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Investing in three opportunities Page 1 Investing in three opportunities Question:- 2. Investors are always looking for a good opportunity to make money. Write a paper discussing the relative merits of investing in three opportunities you have been thinking about: Facebook; Apple; Exxon Mobil. Select one of these as the best alternative. To accomplish this, you must make clear why your choice is better than the other two. On all papers in the course, read and cite The Wall Street Journal and other credible sources. Do not copy from the Internet without showing the source. Look up these companies on Yahoo Finance. What is their profit like? Do experts recommend them as good investments? Could they be overvalued? Avoid thoughtless comments, such as, \"I like it.\" Use facts not opinions. Write the paper with care. Proofread. Produce a final document that you would be proud to present to a senior executive. Investing in three opportunities Page 1 ANS: 2 In investment, there is not only opportunity to gain, but also risks. There are risks of losing money and the price volatility of the investment. Therefore, as an investor, investing in the three opportunities, Facebook, Apple and Exxon Mobil, have relative merits to the investor. This is because wherever the investment is subject to the same possible negative outcome or event, the investor can diversify to minimize that risk ("Diversification Performance: Under Stress (2008) and over the Long Term (1993 through 2007)," 2011). Investors need to diversify risks, to allocate capital in a prudent way such that they gain the benefits of having exposure to the financial markets. By investing in the three opportunities, which is to spread the capital across the three firms can reduce the risk in the financial market and earn the investor benefits. Besides, investment in the three companies will help to protect the investor's capital in the situation that one company or segment of the financial market does not perform well ("Diversification Performance: Under Stress (2008) and over the Long Term (1993 through 2007)," 2011). In addition, investing in the three opportunities will ensure steady income from the three companies. However, stock dividends are not guaranteed, not all of the three companies will fail to pay dividend to the investors. In addition, investing in bonds in the three companies will generate income, as the fixed income securities make regular payments to the investors over the Investing in three opportunities Page 1 life of the investment. The other relative merit in investing in the three companies is that the investor can adjust his or her investment mix. Among the three companies, Facebook Corporation is the favorite to invest in because it has a steady growth in its last financial years. According to the quarterly financial reports for the end of the year 2015, Facebook reported earnings of 79% per share on revenue of $5.84 billion. This earnings exceeded the projections of the Wall Street that estimated earnings of 75% and revenue of $5.67 billion ("Invest Only in America's Finest Companies," 2015). Besides, for the full year of 2015, the company's revenue rose to $17.93 billion, which indicated an increase of 44% year over year. Thus, the performance of the company is favorable as it is promising continuous growth in next coming years. The company fosters wealth creation for its shareholder more than how the other two companies do ("Invest Only in America's Finest Companies," 2015). Furthermore, the following reasons make it the best choice: Investing in three opportunities Page 1 Rising EPS: From the trend over the last three years, the EPS of Facebook stock has been rising High Return on Equity: High returns on equity are important to companies. Only those companies high return on equity are able to charge higher prices. The high return on equity motivate investors to buy the stock and since Facebook has high return on equity it makes it to be the best choice for investment Sustainable Dividend Payout Ratio: Facebook's dividend stocks have been able to maintain a balance between the amount of money they reinvest in the business and also the amount they distribute to the shareholders in the form of dividends or even the share buybacks. Dividend Growth History: The Company have been able to generate higher amounts of excess cash flows each year that tend to boost distributions annually. This creates a dividend stream for the investors, which increases the rate of inflation each year Therefore, compared to the other two companies it is the best company to invest in due to the continuous growth of the company. Although Apple Corporation is one of the most profitable companies in the last financial year, it is not the best alternative. In the last weeks, quarterly earnings reports show that the company raised revenue of $75.9 billion and a net income of $18.4 billion. This earning indicates $3.28 diluted earnings per share ("Invest Only in America's Finest Companies," 2015). However, this earning exceeded the expectations of the Wall Street, the company fell short in the income statement. The analysis of the sales of the company reveals that Apple is more