Essays on Financial markets

Money as a medium of exchange is an item that buyers give to sellers when they want to purchase goods or services. An example of how I use money as a medium of exchange is simple. Every week when I do my grocery shopping, I give the cashier money, whether it is in the form…

Brenan admitted similar fears n interviews with David Weasel, economics editor of The Wall Street Journal and author of In Fed We Trust. The fact that the global economy is no longer uncontrollably spiraling downward (for 2010, the Economist Intelligence Unit predicts growth of 2. 7 percent for the world and 1. 8 percent for…

The transaction exposure component of the foreign exchange rates is also referred to as a short-term economic exposure. This relates to the risk attached to specific contracts in which the company has already entered that result in foreign exchange exposures. A company may have a transaction exposure if it is either on the buy side…

1. How has Diageo historically managed its capital structure? Diageo sought to maintain the low-debt (conservative) financial policies of the Guinness and Grand Met with goals to keep * its interest coverage ratio (EBITDA / Interest Payments) between 5 and 8 and * its EBITDA / Total Debt around 30-35% Although not quite as conservative…

Bank OneIn 1929, Commercial National and City National Bank of Commerce of Columbus, Ohio, merged to form City National Bank and Trust. City National offered the first Visa credit card outside of California in 1966; it also created the first drive-up bank, and was one of the first banks to use ATMs. A holding company…

Abstract : This research  concentrates on the comparison of  bonds which are called liabilities and stocks which are also called equity using analysis of variance (ANOVA) tool. This tool is cam be effectively used to measure and examine if there is a significant relationship between stocks and bonds. This paper handpicked 20 companies under iTraxx Europe…

How is the policy portfolio of Harvard determined? What are the three major plus categories in the portfolio as of May 1999? Internally. by the HMC. The Board of the corp determined the Pol Port. but the mgmt. was permitted to do short-term determinations within certain restraints. HMC. considered 3 things when looking at plus…

What is the weighted Average Cost of Capital for Marriot Corporation? WACC for Marriott Corp is 11.89 WACC of divisions: Lodging 10.29, Restaurant 13.49, Contract Services 13.615 a) What risk-free rate and the risk premium did you use to calculate the cost of equity? We used 8.95% as the risk free rate (LT Government Debt) and…

Larry Yung, Chairman of Citic Pacific Limited, has a decision to make. He must decide if he should invest in property and build the “Citic Tower II”. Under the current conditions, the current net present value is negative, which is one of the factors that Larry is using to decide. Another concern is that the…

Compared to the Thai Baht whose value was about equal to the Philippine Peso before 1980. now. its exchange rate had similarly diminished. but merely up to Bh 35. 00 to the US dollar. as against our P51. 65 per dollar. On the other manus. another Asiatic neighbour. Japan. had shown gradual grasp of its…