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Investment Flashcards

1
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Application of money to earn more money

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Investment

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Refers to utilization of resources in order to increase income or production output in the future

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Investment in Economics

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3
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Refers to any physical or tangible asset

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Investment for economists

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4
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Money utilized for buying financial assets

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Investment for Finance professionals

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5
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Most important feature of investment

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High Market Liquidity

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6
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Method used for evaluating the value of a financial investment

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Valuation

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7
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Types of Investments

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  1. Economic
  2. Financial
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8
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Undertaken with the expectation of increasing the current economy’s capital stock which consists of goods and services desired by the society

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Economic Investment

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9
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Money invested in financial investments is ultimately converted into physical assets

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Financial Investments

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10
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Reflect the progress pattern of the real market, financial market exist only as a support to the real market.

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Perfect Financial Market

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11
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Putting money into something with an expectation of gain without thorough analysis, without security of principal and without security of return.

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Speculation/ Gambling

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12
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Nature of Investment

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  1. Return
  2. Risk
  3. Safety
  4. Liquidity
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13
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Money made or lost on an investment over some period of time.

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Return

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14
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Primary Objective of an investment

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Return

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15
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Return may be received in what form?

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Yield (Dividend/Interest) + Capital Appreciation (Sale Price– Purchase Price)

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16
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Return depends on what?

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  1. Nature of Investment
  2. Maturity Period
  3. Host of other factors
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17
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Refers to the loss of the principal amount of an investment

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Risk

18
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Factors affecting Risk

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  1. Longer maturity period, higher risk
  2. Government/ Semi- government, less risk
  3. Debt instrument/ fixed deposit, low risk
  4. Ownership instrument, more risk
  5. Risk of degree of variability of return: Ownership > Debt
  6. Tax Provisions
19
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Protection of the investor’s principal amount and expected rate of return

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Safety

20
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Investment ready to convert into a cash available immediately in cash form.

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Liquidity

21
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Characteristics of Investment

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  1. Safety
  2. Income
  3. Capital Growth
22
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Safety investment

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Treasury Bills, CD, Commercial Paper, Banker’s Acceptance Slips, Fixed Income (Bond) Market

23
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Slightly riskier offer higher income return than AAA

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A or Aa

24
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Medium risk less income than junk bonds

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BBB

25
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Highest Potential bond yields available but at highest possible risk

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Junk Bonds

26
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Offer low yield but a considerable opportunity for an increase in value

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Growth Securities

27
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offers potential tax advantage because of their lower tax rate

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Capital gains

28
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Objectives of Investment

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  1. Capital Appreciation
  2. Current Income
  3. Capital Preservation
  4. Speculation
  5. Tax Minimization
  6. Marketability/ Liquidity
29
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It is the uncertainty associated with the returns from an investment that introduces a risk

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Concept of Risk

30
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Elements of Risk

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  1. Systematic Risk
  2. Unsystematic Risk
31
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Impact of these changes in system-wide

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Systematic Risk

32
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Variability in returns occurs due to such Firm-specific factors

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Unsystematic Risk

33
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Actual income from a project as well as appreciation in the value of capital

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Return

34
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Components of Return

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  1. Periodic cash flows from the investment
  2. change in price of the asset
35
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Total Return Formula

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TR= (Cash Payment received + Price change in assets over the period)/ Purchase price of the asset

36
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Allows investors to reduce the overall risk associated with their portfolio but may limit potential returns

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Diversification

37
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Kinds of investors

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  1. Retail/ Individual
  2. Institutional
38
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Invests in securities and assets on their own, in smaller quantities

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Retail/Individual investor

39
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Company/organization that invests money to buy securities or assets

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Institutional investor

40
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The money you have now is worth more than the identical sum in the future due to its potential earning capacity

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Time Value of Money

41
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Potential gain on interests where that money is received today and held in savings account

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Opportunity costs

42
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Formula for future value

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FV= Present Value x [1+ (interest rate/number of compounding periods per year)] (n + number of years)

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