Portfolio management (risk and return) of inter-connected stock exchanges
Case study - 47 pages - Finance
Investment may be defined as an activity that commits funds in any financial form in the present with an expectation of receiving additional return in the future. The expectations bring with it a probability that the quantum of return may vary from a minimum to a maximum. This possibility of...
Working capital management at Britannia Industries Ltd
Dissertation - 40 pages - Finance
Finance function is a core function in any organization. I financial management is that managerial activity which is concerned with planning and counseling of firm's financial resources. One such area of financial management is "Working Capital" and management of this is known as "Working...
Foreign exchange markets (12 slides)
Presentation - 4 pages - Finance
Forex market is an over the counter market, through which we can convert one country's currency into another. Participants like market makers, brokers, corporate and individual customers are physically separated from each other. A Forex trader can work from home or office at his chosen hours of...
Direct investments flows between France and Great Britain
Dissertation - 38 pages - Finance
"We believe that working together, France and Britain can be an even greater force for good in the world of tomorrow and so, if you like, this will be an entente formidable as well?. -Gordon Brown, UK Prime Minister. This quotation illustrates the desire that France and Great Britain have, for...
Investor's awareness about the depository systems
Case study - 39 pages - Finance
Technology is revolutionizing every field of human endeavor and activity. Indian capital market is barrow meter of Indian economy; one of them is introduced technology into capital market. A major development in the Indian capital market has been setting up of Depository system. The rapid growth...
What is "Finance" and what is its importance
Thesis - 27 pages - Finance
In our present day economy, “FINANCE” is defined as the provision of money at the time when it is required. Every enterprise, whether big, medium of small, needs finance to carry on its operations and to achieve its targets. Finance...
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs): Reactions of Developed Countries
Dissertation - 70 pages - Finance
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) have attracted increasing attention during the last few years, mainly due to their intervention in the rescue of the American and European financial systems. This intervention came at a time when the other financial systems were in a financial and economic turmoil....
Principles of Finance: Comparison and Contrast between 'Noise Trader' and 'Efficient Markets' Approaches to Pricing in Financial Markets
Essay - 4 pages - Finance
How important is Pricing? In financial markets, prices reflect a volume of aggregate information. In order to understand and make inferences in the financial market, pricing is a significant mechanism to understand the financial market. Surprisingly, pricing models have only been a major research...
Derivative products
Essay - 5 pages - Finance
It is an indisputable fact that the present financial and economical tsunami is one of the worst slowdowns just close to the previous one, being the economic collapse in 1929. Indeed each semester previsions a particular percentage of growth. However, this foresight is depleting in terms of the...
Stocktrack simulation
Thesis - 5 pages - Finance
I had $50,000 to spend and see what happened in a six week period. It reminded me of fantasy football. It simulates all major securities and all the results are based on the actual market performance so the only real difference is that the money involved is not real. As such, I tried to treat it...
Mutual funds and their investment options
Tutorials/exercises - 42 pages - Finance
A mutual fund is a pool of money, collected from investors, and is invested according to certain investment options. A mutual fund is a trust that pools the savings of a number of investors who share a common financial goal. A mutual fund is created when investors put their money together. It is...
Impact of Herberg and Maslow's theories in organizations
Tutorials/exercises - 49 pages - Finance
Among various behavioral theories generally believed and embraced by American business are those of Frederick Herzberg and Abraham Maslow. Herzberg, a psychologist, proposed a theory about job factors that motivate employees. Maslow, a behavioral scientist and contemporary of Herzberg's,...
Analysis of stock markets using GANN studies
Tutorials/exercises - 50 pages - Finance
Tradegen systems is a one stop solution provider and guide to help Indian traders and investors maximize their returns from the markets and create wealth for themselves and their family. Our range of profitable products and robust trading systems together with our principles will help any Indian...
How AG Edwards investment firm relates to economic theory
Thesis - 6 pages - Finance
Any business - financial, manufacturer, distributor or service provider - follows the standard assumption in microeconomic theory of the firm states that the primary goal of a firm in a market-based economy is to maximize economic profits (Varian, 1999). However, unlike a manufacturing company...
A study on mutual funds and investors behavior
Tutorials/exercises - 33 pages - Finance
Mutual fund is a pool of money collected from investors and is invested according to certain investment options. A mutual fund is a trust that pools the saving of a no. of investors who share a common financial goal. A mutual fund is created when investors put their money together. It is,...
