Hedge fund

For example, according to Morningstar, a total of $54.6 billion moved from active U.S. funds into passive U.S. funds in June and July of 2016. If outflows continued at these rates, the industry faces unprecedented pressure to reduce investment management fees over the next few years likely resulting in significant loss of assets under management (AUM)…

Quick Ratio measures the ability of a company to fulfill its current liabilities with its most liquid assets. Overall, a rising quick ratio indicates that the company has enough cash to pay back its current liabilities. From the calculation, a decrease of Sleep Country’s quick ratios is prevalent between the 2014 to 2015 fiscal years. In 2014, the ratio reveals that Sleep Country had approximately $1.06 in quick assets for every $1 in current liabilities. However, in 2015 the quick ratio…

What is a Mutual Fund and Why Should I Care? It is unfortunate that there is not more time spent in school teaching young adults and teenagers the in’s and out’s of the financial industry. For many, terms such as “mutual funds”, “bonds”, “401k’s”, and “annuities” are scary and unfamiliar. Young adults assume that only people with a lot of money, who have the resources to hire financial advisors, need to know what these words mean or, what they can do for them. This is a mistake. Every working…

penny stock typically trades outside of the major market exchanges at arelatively low price and has a small market capitalization. These stocks aregenerally considered highly speculative and high risk because of their lack ofliquidity, large bid-ask spreads, small capitalization and limited following anddisclosure. They often trade over-the-counter through the OTC Bulletin Board(OTCBB) and pink sheets The term penny stock has evolved with the market. Inthe past, penny stocks where stocks that…

Facts Harry, a sheriff’s deputy, was injured on the job. He was allowed under his contract with the state to choose between $1,000 weekly sick-pay distributions or an $850 weekly workers’ compensation payment. Issue(s) Should Harry choose sick-pay or workers’ compensation based on the effects of income tax? Conclusions Harry’s best option is to select $850 weekly worker’s compensation payment, as such amount will be excluded from gross income. In comparation, the sick-pay distribution will be…

Vanguard REIT Exchange Traded Fund (VNQ) Fund Summary Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests in equities issued by real estate investment trusts (REITs) which firms focus on purchasing office buildings or any other real properties (Investopedia 2015). Until 2016, the fund total net asset is about $64.2 billion and net asset value is around $80.2, moreover, it has a nearly 100% stocks as its assets (see Appendix 1). Its issuer is Vanguard which is one of the…

Over the past years, industrialized nations, such as the United States (U.S.) and Europe, have ridded their nations of waste by participating in the international waste trade. The international waste trade is when industrialized nations export toxic wastes created in their country and relocate it to other undeveloped countries. This has become a debate issues due to various factors. In 1987, Sunday Nana, a Nigerian, illegally signed a contract allowing Italians, Renato Pent and Gianfranco…

The advantages of Globalization of finance are the reduction of financial risk, improve the allocation of capitals, and reduce borrowing cost. Every business small or large has some form of a financial risk. The reduction of financial risk may require a business to plan for potential risk and existing risk. A company needs to plan ahead for future difficulties seen or unforeseen. Improving the allocation of capitals is one of the most important decisions associated with a company’s success and…

There is always financial crisis in the global economy and the effects really show in the middle of 2007 and into 2008. Where the world stock markets have fallen around the world and large financial institutions collapsed or either bailed out by the governments by rescue packages and bail out their financial systems. Economy was concerned about those who should be responsible for the financial problems are being bailed out. Since global financial meltdown affects almost everyone globally.…

Introduction The project on which I have chosen to conduct research is the case of Ghana where in 2009 it sought financial aid from the global economic doctor the IMF for its economic ailments. All the findings on the IMF-Ghana case in this essay are based on a report carried out by ActionAid Ghana (Addo et al, 2010). I cite all the following ideas, information and claims made in the following paragraphs related to the IMF –Ghana case as being from (Addo et al, 2010) in order to prevent…