Investment College Essays Samples For Students

In modern times the projects come across an array of failures. These failures may be due to number of reasons associated with the working process. This paper is a complication and assessment of the possible reasons due to which a project may suffer failure.
The need for addressing these failures is important based on the competitive environment that is faced in the modern times. As a result of its frequent occurrences, they are dubbed as “classic mistakes”.

The surveys and findings of The University of Virginia are based on the same classical mistakes assessment that is incurred at these Continue reading...

Leaders should be the custodians of the ideas, hope and views of those the people that they serve. Being custodian is being in trust of others and not in the pursuit of self-interest. For the leaders, choosing to serve is choosing what is best for their constituent even if it might not be in their interest. Service in the leadership is based on the values of servant leadership. It begins with the natural feeling of serving first and the conscious choice that brings the aspiration to lead. Service focused leaders are aware of their weakness, strengths, and they identify Continue reading...

A hero/heroism refers to a unique person with the ability of bridging the gap between humans and the divine. A hero/heroism often personifies values that create a society and posses trend of common characteristics. Such a person may or may not potent unusual circumstances of birth, lives a normal life with other people, may possess supernatural will or strength. They often lead a quest to the completing of a particular issue they are passionate about in the society. Their peculiarity is often defined the resilience and focus they put forward against all odds in order to accomplish the mission Continue reading...

After completing the “Play a Virtual Market” simulation, my knowledge regarding how the stock market works was greatly enhanced. My basic strategy was to invest in oil, banks and energy stocks. I also picked a few stocks whose name I recognized. Fundamentally, my strategy was to buy low and sell high. I was estimating that the price of these stocks will go up because of the increase in oil prices, which then increases the energy prices.
I realize that Investing in the stock market is a risky investment. However, that riskiness can be decreased by investing in options. An Continue reading...

Its impact on the businesses of New Zealand in 2014

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External organisational environment of New Zealand and its impact on the businesses of New Zealand in 2014

Introduction
Since the past few years, increasing emphasize have been cast “on the importance of analyzing the relationship between the organization and its environment (Pfeffer, 1972).” Several researches have been made in order to understand how the external organizational environment, general environment and task environment affect business in a country. “Also known as the operating environment, external organizational environment refers to market conditions, economic and political issues on the local and national levels, demographic factors, and other forces outside of a business that affect the overall success of that business (‘External Environment’, n.d.).” On the Continue reading...

Business Ethics

Introduction
Business ethics is the study of the required business practices and policies concerning controversial issues that are of key importance such as insider trading, discrimination, bribery, fiduciary responsibilities and corporate social responsibilities. The ethics of a business are usually governed by the laws while they can also provide a framework that the business may choose to follow so that they can obtain public attention (Ferrell, Fraedrich, Ferrell, 2010, p. 143).

The business ethics are usually implemented to ensure that some specific level of the required trusts exists between who participates in the market for the business product or Continue reading...

In the study of stock market prices, percentage change of interest and, the percentage change of market indices are key determinants in predicting the future performance of the stock market. When buying shares in the stock market, an investor usually compares the current price and, the future expected increase in price, which will result in profits. The future expected profit is usually calculated at the existing interest rates. Any future change in the interest will automatically have an impact on the future expected earnings. For instance, a rise in interest rate may result from inflation. As a result, future Continue reading...

I believe that economic globalization brings both benefits and shortcomings to international portfolio investments, but is overall beneficial. On the one hand, economic globalization leads to expanded markets for companies who are now able to address the need of more customers than before. Because of this, companies can use economies of scale to their own benefits and generate better returns on capital. The globalization allows for a more efficient allocation of resources, for instance by manufacturing products in the area where the prices are the most competitive (e.g. European textile brands manufacturing clothes in Bangladesh). These are all benefits Continue reading...

With the increase in technological innovation and advancement, the employees' privacy right is highly violated. Employee information that is stored on computers and shared through the internet is not safe from the accessibility of hackers and the state. In that accord, the employees' privacy rights are at a greater potential of erosion and this calls for law enforcers to be motivated to keep pace with the violators (Levinson, 2009). Since the employee is a human being with private though, information and life, these rights must be observed by the employer, the state and the public. However, due to the Continue reading...

No investor would be willing to put their money into a certain corporation if they realized that the future limitless debts of the corporation could become personal debts for them if the corporation ever ran into a debt crisis. If, on the other hand, an investor knew that the maximum amount he could lose in a certain investment is limited to the amount he invested, he can be more confident in going forward with the investment. This is what the concept of limited liability is all about. Limited liability functions as a protection for investors who invest in corporate Continue reading...

