Investment

ASSIGNMENT # 3- EQUITY AND DEBT INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTS As part of our assignment, we were required to take into consideration the scenario that we have funds of up to Rs. 20 million, which must be invested in both equity and debt investment instruments. For our equity instruments, we decided to invest in three cement companies: Lucky Cement, D.G. Cement, and Attock Cement. For our debt instruments, we decided to invest in Standard Chartered Bank of Pakistan and Engro Corporation LTD. After…

Background Before undertaking the Investopedia simulation, my investment knowledge and in particular my stock market knowledge was limited. Throughout high school I gained preliminary understanding of the purpose of investing and as I received my first paycheques my family encouraged me to save to buy Canada Savings Bonds when they became available. Additionally, this past summer I became familiar with my RESP account as I gained access to put towards funding my education. The stock market was…

Solution to question 1: OTPPB is facing several issues regarding to its investment: 1. Under the current progressive investment strategy, the pension plan continuously generated high surplus. However, as the long-term surplus growth getting higher, it caused the short-term surplus losses and a rise in contribution rates. 2. Inflation is a problem in terms of OTPPB’s current assets allocation. By 2000, 60 per cent and 18 per cent of the plan’s assets were invested in equities such as stocks in…

population of approximately 40 million people. The country is well endowed with a broad range of natural resources, flora and fauna and arable land. Kenya highlands comprise of the most successful agricultural production regions in East Africa. Foreign investment has been of considerable significance in financing development in Kenya not only in the manufacturing but also in the primary and tertiary sectors. Rweyemamu (1987) before independence in 1963, bulk of it went to primary production and…

INTRODUCTION TO FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Foreign direct investment is one of the major monetary sources for economic development. Foreign companies invest in India to take various advantages such as cheaper wages and the changing economic environment of India. With the liberalization of Indian economy in 1991 under foreign exchange management act (FEME), FDI has steadily increased in India. According to the financial times (2015) china and US were overtaken by India in the marathon of the top…

Question 1 (Capital Investment Appraisal): (B) By Using results for all four methods of investment appraisal, write a report to the directors to advise them which project they should opt for, on the basis of quantitative information. There are different levels of it in each of them. The first project (A) the result was as following: • PBP = 6 years and 10.3 months • ARR = 16.3 % • NPV = RO. 65921 • IRR = 8.2 % While the second project (B) the result was as following: • PBP = 7 years and 10.2…

Real estate Investment Trust or also call as REITs is one of the investments that provide in financial market. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) has become the popular instruments of public property investment market(Yue, 2006). There are many opinions for the definition of the REITs. REITs are instrument of the investment that prefer by the investor due to the rapid growth of the property market (Newell, Graeme, Osmadi, & Atasya, 2009). Other than that, the REITs also define as the…

To make an investment into another company, in this case acquiring the largest supplier of the company is a big question. There are various information that would need to be analyzed before making a yes or no decision on the same. The few things the company would like to understand at the 1st step would be the reason behind the same and its financial viability. The different investment measuring tools in this case would be the Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and the…

funds outperformed international funds before and after the global financial crisis, however, it shows no difference in returns during the crisis. Singapore 's economy has been ranked as the most open in the world and as the major Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) outflow financier in the world. The mean of portfolio returns for local funds is higher than the mean of portfolio returns of international funds except for Singapore funds during the crisis. Other than that, the result also shows that…

Potential Investment Project 3 The third investment that Indian River’s management team asked Constand Consulting to analyze and discuss involves choosing between two different projects, W and C, which are systems of disposing of wastes associated with another product, frozen grape juice. Both systems have an estimated three-year useful life; the project selected will probably be repeated at the end of its life into the foreseeable future. Since the waste disposal projects have no impact on…