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Stock Comparison
Portfolio Management
Having wealth is one thing; managing hat wealth in an effective manner such that it produces more wealth at an efficient rate is quite another. As a great deal of wealth ends up in the stock market -- where wealth can be quickly created and even more quickly eroded -- understanding how to conduct a comparison of stocks is essential for proper portfolio management. There are many different considerations that should be taken into account when selecting stocks, but one simple and straightforward method of analysis is to simply compare the past performance of stocks that are being considered. Both the price changes and the volatility of past stocks performance can be an indicator of the risk and rewards associated with a given stock, especially in comparison with other potential investments, and this can lead to a better decision regarding which...
The prices for each stock on the 1st of January (or the closest date for which an active price was available) for each year from 2007 to 2011 was taken to give a general idea of how each stock performed over this period, and to determine the general level of volatility that exists for each of these stocks. Both of these figures are important, as for future projections it is necessary to determine not only the total financial gain or loss incurred from each stock if purchased at the beginning of the period (i.e. On January 1, 2007), but also how much up and down movement the stock experienced in the period overall and thus would be likely to experience in the future.
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Stock Portfolio Management Project Selected 10 companies Company Symbol purchase date purchase price Apple, Inc. APPL Industry/Sector: Technology/Personal Computer -- Investment Style: Large Growth Brocade BRCD Communications Systems Inc. Industry/Sector: Technology/Data Storage -- Investment Style: Small Growth Joy Global Inc. JOYG Industry/Sector: Farm/Const/Mach -- Investment Style: Large Growth Ctrip.com CTRP Industry/Sector: Consumer Services -- Investment Style: International Gerdau SA GGB Industry/Sector: Steal & Iron -- Investment Style: International Gol Linhas GOL Aereas Inteligentes SA Industry/Sector: Regional Airline -- Investment Style: International Green Mountain GMCR 10/21/2009 Coffee Roasters Inc. Industry/Sector: Processed Pkgd gds -- Investment Style: Small Growth Rio Tinto PLC RTP 10/21 /
Strategic Management Analysis of Maersk Shipping Company Maersk Shipping Company is a largest global shipping company operating more than 600 ships, recording more than 23,000 bookings daily and 2.2million containers. Maersk can boast of 14.5% of market shares globally because their vessels arrive at ports every 15 minutes. Established in 1904, Maersk operates in more than 130 countries with over 110,000 employees. The company market capitalization was $27.6 billion at the
29% 2.1 Man Group 12.56% 12.94% 2.34% 1.5 Marks & Spencer Group 4.60% 17.10% 8.33% 0.8 Meggitt 2.62% 65.59% 4.64% 1.0 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 3.66% 13.23% 7.00% 0.4 3.05% 69.65% 25.61% 0.6 Old Mutual 3.24% 26.38% 0.41% 1.5 Pearson 3.77% 50.96% 8.51% 0.8 Petrofac Ltd. 2.15% 62.80% 11.03% 1.5 Prudential 3.47% 14.73% 0.54% 1.6 Randgold Resources Ltd. 0.45% 20.71% 14.89% 0.4 Reckitt Benckiser Group 3.57% 0.00% 12.35% 0.6 Reed Elsevier 4.10% 54.47% 34.72% 0.8 Resolution Ltd. 8.21% 0.00% -0.05% 1.0 Rexam 3.43% 23.66% 6.14% 0.8 Rio Tinto 2.66% 15.32% 4.87% 1.7 Rolls-Royce Holdings 2.16% 33.86% 5.18% 2.1 RSA Insurance Group 8.88% 15.67% 1.89% 1.0 SABMiller 2.01% 23.13% 6.16% 1.0 Sage Group 3.39% 6.89% 0.9 Sainsbury (J) 5.00% 11.50% 5.61% 0.8 Schroders 2.68% 8.82% 2.27% 1.4 Schroders (Non-Voting) 3.45% 8.82% 2.27% 0.8 Severn Trent 4.18% 7.81% 3.56% 0.4 Smith & Nephew 1.81% 41.03% 12.26% 0.8 Smiths Group 3.52% 44.25% 10.58% 1.1 Standard Chartered 3.20% 13.15% 0.81% 1.3 Standard Life 6.25% 12.32% 0.19% 1.1 Tate & Lyle 3.44% 16.67% 5.34% 0.6 Tesco 4.49% 16.36% 5.62% 0.7 Tullow Oil 0.83% 30.01% 6.10% 1.3 United Utilities Group 5.05% 7.08% 4.91% 0.4 Vedanta Resources 2.79% 13.60% 2.67% 2.2 Vodafone Group 5.25% 13.41% 5.27% 0.4 Whitbread 2.44% 17.73% 8.01% 0.8 Wolseley 1.91% 14.80% 3.44% 1.3 WPP 2.93% 73.30% 3.34% 1.2 Optimal Portfolio After carefully analyzing the table 1 and calculating the financial measures of all stocks in Table 1, we select one high performing stock from every industry listed to have well diversified portfolio. Based on our
Financial Risk Management Over the past decade, there have been tons of arguments over financial risk management especially if it is logically defensible in financial terms. Most risk managers have been able to observe both a better acceptance of their discipline along with a better enthusiasm on the part of businesses to employ the word "risk management." In the financing and banking business, nevertheless, these attitudinal changes have donated to
financial assets in order to recommend the appropriate investment vehicle for the client. Analysis of different investment vehicles shows that ETFs are the best investment option for our clients. The ETFs are the basket of securities that combine stocks, bonds, cash, commodities and other securities. The report diversifies our investment options choosing the stocks, bonds and cash from different industries. Based on the historical data, our average annual returns
LEASING vs. PURCHASING COMPUTER EQUIPMENT? Leasing and Purchasing Computer Equipment Scope Considerations for Lease Option 7-9 Advantages of Financial Leasing 9-12 GE Transportation plans to replace their computer equipment for the Human Resources and recruitment department having roughly 100 employees. This paper is based on researching what is the most economical way for the employer, GE, to outfit its office with computer. In this paper the pros and cons both of buying new equipment