigned the task of meeting the prospective investor and explaining thecompany’s risk management policy, features of options, and benefits of trading in options tothem. He has to convince the investors about the advantages and uniqueness of trading inFOREX, especially in option contracts.As a representative of the company, he suggests to the client how an option can be profitablyused for hedging FOREX currency risk. The trading environment is very favorable and thegovernment has recently announced liberal policies to encourage individual investors toparticipate in the financial market. Assume that the Sensex and Nifty has already attained 41000and 12100 level and is expected to move…

The managers of the XYZ clubs, who have the authority to make investments as needed, are evaluated based largely on return on investment (ROI). The company's X Club reported the following results for the past year: Sales Net operating income Average operating assets $ 730,000 $ 13, 140 $ 100,000 The following questions are to be considered independently. 2. Assume that the manager of the club is able to increase sales by $73,000 and that, as a result, net operating income increases by $5,329. Further assume that this is possible without any increase in average operating assets. What would be the club's return on investment (ROI)? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Return on investment (ROI) %

In the context of the different categories of investors, match each sentence to the correct category of investor. *     Conservative Moderate conservative Moderate Moderate aggressive Aggressive This investor is looking to invest for the long-term with a specific goal in mind (for example, college savings, retirement, etc.). Investor who does not want to lose any capital and counts on the investment revenues to pay for day to day living expenses. This investor is willing to take on more risk to realize higher returns, being able to accept higher downside risk than the market, but expects to be substantially compensated when markets go up. Similar to Conservative, but this investor wants to participate a little more in market changes although wants maximum protection. This investor is willing to accept large fluctuations in portfolio returns to produce returns substantially above the market in the long-term, usually having an extremely long-term horizon so that she/he can…

You have recently been appointed chief investment officer of a major charitable foundation in Bangladesh. Its large endowment/ donation fund is currently invested in a broadly diversified portfolio of stocks (60 percent) and bonds (40 percent). The foundation’s board of trustees is a group of prominent individuals whose knowledge of modern investment theory and practice is shallow/not deep. You decide a discussion of basic investment principles would be helpful. Explain the concepts of specific risk, systematic risk, variance, covariance, standard deviation, and beta as they relate to investment management. Explain the risk-return relationship in capital market aspect. Include in your answer two reasons for any change you expect in portfolio risk. You may consider availability of risk-free asset in capital market. Your understanding of capital market theory causes you to doubt the validity of the expected return and risk for Bangladesh capital market. Justify your skepticism.

You are a senior financial analyst of a firm based in Sydney. You have been assigned with the task of training interns who recently joined your firm on how to use the free cash flow model to estimate the value of a company. You have collected data on the following data: Year 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Long-term Debt ($M) 56000 57,000 57,000 58,000 60,000 Profits (SM, after tax) 22,000 28,000 26,000 32,000 35,000 Interest ($M, after tax) 1,900 1,950 2,050 2,150 2,275 Working Cap (SM) 20,000 19,000 22,000 30,000 28,000 Depreciation (SM) 36,000 37,000 38,000 38,000 40,000 Cap Spending ($M) 35,150 37,000 41,000 45,000 Cost of equity 0.10 0.11 0.09 0.11 WACC 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.12 Number of equity shares (Million) 3,000 Terminal growth rate 0.06 Using the information you have collected above, perform calculations to explain to interns as to how the following are calculated: i. Free cash flow to firm ii. Free cash to equity iii. method Value of the firm according to the free cash flow to firm…

Hello, This question is from the critical thinking questions of CHAPTER 1, Introduction to Corporate Finance from Fundamentals of corporate finance, the 11th Canadian edition   thank you,

2. The esteemed brokerage firm of Black, Scholes and Merton has just been instructed by one of its clients to invest $250,000 of her money obtained recently through the sale of Netflix, Inc. The client has a good deal of trust in the brokerage firm, but she also has her own ideas about the distribution of the funds being invested. In particular, she requests that the firm select whatever stocks and bonds they believe are well rated, but within the following guidelines: a. Municipal bonds should constitute at least 20% of the investment b. At least 40% of the funds should be placed in a combination of electronic firms, airline firms and drug manufacturers c. No more than 50% of the amount invested in municipal bonds should be placed in a high risk, high yield nursing home stock. Subject to these constraints, the client's goal is to maximize projected return on investment. The firm of Black, Scholes and Merton, aware of these guidelines, prepare a list of high-quality stocks and bonds…

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My class is called Quantitative analysis, so I believe it falls under Statistics.  My question is:  As a financial advisor, you are assigned a new client who is considering investing in one of two stocks, A or B. The table below shows information about the performance of stocks A and B last year.   Return Standard Deviation Stock A 15 % 8.3% Stock B 14% 2.1% As a financial advisor, are there factors other than return and risk that should be considered in making this decision? Based on these factors, what stock would you recommend to the client? What reasons will you convey to your client to justify your decision in recommending this stock? How will this recommendation impact the client? I just need help with part 4

We have probably all heard about the Bernard Madoff Scandal. As investors we need to have adequate financial literacy to avoid these types of events. What steps can you take to help ensure your financial advisor is creating a portfolio that benefits you and your investment objectives? What types of questions should you be asking? What can you do to help ensure your returns are where they should be? (How would you check to verify that your returns are realistic and acceptable?)

You are a portfolio manager who uses options positions to customize the risk profile of your clients. In each case, what strategy is best given your client's objective? Required: a. • Performance to date: Up 16%. • • • © Client objective: Earn at least 15%. Your forecast: Good chance of major market movements, either up or down, between now and end of the year. b. Performance to date: Up 16%. • • © Client objective: Earn at least 15%. Your forecast: Good chance of a major market decline between now and end of year. a. What strategy is best given your client's objective? b. What strategy is best given your client's objective?

NB: Please, do not use excel for the calculation, kindly do well and use formulas for the calculation. Also, take your time to analyse the question before providing answers. Thank you. Good Luck As an analyst for a domestic equity–income mutual fund, Robert Ass is evaluating Mosah Water Company (MWC), a publicly traded water utility, for possible inclusion in the approved list of investments. Robert Ass is conducting the analysis in mid-2013. Not all countries have traded water utility stocks. In developed economies such as the United States, about 85 percent of the population gets its water from government entities. A group of investor-owned water utilities, however, also supplies water to the public. With a market capitalization of about GH¢327 million as of mid-2013, MWC is among the ten largest publicly traded water utilities. MWC’s historical base is the Middlesex System, serving residential, industrial, and commercial customers in a well-developed area of central business…