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    IBM Stock

    By walking you through a set of financial data for IBM, this task will help you better understand how theoretical stock prices are calculated; and how prices may react to market forces such as risk and interest rates. You will use both the CAPM and the Constant Growth Model (CGM) to arrive at IBM's stock price. To get started, c

    International investment strategy

    What is a good direction/approach to this assignment? Your proposal to expand into three countries was approved by the CEO. Now you have to decide on a strategy - will PM Company simply sell its products (trade) or expand its markets via investment? Choose one international trade and one international investment strategy to r

    Free Market Concepts

    Our economy thrives on competition. Market forces will lead firms to produce the mix of goods most desired. Unforeseen events can be responded to in a rational manner. The constant struggle for profits will stimulate firms to cut costs. Note that technical efficiency results from attention to self-interest, not the public intere

    Trade Deficit

    I need help on just getting started with each question as to which angle to take and what resources to use. 1. What has caused the U.S. run a merchandise trade deficit year after year since the early 1980s? 2. Is the current account a deficit problem? Explain. 3. Is the trend of the international investment position

    Domestic Saving and International Capital Flows

    Questions Martin Feldstein and Charles Horioka of Harvard University argues that in a world of perfect capital market integration, there should be little long term correlation between domestic saving and investment. Explain. What factors might explain closer than expected correlation observed?

    benefits of international diversification

    You are a fixed income fund manager based in euroland. Expected return of the EUR bond market is 4.4% and risk 5%, expected hedged return of the UK bond market 5.5% and risk 5.5%. Correlation of the two markets is 0.7. Demonstrate the benefits of international diversification by investing 70% of your portfolio in EUR bonds, 30%

    The Indonesian Response to the 1997 Crisis

    What have been the implications for the business environment facing foreign investors of measures taken by the Indonesian government since the onset of the East Asian financial crisis in 1997?

    Measuring unemployment, Balance of payments, GDP

    Table 2-5 presents the price of and units of aggregate output for 199x and 199y. (a) Present in Table 2-6, nominal GDP for 199x and 199y. (b) Also calculate in Table 2-6 real output for 199y by measuring l99y output in l99x prices. What is the purpose of such a calculation? (c) What is the GDP deflator in l99y?

    cutting government expenditures and rising interest rates

    Economic concepts The following figure illustrates internal and external balance in an economy with capital flows. "Assume fixed exchange rate" See Attached The full employment output is shown as Y* so that at the point E, we have both full employment "internal balance" and balance of payment equilibrium ":external bala

    Assess questions and explain briefly for each if they are true or false and why?

    1.An increase in Canada's exports will always lead to an improvement in our current account. (true/false) 2.If a Canadian purchases shares in Microsoft, this shows up in the Balance of Payments Financial Account as a debit item only. (true/false) 3.Purchasing power parity cannot hold if the law of one price does not hold. (tru