Working capital management in Hindalco (Aditya Birla Group)
Tutorials/exercises - 60 pages - Finance
The foundation stone of the Aditya Birla Group was laid down by the great visionary and the founding father of the Indian industry- Lt. Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla. The succession torch was successfully carried on by his son, Lt. Shri Basant Kumar Birla. In the year 1943 was born Aditya Vikram...
Success in financial business management: A case study Site and Sounds Ltd
Case study - 7 pages - Finance
List the factors that may affect your assessment of S&S's inherent risk i.e. factors that increase as well as those that decrease inherent risk. Briefly discuss the impact of your analysis on your overall audit plan. Audit risk is the risk that my audit team provides an inappropriate opinion on...
Commodity markets Vs share markets
Case study - 77 pages - Finance
Indian markets have recently thrown open a new avenue for retail investors and traders to participate in: commodity derivatives. For those who want to diversify their portfolios beyond shares, bonds and real estate, commodities are the best option. Till some months ago, this wouldn't have...
E-banking and Canara Bank
Case study - 56 pages - Finance
The banking sector is the lifeline of any modern economy. It is one of the important financial pillars of the financial system, which plays a vital role in the success/failure of an economy. Banks are one of the oldest financial intermediaries in the financial system. They play an important role...
Comparative study of institutions offering home loans
Case study - 40 pages - Finance
Housing finance is one of the industries which are driven by ups and downs in the real state industry. Although there has been an upsurge in the demand for the home loans in the recent past, it has not translated into a stupendous performance by the housing finance companies (HFC's).the housing...
Comparative analysis of investment patterns, market segmentation, market feedback and the formulation of new strategies
Case study - 49 pages - Finance
HDFC commenced operations as a mortgage bank; it raised large wholesale resources (domestic and international) and lent primarily to individual households. In mid 1991, HDFC entered the retail deposit market by offering savings and investment opportunities to households. Incorporated in 1977 with...
The role of National Bank Ltd in export and import in Bangladesh - NBL Dhaka
Tutorials/exercises - 41 pages - Finance
A bank is an institution, which deals in money. It means that a bank receives money in the form of deposits from the public and lends money for the development of trade and commerce. It is very difficult to define the term “Bank” or “Banker” precisely. Even the best...
Need for financial statement analysis in a computer hardware industry
Tutorials/exercises - 38 pages - Finance
Financial management, as an integral part of overall management is not totally an independent area. It draws heavily on related disciplines and fields of study such as economics, accounting, marketing, production and quantitative methods. The scope of finance function was treated by the...
The impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the retail industry in India
Dissertation - 102 pages - Finance
Retailing is the largest private industry in India and second largest employer after agriculture. Retailers not only provide consumers with a wide variety of products, but also a wide range of complementary services such as assurance of products delivery which can lead to more informed choice and...
Financial Analysis Performing: Coca Cola Inc. vs. Pepsi Co.
Financial analysis - 25 pages - Finance
Coca-Cola was invented in May 1886 by John Pemberton, a pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia. John Pemberton created the Coca Cola formula in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard. The name was a suggestion by his bookkeeper Frank Robinson who also scripted the famous logo. The soft drink was...
Advanced corporate finance II: modern Portfolio theories
Essay - 8 pages - Finance
Harry Markowitz is a Nobel Prize winning economist who worked on the modern portfolio theory. His work has changed the ways of investing for many traders, keeping in mind that his work gave scientific features to risk versus return. The modern portfolio theory is made of different tools to...
Risk Management - publié le 24/05/2009
Course material - 9 pages - Finance
Measuring operational risk allows, in so many ways to anticipate the continuous and discrete potential risks that hold many intangible elements. By sophistical trends, we can measure how it could affect any project on the long term and involve in its management ways. Even the measurement needs to...
Investment opportunities in relevance to ICICI
Case study - 74 pages - Finance
In the '90s there has been a decisive shift towards a new wave, the domain of financial services. In the era of the consumer, financial services, which seek to put the consumer in the forefront, have come to stay. Skillful marketing has opened up a wide spectrum of areas where financial...
Fundamentals of fund management
Thesis - 6 pages - Finance
The easiest way to harness your savings to the stock market is through investing in a fund which pools your money with that of many thousands of other people. Investment funds are commercially run organizations, often owned by banks or insurance companies, which buy shares in bulk, collect the...
HDFC and the mobilization of funds in the insurance sector
Tutorials/exercises - 63 pages - Finance
It has been established that village co-operatives insured against loss of profit in an industry in the early days of the Aryan Civilization. There were contacts safeguarding risks of transport by sea or land. Further these well renowned joint-family system rendered services similar to those of...
