Investment Risk Essays (Examples)
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General Electric Appliance Company Quality Control Instruments
… a greater platform of manufacturing great appliances and reaching an even wider consumer market. In recent months, GE Appliances proclaimed a $62 million investment to partake in the expansion of its production of appliances in Louisville. This will enable the company to manufacture even more appliances such … of appliances in Louisville. This will enable the company to manufacture even more appliances such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and also dishwashers. This investment demonstrates GE Appliances' dedication to continually……
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General Electric. (2019). Annual Report, 2019. Retrieved from: https://www.ge.com/sites/default/files/GE_AR19_AnnualReport.pdf
GE Appliances. (2020). Our Community. Retrieved from: https://www.geappliances.com/our-company/
QIMA. (2020). What is the Product Inspection? Retrieved from: https://www.qima.com/quality-control-services/product-and-manufacturing-inspections
Goh, A., Sullivan, M. (2011). How To Conduct Quality Control With Chinese Manufacturers. Business Insider.
Weber, A. (2019). Assembly Plant of the Year: Refrigerator Production Heats Up at GE Appliances. Assembly. Retrieved from: https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/95217-assembly-plant-of-the-year-refrigerator-production-heats-up-at-ge-appliance s
Trebilcock, B. (2020). GE Appliance: Pulling the digital thread. Logistics Management. Retrieved from: https://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/ge_appliance_pulling_the_digital_thread
Flannery, R. (January 15, 2016). Haier To Buy GE Appliances For $5.4B In China\\\\\\\\\\\\'s 2nd Big U.S. Acquisition This Week. Forbes. Retrieved from: https://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2016/01/15/haier-to-buy-ge-appliances-for-5-4b-in-chinas-2nd-big-u-s-acquisition-this-week/#2a6118503c24
Hayes, A. (July 28, 2020). Quality Control. Investopedia. Retrieved from: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/q/quality-control.asp
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Twitter External Internal Analysis Report To CEO
… order to encourage freedom of expression and make it more comprehensive and relevant. (C-141)
1.4.2. Verification badge placed on accounts that are at risk of impersonification to indicate legitimacy. (C-141)
1.4.3. Social media platforms have implemented features such as broadcasting live videos, photo attachments to increase engagement. … fact, Senator Mark Warner of the Intelligence Committee asked Twitter to disclose any data sharing agreements they have with Chinese companies (C-148)
1.6.3. risk associated with impersonation, offensive, malicious posts/users. (C-141 & C-147)
1.7 Conclusions
Political: U.S. President Donald Trump has help boost Twitter popularity.
Economic: Twitter … help boost Twitter popularity.
Economic: Twitter is a global brand. The blue bird alone communicate twitter worldwide.
Social: Twitter accounts that are at risk of impersonification have a verification badge.
Technological: Internet access is readily available in most parts of the world. So, the number of social … platform is able to be……
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Thompson, Arthur A.,. (2015). Crafting and Executing Strategy: Concepts and Readings..New York: McGraw-Hill Education, (pp. 138-148)
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Influence Of The PRC With Great Power Competition Globalization
… the strategic competition between the US and China is likely to remain in the realm of trade and technology, it does underscore the risk that the competition could extend beyond that, especially if the US perceives that its interests in Asia are threatened by the PRC’s growing ……
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Chatzky, A. & McBride, J. (2019) China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative. Council on Foreign Relations. In possession of the author.
“China as a Trading State” (n.d.) In possession of the author. s
“Foreign Direct Investment” (n.d.) In possession of the author.
Global Times (2018) Best strategic opportunity since the Cold War. Global Times. In possession of the author.
Hoffman, S. (2002) Clash of globalizations. Foreign Affairs. July/August 2002. 105-115.
Morrison, W. (2017) China’s economic rise: History, trends, challenges, and implications for the United States. Congressional Research Service. September 15, 2017. In possession of the author.
NIC (2017) Paradox of progress. National Intelligence Council. In possession of the author.
Pollack, J. (no date). Competing visions: China, America and the Asia-Pacific Security Order. In possession of the author.
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Twitter Financial Statements Analysis
… tend to also look at the debt-to-equity ratio, as a high debt-to-equity ratio is typically associated with a company that would be higher risk. Twitter’s long term debt-to-equity is declining, largely because its profitability, and reductions in R&D spend are putting Twitter in a position of growing … will probably stay the course, now that it has a more mature business with stable advertising revenues. Twitter will likely increase in some investment areas to match the growth in the overall size of the company, but will continue to hold the line on increased investment in order to build its financial health.