Since the liberation in the 1990s, Columbia has offered national treatment for foreign investors. A wide range of controls and remittance of capital and profit was also improved and foreign investment was initiated in most sectors. Usually, foreign investment does not need prior authorization, except when developed in the restricted regions. Although investments involving sensitive sectors are subject to prior approval, foreign investors are treated as domestic investors. This indicates doing American car business in the Columbia will be a feasible investment. Therefore, I will evaluate the opportunities and challenges of investing the American cars in Columbia.
The America Continue reading...

Question 1

Since the 1960s, the priorities of the federal government have been on a collision course that threatens to destroy public investments. There has been a dramatic expansion of entitlements that started under the great society. Likewise, investments have taken a decreasing share of the federal budget. As the Baby Boomers enter retirement, entitlements are expected to intrude upon an even larger part of the federal dollars reserved for building roads, educating kids and way for technological breakthroughs. This is so because entitlements are an extremely essential part of economic security and without change investments will diminish affecting the ability Continue reading...

Cross-listing is a process to access other stock exchange markets to collect the investments. The main advantage of cross-listing for the share-issuing companies is that due to the different business time zones, the companies have the opportunity to trade for more than the normal trading hours available. Therefore, more trading hours allow the companies to complete their ‘right issue campaigns’ in a short time. Another main advantage of cross-listing is that the companies which are listed in different countries are in a position to collect funds in different currencies that reduce their translation and currency risk. Moreover, the list Continue reading...

Introduction to finance and quantitative methods

Question one
- Ways of classifying financial markets
Financial markets refer to markets where exchanges of financial instruments take place. Financial markets can be categorized in the following ways:
- Nature of the products: Financial markets can be classified based on products ownership, the duration it takes to mature, how it is traded, size and how it can be transferred. Examples of such financial markets are equity and derivatives.
- Market participants: Market participants may be made up of professionals, non-professionals or officials of an institution. Under this criterion, financial markets can be classified as commercial banks, Central banks Continue reading...

Fabrics Company has enjoyed a relatively good performance and profit making since its establishment seventy years ago. However, after the leadership change there were a number of improvements in profits and pay but the employees left. Introspection into the reasons as to why this became the situation can point to a number of changes and dissatisfaction on the side of the employees.
The company, at first, was headed by Susan Quinn, who knew all employees by name. This aspect made her liked by the employees. She inspired them through her personal touch on their work by knowing each of Continue reading...

The theme of chapter “Optimizing Distribution Channels” is that the performance of the agency can be improved by meeting the needs of citizens.
- In this chapter, Kotler and Lee has described that the public service performance can be measured by analyzing how well the agency is meeting the requirement of common good that is paving the way to the creation of good for a number of people.
- The public sector goods are defined in terms of three measures that are commonly known as triple bottom line, it includes social good, environment good and the economic good.
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The role of policy makers in any economy is to regulate macroeconomic activities with the main goal of maintaining economic stability. The goal of the policy maker is to maintain stability, which is significant in promoting economic growth and social welfare of the citizens. The policy makers have implemented various policies to stimulate the economy since the financial crisis when government suffered a critical national debt. They are also trying to implement a reliable strategy for balancing the government’s budget in the long- run to solve macroeconomic problems. Therefore, implementing long-term fiscal sustainability is vital for today’s Continue reading...

Referring to the latest 10Q(Quarterly) Filings by Colgate Palmolive, i.e. one filed on 24th October, 2013 and 25th July, 2013, we shall be analyzing the changes in working capital and cash management strategies of the company:

Changes in Working Capital:

I) Working Capital Position as at 30th June, 2013:
Beginning with the Quarterly Report filed on 25th July, 2013t, and the company ended the quarter with the total current assets of $4867 Million. Both receivables and inventories contributed with the maximum share to the total current assets, with an amount of $1778 and $1440, respectively. The total cash position of the company Continue reading...

Government spending refers to the money and resources that the government uses to cater for basic but essential national goods and services. Ideally, government spending can either be investment or consumption oriented. They include defense, education, health and infrastructure among other services. In the United States, there has been a gradual development in the rate at which government spending has been carried out since1960 (Siu par 8). First, education has taken a rising pace through which government spends to facilitate the development of education. Ideally, the proportion of the GDP was rated to be apportioned by 0.20% that has Continue reading...

Use this template to insert your answers for the assignment. Please use one of the four methods for showing your work (EE, Math Type, ALT keys, or neatly typed).

Write the final answer in the terms being asked such as dollars/cents, degrees, tickets, etc.
1. Companies often sell products at or below cost in order to draw in and retain customers. Redman Manufacturers is tracking 5 items from last month’s sales. On item #1 they make $15; item #2 loses $4; item #3 makes $9; item #4 loses $6; and item #5 makes $12. Last month’s sales Continue reading...

