Alternative Investment Market

during booming markets and rising in recession. Since the precious metal doesn’t generate cash flow, its value has been closely tied to the status of the economy. Yet, gold is failing to prove its counter cyclical nature in recent years. Tracing back gold’s history reveals its theoretical appeal has been as crisis insurance with the value of the precious metal independent of anything else in the economy. However, as the perception of gold shifts away from a safe haven investment, the value of gold

Kwok Subject: Alternatives evaluation and recommendation of ServerVault After reviewing all the potential problems that ServerVault is facing, the most crucial problem is the shortage of cash. It is because ServerVault wants to maintain its competitiveness in hosting industry. Therefore, it needs adequate cash to build more new facilities in order to expand its business in a larger scale. There are several approaches which are worth for SeverVault to consider. The first alternative is Status Quo

Introduction “Green” (or alternative) energy is a substitute energy source for fossil fuels. Alternative energy is interchangeable with Renewable energy since the sources that are generated are natural and cannot be exhausted, all of which have minimal environmental impact. Alternative energy sources include solar power, which is acquired from the sun; wind power; water energy, which produces hydroelectricity; and biomass energy, which comes from plants. Due to these sources being free and causing

(all percentages are based on market value). Financing Type | Percentage of Total Financing | Market Rate of Return | Short-Term Debt | 15% | 3.5% | Long-Term Debt | 30% | 5.25% | Preferred Equity | 10% | 8% | Common Equity | 45% | 12% | If ATC does not make this equipment investment, it has no other real asset investment projects which it is considering. Therefore, an alternative use of the money in the capital budget would be a purely financial investment, such as stock, bonds, short-term

Firms that pay consistent dividends have performed respectively well in the market during the course of the last few years; especially in industries that are considered consumer staples. It is likely that much of this trend can be explained by market uncertainty as well as historically low interest rates that have driven down returns on bonds and CDS. This research will analyze the attractiveness of these investments from different angles to provide insights into why investors are flocking to companies

I. Market Research Reveals a Service Gap at Starbucks Retail Stores In 2002, Starbucks was a high-growth company, successfully implementing ambitious retail expansion and product innovation in spite of the economic downturn. However, despite uninterrupted growth, recent market research suggested that everything was not going according to plan for the company. Starbucks built its empire on a foundation of customer service, but data collected in 2002 suggested that its consumer base did not feel a

Project appraisal techniques are used to evaluate possible investment opportunities and to determine which of these opportunities will generate the best return to the firm’s shareholders. Therefore, it is vital for the firm if they wish to continue receiving funds from shareholders to employ the best techniques available when analysing which investment opportunities will give the best return. There are two types of project appraisal techniques: non-discounted cash flows and discounted cash flows

and actively plan for innovation correctly. Innovation is a change of direction and it alters investment policy so it is essential from the onset for the business planner to be clear about the current state of product “portfolio”. The planner must recognize how to balance the current products against possible policies for future development and their likely implications in terms of cash flow, market share, return on capital employed and other key

Case 10-8 Ellie Enterprises An investment that is not one of the three traditional asset types such as stocks, bond and cash are considered as an alternative investment. “These types of investments include hedge funds, managed futures, real estate, commodities and derivative contracts.” (www.investopedia.com). These are subject to less regulation and use leverage and derivative instruments to optimize their returns. “In spite of many pensions and private endowments beginning to invest in these

possibilities to consider, and very few wrong answers (deciding to buy scratch off tickets with his windfall would be one of those). On to the question at hand! The first thing Mike needs to do is determine the deadline by which he has to make his investment decision, as this will affect what activities he might effectively pursue. We know from the scenario that there is effectively a firm deadline, if he does not invest his funds by a certain date he will need to pay taxes on them and will therefore