However, the improved profitability does give Twitter the option to increase R&D investment, should it find another area of business with a solid ROI potential. It now has a health cash position that it can use ……
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Statista (2019) Social networking ad revenue market share of LinkedIn in the United States from 2015 to 2018. Statista. Retrieved March 20, 2020 from https://www.statista.com/statistics/241815/market-share-of-linkedins-us-social-network-ad-revenue/
Yahoo! Finance, various pages (2020).
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The Future Of Corporate
… and companies are over-leveraged a serious crisis could occur in the market. The downside to keeping interest rates low is that it encourages risk borrowing and investment in risk assets like equities. If people cannot earn a decent return on investment by putting their money in savings, they will put their money into equities, which will cause a bubble in stocks—like what can be … into. For some this can be gold or silver—but those can get bubbly. Active management will be the key to success; too much risk is involved in passive management. Active management will be required to prevent a blow-up and to move money quickly when the market turns. ……
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Hall, M. (2019). How do interest rates affect the stock market? Retrieved from https://www.investopedia.com/investing/how-interest-rates-affect-stock-market/
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Nantucket Nectars Exit Study
… sell some ownership stake to a buyer interested in allowing NN to pursue its goals like it did in its initial phase of investment and remain as advisors.
The revenue for NN from 1994 to 1996 almost doubled each year. Going from $8,345 to $29,493. The gross ……
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Acharya, V., & Xu, Z. (2017). Financial dependence and innovation: The case of public versus private firms. Journal of Financial Economics, 124(2). doi:10.3386/w19708
Ang, S., & Oliva, A. (2004). Superior Customer Value in the New Economy: Concepts and Cases, Second Edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Lassiter III, J. B., Sahlman, W. A., & Wasserman, N. (2014, February). Nantucket Nectars: The Exit - Case. Retrieved from https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/pages/item.aspx?num=37865
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Capital Structure Analysis
Introduction
Corporate finance focuses on financial decisions made by financial managers. Financial decisions is broadly categorized into two: financing decisions and investment decisions (Renzetti, 2001). investment decisions determines the composition of assets held by a firm while financing decisions focuses on the optimal mix of debts and equity (capital … growth opportunities is low compared to the value of assets.
Signaling Theory
This theory suggests that managers know more about their company’s future investment opportunities that investors do. If a manager thinks that investors have undervalued……
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Estimating a synthetic rating and cost of debt. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/valquestions/syntrating.htm
Fenebris.com. (2019, August 18). AU. Retrieved from http://www.market-risk-premia.com/au.htmlm
Intelligent Investor. (n.d.). FlexiGroup Limited. Retrieved from https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-fxl/flexigroup-limited/financials IntelligentInvestor.com. (n.d.). Afterpay Touch Group Limited. Retrieved from https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-apt/afterpay-touch-group-limited/financials
Yahoo Finance. (n.d.). FLEXIGROUP FPO (FXL.AX) Balance Sheet. Retrieved from https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FXL.AX/balance-sheet?p=FXL.AXhttps://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FXL.AX/balance-sheet?p=FXL.AX
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Shareholder Vs Stakeholder Theory
… of the conflict between shareholder theory vs. stakeholder theory. Shareholder theory posits that a corporation’s sole responsibility is to maximize the return on investment (ROI) for shareholders. Stakeholder theory posits, on the other hand, that a company owes a duty to all stakeholders (not just shareholders)—members of … back then that in order to maximize shareholder value they had to deliver as leaders of the company and grow the company through investment in the company, through research and development, through innovation, and through focusing on long-term sustainability. Those were the keys to maximizing shareholder value ……
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Augustine. (n.d.). Commentaries on Sermon on the Mount. http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/16011.htm
Chen, J. (2019). Market Milestones as the Bull Market Turns 10. Retrieved from https://www.investopedia.com/market-milestones-as-the-bull-market-turns-10-4588903
Egan, M. (2018). Tax cut triggers $437 billion explosion of stock buybacks. Retrieved from https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/10/investing/stock-buybacks-record-tax-cuts/index.html
Henrich, S. (2019). Unholy alliance. Retrieved from https://northmantrader.com/2019/11/30/unholy-alliance/
Laux, C., & Leuz, C. (2010). Did fair-value accounting contribute to the financial crisis?. Journal of economic perspectives, 24(1), 93-118.