The capital structure of the company refers to sources of financing which the company has employed to finance itself. The major sources of capital structure are Debt and Equity and for every firm, choosing the best proportion of each source and how it will satisfy the capital hunger of the entity, is a crucial decision.

Analyzing Capital Structure of Wal-Mart:

Referring to the financial statements of the company, we can conclude that the company is following Pecking Order Theory of capital structures as it relies heavily on retained earnings followed by debt financing and then equity financing.
As for the year 2012, the capital Continue reading...

Internal control practices are the activities that enable a company to maintain an environment that is solely focused on accountability and ethics. These are systems that are put in place to safeguard the resources of the business. By putting in place these practices department benefits in the following ways; one of the benefits is that the internal controls provide checks and balances on the usage of resources. They also ensure that the areas of priority in an organization are identified as well as addressed. Another benefit of putting in place internal controls is that it allows the company to Continue reading...

Question 1

What about the internet, personally, do you find most beneficial? That is to say, "What makes the internet, the internet to you?"

Response 1

Personally, internet is most beneficial in connecting to other people and different communities around the world. The people who enjoyed the products of the Internet can testify fully that Internet is one of the widespread treasures in the modern technology. The enjoyment depends on the person’s interest. One thing for sure is that Internet provides unlimited opportunities to explore the world. Internet has many important things to browse to boost knowledge, skills, and creativity as a Continue reading...

The cash payback period is that period which cash for the investment project is borrowed and that time which is to be paid back. Therefore, the cash payback period will be;
Cash payback period = Initial CostAnnual Cashflow = 750,000/170,000 = 4years 5 months
The net present value of the project refers to the present values of an investment especially using time to evaluate an investment. Therefore it is given by;
Net present value; 1st year = (750,000 × 12%) = 90,000
2nd year = (840,000 × 12%) = 100,800
3rd year = (940,800 × 12%) = 112,896
4th year = (1,053,696 × Continue reading...

This article analyses the changing nature of the federal government. Initially, the federal state was a concern in the provision of goods and services to the US citizens, but there has been a drastic change away from this role. The spending on goods and services provisions used to compose a huge amount of the federal government spending, in comparison with the proportion used on entitlement's spending. According to the article, the federal state has shifted away this composition from the previous function over time, and it has drifted towards increasing entitlement's payments to the households. (Taylor, pr.1)
Jessica Perez, Continue reading...

Accounting

Introduction
This whole essay is concentrated on the Hershey Company. This essay has been divided into five separate parts. In the first part of an essay, the discussion has been made regarding the Company’s introduction, its major line of operations, the major competitors of the Hershey Company, as well as the expected future growth of this Company. Second part is very important which includes the full discussion of the ratio analysis that has been used for evaluating the Company’s performance. In the third part of an essay, the auditor’s opinion made in the financial statements of Continue reading...

In today’s time, information is more important and valuable than any other precious material. The purpose of this paper is to examine and assess how much value can be added to an organization’s working with data audits. A knowledge audit is instrumental in determining the information assets of the business. It is different on various levels from an information audit which is more concerned with the process of information disbursal and communication. Information can be considered crucial for an organization primarily because they identify the capacity of the company to transform into a learning organization.
An organization Continue reading...

Investment Policy

This investment policy has been drafted after consideration of a number of policies on the part of the client. It also describes all the prudent investment factors that the investor deems appropriate. In this investment policy, the investor is offered asset classes that are managed under specified management styles for achieving the set objectives (Craig, 2012). The main return objective for this investment policy is maintaining the returns for the investor at a minimum of 7.5% while maintaining a moderate risk level in comparison to other market investments. It also aims at capital preservation and long term growth for Continue reading...

Reflection Paper

Summary of the Overall Experience
Throughout the strategic hotel investment capstone course, I have used the HOTS simulation program to delve into the operations of the Grand Formosa Hotel. The experience has been very enlightening because it has enabled me to experience the operations in a major hotel. Through the HOTS simulation, I have learnt of the operations in different departments in a hotel. In my opinion, the use of the program was more than what theoretical perspectives could have offered in terms of knowledge and practice. During the course period, I had the opportunity to undertake an externship Continue reading...

Summary

The global economic crisis that happened between the year 2000 and 2010 was largely due to the issue of mortgage securitization. Mortgage securitization emanated from firms developing new securities from the mortgage obtained by buyers and developing business with investors from these new securities. The development of mortgage securities begins with the buyer of a homeowner paying cash to secure ownership of the house. To obtain the cash, the buyer secures a mortgage using a mortgage broker who secures the mortgage from a securitizing firm. The securitizing firm then creates new securities, which it sells to potential investors. The Continue reading...

• Assuming a constant rate for purchases, production, and sales throughout the year, what are Casa de Diseño exists operating cycle (OC), cash conversion cycle (CCC), and resource investment need?

