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Financial Analysis and Stock Markets

In twelve pages this paper answers questions regarding hedging, bonds, and the stock market as each relates to ASDC Telecommunicat...

AC Tractor and International Finance

In eight pages this paper examines the 1980s' currency hedging of this manufacturer of tractors in a consideration of its practice...

GAP Bank Analysis

In five pages this tutorial demonstrates GAP analysis calculations and explains the steps involved in calculating the duration gap...

Case Study on Hedging

In five pages short and long hedging are discussed in a consideration of a UK based American company that is considering both curr...

Spain, United States, and Currency Risk Factors

In twelve pages this paper discusses the Euro membership of Spain, hedging, and risk factors as they apply to U.S. and Spain's cur...

Case Study of Nortel

In eleven pages this Nortel case study examines the internal and external performance of share prices and also considers how the c...

Hedge Fund Problems

amount in various funds and insurance company assets (2000). Julian Robertsons flagship hedge fund did grow a great deal between ...

Case Study Analysis of Bateville Athletic Shoe Company

affordable, and attractive footwear in order to serve the needs of the community." While the mission statement is succinct, it rea...

Theory and Practice of Hedging

different companies. 1.1 The Definition of Hedging The first stage is to define what it is we mean by hedging. This is a tool t...

Mortgage Companies and SFAS 133's Effects

who the company is, the impact may be ascertained. The accounts that were prepared January 2001 use SFAS 133, which means that t...

Exchange Risk Exposure and International Trade

be a need to determine how to limit or constrain risk. There are several ways this may be undertaken. The first is to trade only i...

Eight Business Concepts and Definitions

as a chicken payment for a sack of potatoes, but it may also take place in a far more complex setting, such as the use of a commun...

Purchase or Lease Calculations - A Case Study

Firms will often have an option to acquire equipment either by leasing or to outright purchase. The writer uses figures provided ...

Strategic Analysis and Recommendations for Samsung

The writer examines this South Korean firm, looking forest at the external factors, including the political, social, economic, te...

S-D Logic - A New Paradigm for Value Creation

The writer reviews an article entitled "On value and value co-creation: A service systems and service logic perspective", which ad...

The Strategy of FedEx

The writer identifies, discusses and assessed the strategies' that are used by FedEx to compete in the global logistics market. T...

The Constraints of Conventional Wisdom and Sources of Data for Marketing Assessments

The writer presents a paper in two parts, the first looks at the potential restraints for strategizing which uses only conventiona...

The Development of a Solar Trash Compactor by SPC

The writer examines the case of Seahorse Power Company, whose founder, John Pross, has developed a solar powered trash compactor....

What is Fair Pricing?

The writer looks at the idea of fair pricing explaining what it is and how the perception of fair pricing will vary depending on ...

Claims over Property Following Default on a Secured Transaction

A case study is used to explore which type of creditors have priority when a firm is in default. The paper is written with referen...

RBV Assessment of Southwest Airlines

use of a single size aircraft where it is possible to easily substitute one aircraft for another is there are operating issues. ...

Is There a Relationship between the Profitability Levels of Airlines and the Practice of Fuel Hedging?

vary, Morrell and Swann (2006) estimates fuel accounts for 15% of an airlines costs, noting it is not only a major cost, but also ...

Assessing a Potential Investment - Southwest Airlines

customer service (Southwest, 2012). The firm has been highly regarded by investor due to the strong financial results that have be...

The Attraction of Environmentally Sustainable Commercial Policies - The Case of Bahrain

for new equipment, manufacturing techniques and goods as well as general behavioural patterns. There are a number of tools or f...

Oil Prices and Airline Budgets

of hedging and how the airline will fare will depend partly on the type of instrument they use (Flottau & Wall, 2008). This is a g...

Influences on Price Determination for a New Product

The writer examines the different factors a firm will look at when deciding on a pricing strategy for a product that is new to the...

Operational Improvements in Manufacturing Environment - The Case o Morgan Cars

changes have seen the overall capacity of the factory increase from 500 cars per year to over 700 cars per year (Vella, 2007). De...

The Passenger Train Industry as an Oligopoly

order to overcome potential problems associated with monopolies. Many railway industries had been nationalized, this facilitated l...

Proposed Marketing Strategy for a New Retro Sporting Apparel Firm

utilised for leisure wear and used as a fashion item. The firm will obtain the retro sportswear from a number of sources, includ...

The Dollar and Sterling - Exchange Rate Fluctuations and Management

The writer looks at the value of the British Pound against the US dollar at three different dates. The patters are assessed and ad...