dependent on the sale of the iPhone. Sale of this product declined in the first quarter thus reduced the earnings of the company ("Invest Only in America's Finest Companies," 2015). There is further projection that the sale of the product may continue to decline by 15-20% in the second quarter in 2016 hence reducing the performance of the company. Investing in three opportunities Page 1 Investing in Exxon Mobil's is not the best investment alternative decision because the performance of the company had been affected by the crisis in the junk bond market. The crude oil prices fell sharply in the year 2014, which reduced the earnings of the company from $60 million to $32.5 million. Besides, the market value of the company as on September 2015 was $316 billion while that of Facebook was $326 billion thus Facebook overtook Exxon Mobil. The share price of Exxon Mobil decreased by 0.18% due to the lower crude oil prices with the possible continuation in the decrease in the future. With the glut of the oil due to the junk bond crisis, the share prices of the Exxon Mobil will continue to decline hence reducing the earnings of the company. Conclusion Investing in the three companies helps to diversify the portfolio hence reducing risks. Besides, the best alternative between the three opportunities is Facebook Corporation because the trend analysis of the financial performance indicates that there is still possibility of continuous growth of the firm hence the value of the investors. Although the other two companies are still making profits, they have reached maturity stage and their growth has started declining thus not the best alternative for investment. Investing in three opportunities Page 1 References Diversification Performance: Under Stress (2008) and over the Long Term (1993 through 2007). (2011). Return, Risk, and Diversification, 281-293. doi:10.1002/9781118266533.ch19 Invest Only in America's Finest Companies. (2015). The Unbeatable Power of Rising Dividends, 3-23. doi:10.1002/9781119197478.ch1 The Wall Street Journal. (2014). Managing Extreme Financial Risk, 135-136. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-417221-0.15001-4 Investing in three opportunities Page 1 Financial Markets Capitalization Page 1-1 Financial Markets Capitalization Question: - 3 Write a paper analyzing the market capitalization changes of one of the Fortune 10 companies over the last three years. Be clear on what market capitalization means. Look at the Fortune 10 company you select and see what happened to its market capitalization in the last three years. If it went up or if it went down, look at articles on why. Maybe sales improved. Perhaps competition built up. Or, they may have had problems with their products. The paper must include research from credible sources, such as The Wall Street Journal. Financial Markets Capitalization Page 1-1 Answer: - 3 Introduction Market capitalization is defined as the market value of the company's outstanding shares. The figure is computed by taking the stock price and multiplying it by the total number of shares outstanding. Market capitalization is an important feature that assists investors to determine the risk and returns in a share. Investors can also be able to select the stock and portfolio that achieves their risk and diversification preferences. Market capitalization is one characteristic that enables investors to compare the relative sizes of companies.It assesses the worth of a company on the open market. Moreover, it measures the company's perception of the market of its prospects because it shows what investors have the will and ability to pay for its stock. Change in Market capitalization Fortune 10 are large capitalization companies which involve typical firms with a market value of 10 billion dollars or above. These firms usually reflect production of high-quality products and services with a historical payment of consistent dividends payments as well as steady or constant growth rate. Fortune 10 are players who dominate already established industries, and their brands are highly popular to a national consumer audience. Meanwhile, investment in large-capitalization companies is considered more conservative than in mid-cap and small-cap instruments thus exposing less risk in exchange for less aggressive growth potential (Willmott, 2010). In our study, we are going to analyze the change in market capitalization for Walmart, which was featured position one in the fortune10 companies for its broad capital base and growth. Walmart is the largest retail outlet in the world which started small with one discount store and the idea of Financial Markets Capitalization Page 1-1 selling more for less. Today the company is proud to have opened over 11,500 outlets under 63 banners in 28 states exclusive of e-commerce sites they operate in 11 countries every week. With revenue of 482.1 billion dollars in the fiscal year 2016, Walmart has managed to employ 2.3 million associates worldwide with 1.5 million of them working in the United States. Walmart is dedicated to creating and developing opportunities and offering value to customers and societies all over the world. In the last three years 2013-2015 the company has experienced tremendous