The existing Disenos’ operating cycle (OC)    

  =average collection period + average age of inventory = (75+ 110) days = 185 days Existing Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) 
= OC - average payment period = (185 – 30) days = 155 days Resources needed    
=cost of operating cycle investment ×CCC365= ($ 26,500,000 ×155)/365= $11,253,425
• If Leal can optimize Casa de Diseño’s operations according to industry standards, what will the company’s operating cycle (OC), cash conversion cycle (CCC), Continue reading...

- Introduction
The report is the second part of the SIM and Statistical arbitrage assignment. This report describes the process which has been done in the first part. It includes the collecting of the necessary information and data, a determination of the stocks, analysis of this data and the obtained results.
- Stocks Analyzed

The average return of News Corporation is higher than the average return of Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The standard deviation of the first one is lower than the standard deviation of the second company. Therefore, the stock of the News Corporation is more efficient and stable Continue reading...

INTRODUCTION

Since the Great Depression of 1929-30, the worst financial crisis was witnessed during the end of 2008. Numerous American and European banks declared going into loss by the end of 2007. Later, Lehman Brothers, the 158-year old investment bank went bankrupt; Merill Lynch, the investment bank and the stock-broking firm was taken over; Goldman Sacks and Morgan Stanley seek the status of bank to receive protection against bankruptcy. It was during the same week that the other four investment banks on the Wall Street collapsed.
The global financial crisis of 2008 was one of the most critical ones in Continue reading...

There has been a number of debates as to whether college students should be given the opportunity to choose their courses or not. Like any contentious subject, there has to be opposition and those in support of the issue. While others are of the opinion that, courses should be chosen for college students, others believe that, students should be given complete freedom to choose the courses they would love to study. When students join college, they are forced to study for subjects they do not want to. Many students complain that they are not allowed to choose subjects they Continue reading...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

INTRODUCTION
The economy management of the country has two kinds of policies to intervene and regulate the markets in case of market failure: Fiscal policies and Monetary policies. Fiscal policies are the responsibility of the government, and the monetary policies are implemented by the Federal Reserve System (FED). The economic policies can be implemented in two ways: expansionary and contractionary economic policies. Expansionary policies stimulate the economy and expenditures of consumption and investment increases as the result of these policies. Contractionary policies slowdown the economy, and the expenditure level decreases. In this essay, the definitions of the fiscal and Continue reading...

In recent years, China has exhibited rapid economic growth due to massive debt and injection of government subsidies. Leveraging is essential for funding modernization efforts, but when done excessively, it signals an unbalanced economy. Statistics given by Fitch (2013) show a rise in overall credit in China from US$9 trillion to US$23 trillion since 2008. If history is anything to go by, China is headed towards a banking crisis and severe credit crunch since credit is the lifeline for its state-owned companies (Chen 2006, p. 11).This essay reiterates the chances of China experiencing an economic crash Continue reading...

Answer 1

Valuation of a brand initially originated from two main areas: the first area was the financial treatment of the brand and the second was a marketing measurement of brand equity.   Below are the techniques that can be used to value a brand. The first approach category is a cost based which puts into consideration the costs related with the creation of a brand or change the brand. This includes the development and research of the brand concept. The second category is a market approach that evaluates a brand on the basis of the price for which the brand can Continue reading...

Introduction

The Journal of Banking and Finance (JBF) essentially undertakes the mandate of publishing both the empirical and theoretical research, it doesn’t publish any other research but rather those within the span of finance and banking. Its main objective as stated within the scope of their mission is fundamentally to ascertain a flow and availability of research that pertains to capital, money, and operations of the financial institutions. Ensuing the fact that this journal accomplishes the mandate of assuring a continued flow of research materials about banking and finance, recent articles from this journal will be analyzed to deduce Continue reading...

Abstract

The use and interpretation of economic policies are fundamental to the formulation of strategic plans and courses of action. Economists and policy makers play a vital role in executing this important analytic and interpretive task. Keynesian and monetary schools of thoughts are some of the important alternatives applied in making economic decisions.
Monetarists believe that government involvement in controlling the level of aggregate demand in the economy is counterproductive in the long run. In its stead, they propose that the best way the government can control unemployment and inflation levels is by the use of monetary policies. Monetary policies Continue reading...

Answer a)

Market is said to be efficient when the same amount of information is available to all investors at the same amount of time. In other words, an ‘Informational Efficient Market’ is said to be efficient Nobel Laureate, Eugene Fama was the strong proposer that the market is efficient, i.e. , since similar amount of information Is available to all the investors at same amount of time, all the stocks in the market are perfectly priced and no investor can beat the market returns.
However, whether the stock markets are efficient or not, the topic is still in debate despite of Continue reading...