broader performance index than the DAX), we constructed a market model, which estimates expected returns of TK’s stock. We chose the total return index of TK, since it measures performance more accurately and also helps us to offset the effect of the dividend payment that occurs at t(1), the day after the AGM of TK, which would have distorted our significance test. The estimation period used were the trading days of the year prior to the announcement t(-250,-1). The event window of t(0,3) was…
For a start, chapter five was very informative and a pleasure to read. It reconnected all the dots that steered me in the direction/profession of social work. As Rhodes & Rhodes (2015), states “Social class is to rank with others in terms of wealth, power, and prestige. This ranking separates people into different groups that experience different opportunities in life and different ways of looking at the world” (pg. 225). With that being said, this reignites the topic of homelessness that I…
Performance Evaluation Report on Bank of America Bank of America is one of the largest financial institutions not only in the United States but across the globe. The financial records for the past few years indicate that the company's best performance was during the 2013 fiscal year. From this year, the annual revenue began to decrease steadily until 2017 when it regained a momentum growth. Even the high revenues that were realized during the year 2017 are still less than those that were…
matter how many articles were written saying Amazon would fail. Jeff Bezo’s kept to his vision of tomorrow. It’s been almost eighteen years since Amazon went public, and they are still playing the long game. Amazon investors may have never seen a dividend, but investors who forked over $1000 dollars at the time of the IPO, would have seen that initial investment turn into more than $280,000. So while Amazon may not be issuing quarterly checks, their investors have seen their wealth increase…
brand and identity, the restructuring and adoption of a flatter organisational structure, where the business was split into seven units, with each unit being headed by an executive who reported directly to the CEO. Additionally under Vandelvede, dividend pay-outs were halted in order to save resources that could be ploughed back to the business, and the closure of its pension schemes (Collier,…
Introduction “Rapid internationalization and globalization have resulted in a diverse workforce in most Western countries”(Netto et. al 2014). A diverse workplace refers to the variety of differences between people in an organisation… which encompassses race, gender, ethnic group, age, … education, background.. “ (Greenberg 2004). Establishing a diverse workforce allows organisations to have different solutions in solving the problems within the organisation, it also provides a wider service to…
Introduction The Lehman Brothers company had a long history of perseverance from the railroad bankruptcies of the 1800s, to the Great Depression of the 1930s, two world wars, and the Russian debt default in 1998 (Investopedia, 2015). Their century long history of endurance started to erode during the U.S. housing market collapse of 2008 with Lehman’s extensive investment in the subprime mortgage market. With $619 billion in debt and $639 billion in assets, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy on…
large companies, the main shareholders are not usually involved in the day-today management (although there are some exceptions). Shareholders in a large company are usually investors, seeking to earn a return on their investment in the form of dividends and a higher share…
According to “The Miracle of Debt” financing was bound to happen any time soon since Franklin Roosevelt president. Financing techniques and institutions started to appear in the ancient East and the Mediterranean. Within these techniques showing up all over the world an example of an empire being so advance in financing was the Rome empire. According to documents and records the Roman Republic people were very familiar with mortgages, debt instruments, equity, financial courts, and banks. In my…
5 percent. Medical, educational and cultural services, are tax-exempt; as are goods delivered and services provided abroad. Federal withholding tax The federal withholding tax is levied at a rate of 35 percent on certain forms of income, mostly dividend payments, interest on bank loans and bonds, liquidation proceeds, lottery prizes and payments by life insurances and private pension funds. Stamp duties Stamp duties are…