growth in sales. For example in the fiscal year 2014, consolidated net sales raised from 7.5 billion dollars to above 473 billion dollars and 4.85 EPS were diluted from continuing operations. Despite the growth, the company experienced challenging consumer environs all over the world (BreaSols, Casadesus Masanell and GrifellTatj, 2015)). There was slower market growth both in developing and developed economies than anyone would have anticipated. The company experienced solid profit growth with the operating in growing 4 percent on a net sale rise of 5 billion dollars. This was achieved through controlled costs and successful leveraging of expenses. The company's international net sales raised 1.3 percent to above 136 billion dollars. This was due to Walmart's sharply focusing its investments on the most profitable opportunities to position the company for future growth. Walmart also enhanced their merchandise offerings while upholding quality, value, and exciting merchandise. The e-commerce platforms and customers' response were strengthened in each of the company's operational segments thus increasing annual global e-commerce sales inclusive of acquisitions above the 10 billion dollars target which is equivalent to a 30% increase. In expanding opportunities for associates, in 2013 Walmart employed 776,000 new associates across its operations, also they promoted approximately 190000 United States store and club associates to capacities with higher compensation and more responsibilities. The company has Financial Markets Capitalization Page 1-1 invested strongly in training and development because team building in retail is a core goal of the company's strategy. Driving operational excellence. The company remains focused on maintaining the loop of productivity to leverage operating expenses. Walmart upholds the significant way of delivering against this goal is to rise sales. Through operating and buying for less, they can offer their products at lower prices in the market that in turn enable customers to make more purchases. Walmart has also developed a surrounding that leverages best practices across the business to achieve improvements in processes. The company upholds that operational excellence is a function of efficiency and capital discipline which is ensured by their real estate and construction teams who have made an overwhelming move in lowering the costs of the new stores and remodels. Capital efficiency, on the other hand, is a major focus for Walmart's business which is the top priority with the company's ecommerce capabilities. They have outstanding discipline in capital allocation to the right markets, the right digital capabilities, and proper formats. Financial Markets Capitalization Page 1-1 References BreaSols, H., CasadesusMasanell, R., & GrifellTatj, E. (2015). Business model evaluation: quantifying Walmart's sources of advantage. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 9(1), 12-33. Willmott, H. (2010). Creating 'value'beyond the point of production: Branding, financialization and market capitalization. Organization, 17(5), 517-542. Financial Markets Capitalization Page 1-1 Volatility in Stock Market Page 1 Assignment 4 Volatility in Stock Market Question 4. Investors worry about volatility in the stock market. Stock prices rise and fall rapidly. Recently, the market had several bad weeks, then it recovered partially. Investors do not have enough time to react. By the time they decide to sell a stock or buy another, the stock price has already shifted again. Write a paper identifying what are the best ways of dealing with high volatility in financial markets. For example, should a smart investor watch stock prices daily and be ready to pounce when a stock moves rapidly? Or, should he or she make no move - waiting for the market to steady itself, if it ever steadies itself? Perhaps foreign markets would be a wiser investment. Maybe it is better to move all money out of the stock market and invest in real estate, gold, lottery tickets or just keep it in the bank. Look at all of these alternatives pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of each and select the wisest course of action. Volatility in Stock Market Page 1 Answer: - 4 Introduction Volatility can be defined as the rate at which the price of a security decreases or increases for a given set of returns. Volatility is measured by determining the standard deviation of the annualized returns over a given period. It reflects the valuation at which the price of a security may increase or decrease. Volatility measured the variance of an asset and used in the formula for option pricing to assess the variations or fluctuations in the returns of the underlying instruments. Volatility shows the pricing behavior of a tool and assists in estimating the variations that may occur in the short run. If security prices fluctuate rapidly in a short time, it is referred as high volatility, and if security prices fluctuate slowly in a longer time span, it is referred to as low volatility. Handling Market Volatility in Financial Markets I. It's conventionally said that what goes up must come down. In a broader view, under regular occurrences, it's difficult to deal with market volatility when it comes to your money at stake.in such a case common sense is best applied since there lacks an ideal way of dealing with market volatility. II. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. One key way to contain market volatility is by diversifying your portfolio of investment. Classes of instruments usually perform differently under different market conditions. Spreading instruments across various investments such as bonds, stocks, and other cash alternatives such as CDs, money market funds and short-term securities can potentially help control the overall Volatility in Stock Market Page 1 investment risk. The reasoning behind such a strategy is, a fall in market value or price of one type of safety will be balanced out by value increase in another. However, diversification cannot guarantee a profit or withdraw the possibility of occurrence of market loss. III. Asset allocation is a single way of portfolio diversification. This involves selecting the classes of instruments which are good for you and cashing in a certain amount of your wealth to each class, for example, 60 percent of stocks, 30% to bonds and 10% to cash alternatives. Use of worksheets and interactive tools that suggest a model allocation that focuses on your investment goals risk preferences and investment period is the most appropriate method of deciding investments. IV. Focus on the forest, not on trees. As prices fluctuate it becomes easy to focus on the daily returns, instead, focus on long-term investing objectives and the entire portfolio of investment. Although you are the only one who can decide the extent of investment risk you can take, if there is still more time to invest do not overestimate the effect of short-term volatility on your portfolio. V. Look before you leap. When the market value of your investment goes down, and losses on your investment increases, you may be tempted to withdraw from the stock market altogether and look for an alternative investment which is less volatile. The little returns that are typical to less risky investments may seem better when riskier investments are posting negative returns. But before you change for an alternative investment, ensure that you are doing it for the right reasons. Your goals and objectives should be consistent with how you choose to invest your wealth and in line with your investment period. For example, investing a larger percentage of your wealth into vehicles that guarantee liquidity and safety may be strategically right for you if your investment objectives are for Volatility in Stock Market Page 1 the short run. However, if there is still more time (years) to invest, remember that although past performance is not a guarantee of future outcomes, stocks in the past have outperformed stable value investments over time. Moving most of your wealth in conservative investments locks in losses you might have as well as sacrificing the potential for higher returns. VI. Look for the silver lining. Every cloud has a silver lining .in a down market the silver lining is a chance of purchasing assets at a lower price. A single manner you can achieve this is using dollar cost averaging. With this method, you don't do market timing by purchasing instruments when the prices are very low. You don't mind on prices. Instead, you invest the same amount of wealth at regular intervals over time. When the stock price is high, the dollar will purchase for you lesser stock but when the asset price is lower an equivalent dollar amount will purchase for you more stocks. Although dollar cost averaging doesn't assure profits or protection against losses, over time regular fixed dollar investment can result in an average price per share which is lower than the mean market price, assuming investment through all types of markets. Keep in mind that since dollar cost averaging entails continuous investment in financial instruments irrespective of volatile price levels of such instruments, consider financial ability to make continuous purchases. VII. Don't stick your head in the sand. Don't focus much on short-term investments and again don't ignore your investments. Review your finances at least once annually and regularly if the market is precisely volatile or when there have been significant dynamism in your life. There is the great importance of rebalancing your portfolio to make it consistent with your goals, risk preference or restructure it to fit your current requirements (Adrian and Shin, 2010). Financial professionals are available to provide financial and investment advisory to enable you decide which investment options are right for you. Volatility in Stock Market Page 1 References Adrian, T., & Shin, H. S. (2010). Liquidity and leverage. Journal of financial intermediation, 19(3), 418-437. BreaSols, H., CasadesusMasanell, R., & GrifellTatj, E. (2015). Business model evaluation: quantifying Walmart's sources of advantage. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 9(1), 12-33. Volatility in Stock Market Page 1 5.You are working at an investment firm. You were assigned the task of doing research on emerging markets. Your company is heavily invested in debt and stocks from various emerging markets. Top management is worried that the company's performance may suffer. Your task is to recommend a reasonable plan for your company for the next three years. Important concerns from your conversation with senior management, which must be addressed in your report, include, The BRICS are not performing well. Should we eliminate, increase or reduce our holdings? Why? Which emerging markets are performing well? Which aren't? Where do we put our money? What is an \"emerging market?\" Identify specific countries? Where are the risks in emerging markets? How risk averse should our company be? We need to avoid falling into the MF Global trap that sank that firm. The return is very low, so why are some of our competitors buying so many US Treasuries? RESEACH ON THE EMERGING MARKET ANS:-5 BRICS is an economic block that is made up of various nations which include Brazil, Russia, India China and South Africa. The member of the block have a common interest, and they had the interest of the strengthening the economy of the countries.Brics countries have currently slowed down with South Africa due to its slow rate of economic growth and this lead to weakens if there economic block (Kvint, Vladimir 2009). . Russia recession of the oil price and sanction has reduced the rapid economic growth within the BRICS security. On the other hand, Brics has been able to sustain the fall of world economic crisis that highly affected the developed controls like the European countries and the North American countries, and this makes them be rank as the best economic block at that time. Since 2009 the BRICS member countries have been able to meet annually for the purpose of building economically. The bricks countries represent majority of the world population of about 42% and this is the reason why the block is drastically making advancement of the economy in the world. Bilateral relation amongst the BRICS countries have been always for the purpose of mutual benefit and non-interference of the equality of the nations (Edward Elgar 2016) There should be an increase holding among the members of the BRICS block as it is evidence in the economic crisis in 2009 where only the countries who were the members of the block did not adversely affect by the economic crisis.While those other blocks were affected and hence the membership of the blocks proof to be fruitful among theme self-economy. The emerging market is countries which make up the BRICS membership economic block, and these countries have continued to advance in economics and technologically.AN emerging market mutual fund have continue to provide and conducive environment and in such a case there has been continuing advancement mutual bond amongst the emerging market universe. An investor in the emerging all over the world has noted the economic growth of the emerging market. Emerging market on the other hands continues to provide a simple and costeffective way to gaining access to the emerging market. Most of the emerging countries are experiencing industrialization (Marois, Thomas 2012.) Emerging market has strong attribute that has made them be strong economic countries in the coming future, and they include the following; 1) Growing consumption; emerging market economies have historically had a trend of focus exportation of good and service to wealthier countries at the cost of foreign exchange earnings and citizens of the emerging market also have an of having much saving. Many economies predict a shift from this treat due the economic growth of the emerging market nation like China. 2) Favorable demographics; the population of every developing nation except that of us is expected to reduce over time while some developing countries face similar future many have a large which it comprise of majorly young population that is increasingly moving to the urban centers. 3) Room for productivity gains; the productivity of emerging market countries have increasingly lagged that of the economies. Some of the risk experience in the emerging market are as follows; 1) Foreign exchange rate risk; in this case, the investor may experience in the fluctuation on the and this usually impact on the total return of the investment. 2) Less liquidity; Emerging market are considered to be less compared to the developed countries, for instance, there is no emerging market country that has proven to be more superior to the United States. In this case, the liquidity rate may case the investor realize the benefit of fast transaction 3) Non-Normal Distribution; Most of the North American countries are arguably follow a pattern of normal distribution and this result and this lead to almost impossible utilization of the historic resource. There are various ways in which the emerging market can avoid falling into MF, and they include the following; 1) 2) 3) Restriction of the EMIs. Going easy on the purchase. Budgeting of purchase. Reference Kvint, Vladimir (2009). The Global Emerging Market: Strategic Management and Economics. New York, London: Routledge. Marois, Thomas (2012). States, Banks, and Crisis: Emerging Finance Capitalism in Mexico and Turkey. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK: Edward Elgar. J.P. Morgan (April 1, 2016). "Emerging Markets Bond Index Monitor March 2016 \f\f\f