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Company Analysis : Cablevision Systems Corp

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The companies in the portfolio are; Ignyta Inc., iKang Healthcare Group Inc. and ADS, Cablevision Systems Corp. The positions were set at a boundary of, a minimum of 5% assets and a maximum of 10%. These were the first three initial investments made and only ones done throughout the duration of the Virtual Stock Exchange. This portfolio is invested to maximize the sharpe ratio and maximize the excess return and minimize the volatility of the portfolio. These are the investor’s desires to gain a higher return on investment with a minimal risk tolerance. The portfolio represents the passive strategy, which ended up being very successful. Passive investing, invests in accordance that does not entail any forecasting and disregards short-term fluctuations. The philosophy was to “hold” onto the stocks because of the belief in the weak-form of the efficient market hypothesis. The reasoning for the selections is, the market is efficient, and reflects all the information in the market, and that technical analysis such as past price movements can not be used to predict the future price. Also, by selling when the stock is “failing” is not beneficial because the stock would fall short. The rationale for selecting these three stocks was based on the type of industry they were in. Starting with, Ignayta Inc., which is a biotechnology company. This company produces medicines and is part of the health industry. Secondly, iKang Healthcare Group Inc is another health industry company.

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