Light, L. (2019). More than Half of All Stock Buybacks are Now Financed by Debt. Here’s Why That’s a Problem. Retrieved from https://fortune.com/2019/08/20/stock-buybacks-debt-financed/
Mullen, C. (2019). People want to buy \\\\\\'local\\\\\\' food, but they\\\\\\'re not sure what it means. Retrieved from https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2019/05/people-want-to-buy-local-food-but-theyre-not-sure.html?page=all
Putka, G. (2019). Insiders are selling. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/company-insiders-are-selling-stock-during-buyback-programs-and-making-additional-profits-when-stock-prices-jump-and-its-legal/2019/11/06/fc592f58-e493-11e9-a331-2df12d56a80b_story.html
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Brazilian Market Entry Pricing Strategy
… are critical, and any gear that does not adhere to international-level safety standards simply won’t be purchased by serious climbers, as it would risk their lives to do so. So it is reasonable to assume that gear that is premium in the US would also be considered … would allow a competitor to undercut the Kilimanjaro with an equivalent quality harness.
There is also the threat associated with foreign currency exchange risk. When exchange rates change, the value of the profits earned in a country can change as well. If Peak adopts penetration pricing, for … on its pricing strategy. The real is current in a partial float against the dollar, meaning that there will be some exchange rate risk associated with the Brazilian market (Downey, 2019).
Lastly, there is the threat associated with the dependence on Amazonas for distribution. While there is … an advantage in any dispute,……
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Chappelow, J. (2019) Monopolistic competition. Investopedia. Retrieved March 28, 2020 from https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/monopolisticmarket.asp
CIA World Factbook. (2020) Brazil. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved March 28, 2020 from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
Decker, A. (2020) The ultimate guide to pricing strategies HubSpot. Retrieved March 28, 2020 from https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/pricing-strategy
Dourado, A., Canabrava, L, Spadano, L, Alvarenga, P., Salles, R., Advogados, F., Lourencao, M. & Trung, T. (2019) Doing business in Brazil: An overview. Thomson Reuters Practical Law. Retrieved March 28, 2020 from https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/0-503-8385?__lrTS=20180603124715781&transitionType=Default&contextData= (sc.Default)&firstPage=true&bhcp=1#co_anchor_a102539
Downey, L. (2019) Brazilian real. Investopedia. Retrieved March 28, 2020 from https://www.investopedia.com/terms/forex/a/brl-brazilian-real.asp
Furgison, L. (2019) SWOT analysis, step 5: developing actionable strategies. BPlans.com. Retrieved March 28, 2020 from https://articles.bplans.com/swot-analysis-challenge-day-5-turning-swot-analysis-actionable-strategies/
Kokemuller, N. (2020) Entry pricing strategy. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 28, 2020 from https://smallbusiness.chron.com/entry-pricing-strategy-61428.html
Riley, C. (2019) Jair Bolsinaro says Brazil is open for business. CNN Business. Retrieved March 28, 2020 from https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/22/business/bolsonaro-brazil-davos-foreign-investment/index.html
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Weapons Of Mass Destruction
… a WMD can be when used in an attack. The purpose of this study is to examine ways to prevent or reduce the risk of a CBRN WMD attack. By looking at the use of international treaties, the rise of terrorism, and counter-proliferation strategies, this paper will … strategies, this paper will assess the measures available for achieving the aim.
Research Question
What can nations do to prevent or reduce the risk of CBRN WMD attacks?
Literature Review
International Strategies
While international treaties may seem like an effective approach to reducing the risk of a CBRN WMD attack, treaties are not a full-proof plan as they can be broken or not renewed. The current Security Council … full-proof plan as they can be broken or not renewed. The current Security Council Resolution 1540 is a new approach to reducing the risk of WMD proliferation. This new approach of international……
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Asada, M. (2008). Security Council Resolution 1540 to combat WMD terrorism: effectiveness and legitimacy in international legislation. Journal of Conflict & Security Law, 13(3), 303-332.
Carter, A. B. (2004). Overhauling counterproliferation. Technology in Society 26(2-3), 257-269.
CBS. (2011). Clinton on Qaddafi: We came, we saw, he died. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlz3-OzcExI
The Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. (1999). Combating Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Washington, D.C.
Forest, J.J.F. (2012, Winter). Framework for Analyzing the Future Threat of WMD Terrorism. Journal of Strategic Security 5, 4. Retrieved from http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1193&context=jss
Hochman, D. (2006). Rehabilitating a rogue: Libya's WMD reversal and lessons for US policy. Parameters, 36(1), 63.
Lang, C. G. (1937). Archbishop's Appeal: Individual Will and Action; Guarding Personality. London Times, 28.
Stone, O., & Kuznick, P. (2013). The untold history of the United States. Simon and Schuster.
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