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3 Corporate Case Studies on Financial Investment Losses

In eight pages the corporate losses of Proctor and Gamble, Sumitomo Corporation, and Long Term Capital Management Fund are examine...

Mexico as a Potential Market Assessed

In eighteen pages trade with Mexico is considered within the context of the NAFTA impact along with geographical, social, cultural...

Germany and FDi

boost opportunities in the former East Germany (McCrary, 1999). Interestingly enough, although Germany has been known thro...

Enron and WorldCom Financial Statement Manipulation

processes (Chidi, 2002). Some of the accounting techniques used at WorldCom in order to supplement R&D write-offs included the use...

Real Estate Investment

or selling dependent on the market (2003). Finally, real estate is an excellent investment because there are government benefits i...

Second World War and the Anti Hitler Contributions of Australia

1995). Yet another crucial element to prewar considerations was the fact that there existed a great quest for peace. Democ...

Effects of Efficient Market Hypothesis Examined

the market" (Heakal, 2002). Fama (n.d.) described market efficiency in 1970, formulating the efficient market hypothesis at that ...

Wal Mart's Capital Sources

$2,823 (Wall-Mart, 2003). Financing is the next source of capital. Where a company does not have liquid assets to make the inves...

Electronic Commerce and the 'Plunge' Firms Take Before Considering Investment Returns

processed electronically and sent directly to suppliers of the products, thus eliminating one more time costly step (Business, 200...

Jim Bakker, Dennis B. Levine, and 1980s' Ethical Questions

insider activities by people such as Dennis B. Levine of Drexel Burnham Lambert during the 1980s can be considered quaint part of ...

Financial Advisors and Their Importance

the retirees who lost money in stocks had taken full- or part-time jobs (AARP, 2002). * 12 percent of those who lost money and who...

Robert Montoya Vineyards and an Investment Analysis Proposal

One particular article contends that cost of capital can be considered a type of commonsense reality check on the return prospects...

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...

AIDS, Morality, and 'Cheap' Drugs for Africa

result in drugs no being developed. Conversely, where the drugs are required, and profits are being made in the developed ...

Stock Strategies Compared

would have earned during this same period in the average actively managed fund (2000). In determining these figures, Malkiel even ...

Investor Information on Office Depot

go public? A: 1988 ("CanamInvestor.com," 2003). Q: What is its stock ticker symbol? A: ODP Q: On what index is the company traded...

Real Wage Rates, Wage Differentials, and Human Capital Investment

to answer the call of marriage and motherhood, ultimately leaving the workforce not long after having what would be a tremendous a...

Financial Position of General Motors

The market conditions need to be understood when making predictions, as do the internal scenarios such as performance and efficien...

How is Net Present Value Influenced by Competition?

this tool is impacted by the market conditions. A key input into the equation is the revenue that is produced; this will be impact...

Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Issues with Accessing Capital

of these barriers, for example, in the United Kingdom in 2007, it was found that only 2% of all small to medium-size enterprises u...

Political Assessment of South Korea

started by the previous president Kim Dae Jung, with significant attempt to engage with North Korea, and harsh criticism of the US...

Ratio Analysis

all direct and indirect costs have been deducted. A well as the direct materials, there are also the indirect costs such as wages ...

Protecting the Interests of the American Farmer

This paper considers the potential ramifications of the current WTO negotiations as they relate to Trade Related Investment Method...

Cost Issues for Gillermo

level of costs. For example, one of the reasons many companies outsource production to companies in other countries is the result...

HERSHEY COMPANY - FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

When it comes to investing in a particular company, there is more than the stock price to keep in mind. The stock price is basical...

Summary of the Origins and Basic Foundations of Investment Analysis

a dominance of speculative behaviour, with a high level of rumour and hype. At this time the analysis that was present was based o...

Danaher Case Study

tend to be middle sized family-run firms. The entrance into new industries is relatively limited, but in many instances co...

Child Abuse Statistics

Child abuse can be either an act of commission or omission (Nester, 1998). It can take the form of physical abuse, emotional abus...

Statistics on Violence in U.S. Schools

Act. The data re for the school year 1998-1999 and reflect the percentage per 1,000 students. The data is from the U.S. Department...

Smiling and Gender Statistics

literature and through observation, regarding the central premises of James hypothesis. Comparative views of smiling can be ass...