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equity financing and third party financing. The sources of finance are defined as the venues for obtaining funds that come from outside an organization. External sources of finance might include taking on new business partners or issuing equity or bonds to create long term obligation, or commercial paper to take on shorter term debt. (Businessdictionary.com, 2015). Scribd, (2015). Stated that depending on the amount of capital required and the term for which it is needed. Without cash, the…

opportunity to manage a practice portfolio. We were given $1,000,000 and a maximum of 400 trades. We were also able to short sale which allowed the excess of $1,000,000. The types of securities allowed to be traded included stocks, options, futures, bonds, mutual funds, international stocks, and commodities. With the choice of many securities, it seemed overwhelming to decide where to start. The different requirements allowed me to understand each type of security and the level of risk involved…

Securities are investment products, which represents small fractional rights over a business enterprise or a pool of assets. Business enterprises and corporate entities use securities as a tool to raise capital. Primarily, securities provide their holders with either participatory rights in the earnings and management of the business enterprise or promised fixed returns over the value of investment made through purchase of securities. Securities with participatory rights are called equity…

valued customers. It has been ranked as AAA/ A1+ by PACRA, and won an award for the Best Bank in Pakistan by “The Asset Triple A” organization . Some of the product offerings SCB provides its customer in the debt instruments are Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs), treasury bills, and Ijarah Sukuks. • PIBS: these are long term instruments that have semi-annual coupon payments, and have maturity dates of up to 10 years, and their auction schedules are quarterly announced by SBP. • Treasury Bills:…

Financial innovation Another reason attributable to the GFC, which was regarded by David T Llewellyn as the ultimate cause of this catastrophic recession, is the emergence of new financial innovations such as CDOs, CLOs and MBSs. These financial instruments adopted to lower the risk and create a more easily accessible market for borrowers, were of extreme use, hence brought about the inverse effect. Moreover, since these innovations require the separation of different tranches of lending…

Devin Ray Professor Song Economics 1A 7 December 2017 Essay Number Two (2) Question 1: What is money? What are the differences between M1 & M2? And how do money-market mutual funds differ from M1? Money, as defined by the textbook, “is the set of assets in the economy that people regularly use to buy goods and services from each other.” (text, Ch. 11-1) This definition of money shows the traditional usage of money as exchanged by individuals and firms, however, there is much more to…

minimal. The principal amount gets locked on its anniversary date and is setup to so it cannot go under the locked principal amount. My husbands 401k and my pension is at the middle to upper risk levels. Both are spread between various funds and bonds so we are not worried about losing too much. We are at least 30 years away from retirement and feel some risk is good to help it build a little faster but not a high-risk level to where we could lose everything in that account. 11. What kind…

4.0 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CONVENTIONAL AND ISLAMIC BANKS 4.1 Advantages and disadvantages of conventional bank The advantages of the conventional bank are the source of income is not restricted. For example, if you have a legal gambling lottery ticket business, you would be allowed to apply for conventional banking products. Also, the conventional mortgages could lead to more savings. For example, if the individual wishes to increase the loan amount on a property, there would only be…

401K’s and Retirement plans 401K is a very important investment tool and a very important retirement tool. Along with the 401k there are also IRA’s or Roth IRA’s. All of these are great investment tools for your use after retirement. No matter what retirement plan you go with weather it is a 401K, IRA or a Roth IRA you should always do your research and make an educated decision as to which one will be better for you now and any time along your life even after you retire. A 401K is most often…

Over the last 100 years Kraft Foods has developed a positive reputation for quality food, making them one of the world’s most recognized brands (Kraft Foods, 2014). They are a large multinational organization with branches in 72 countries and products sold in over 150 countries giving them a competitive edge and strong market presence in the food industry thus enhancing their financial portfolio (Kraft Foods). The large revenues generated allows Kraft Foods to build and maintain their…