Amana Growth Fund (AMAGX) is an Islamic Growth Fund that favors large-cap investments. AMAGX seeks high-quality companies with sustainable growth rates, with free cash flows, and strong balance sheets. Companies free of excess debt are more likely to have low price volatility and constant rising dividends. Amana Growth Fund advocates ethical investing to avoid crises of reputational damage, higher costs, lost production, and fraudulent operations. Amana Growth Funds Trust is the first and largest
New Guinea (PNG) – the quest for development Economic growth is supposed to distribute the prosperity to all people across a country. The higher economic growth means more income to pursue a better life. Economic growth is the precondition for improving the development. No sustained economic development can occur without economic growth (Perkins et al. 2012, p 14). As a result, maintaining the sustainability of growth is crucial to sustain economic development, for example improvements in health
Foreign Direct Investment in India Foreign Direct Investment Foreign Direct Investment is the investment of a country domestic assets into foreign structures, equipment and organizations, but does not include investment into stock markets. Foreign direct investment reflects the objective of obtaining a lasting interest by a resident entity in one economy (direct investor) in an entity resident in an economy other than that of the investor (direct investment enterprise). The lasting interest implies
beyond economic responsibility and reach out for discretionary acts as certain duties and obligation in order to be a good ‘citizen’ of society. Defensive approach such as partnership with NGOs, governments to get rid of human rights and production issues is taken to defence its reputation. CSR also paves way to new business opportunities such as ethical brand. Its ethically sourced cocoas will benefit local producers as well as enhance the brand’s image In a globalized economy, economic growth comes
Introduction Investment on securities such as shares, debentures, bonds are profitable as well as exciting. It is indeed rewarding but involves a great deal of risk. Shapiro (2006) describes the emergence and growth of the market for derivative instruments can be traced back to the willingness of risk averse economic agents to guard themselves against uncertainties arising out of fluctuations in asset prices. Kawaller, the President of Kawaller & Company, LLC and Managing Director of the Kawaller
Abstract: Emerging countries are the ones that change their status from less developed to developed countries by achieving a rise in GDP per capita and economic growth. This term is also stated as “convergence”. Due to a brief and precise history available in data bases, people argue about the limited data available on emerging markets. Literature review: Data since 1976 is available in the International Finance Corporations Emerging Data Base(EMBD). However, contrary to the complain about lack
Hedging Strategies and Effects on MNCs’ Valuation Introduction In the corporate world, the economic environments that business organizations operate in have over time grown more complex. The global economic environment has grown to a point where market turbulence and volatility have increasingly created challenges for firms to be able to forecast their business and earnings against the backdrop of uncertainties. A direct result of these challenges lies in the methods that organizations utilize
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Economic Growth in India Foreign Direct Investment Foreign Direct Investment is the investment of a country domestic assets into foreign structures, equipment and organizations, but does not include investment into stock markets. Foreign direct investment reflects the objective of obtaining a lasting interest by a resident entity in one economy (direct investor) in an entity resident in an economy other than that of the investor (direct investment enterprise).
The Impact of Globalisation on the Australian Economy Globalisation is not new. Australia has been involved in trade, investment, financial flows, technology transfers and the migration of labour since its foundation as a colony. What has changed is the size, direction and influence of these transfers, especially since 1980. There are a number of factors that have aided this transformation. They include: The expansion of new markets foreign exchange and capital markets are linked globally
Financial Reporting Quality and Investment Efficiency Rodrigo S. Verdi The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania 1303 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall Philadelphia, PA 19104 Email: rverdi@wharton.upenn.edu Phone: (215) 898-7783 Abstract This paper studies the relation between financial reporting quality and investment efficiency on a sample of 49,543 firm-year observations between 1980 and 2003. Financial reporting quality has been posited to improve investment efficiency, but there has been