Financial Management: Theory & Practice
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Author: Brigham
Publisher: Cengage
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You just graduated with MBA in Accounting and Finance from the University of Professional Studies and are employed by JEK Investments Ltd, a brokerage firm in Ghana. Kweku The Don, an illiterate businessman, visited your firm for a piece of investment advice and possibly make some investments. Although an accomplished businessman, he was advised by hisson to buy some shares on the Ghana Stock Exchange in other to diversify his portfolio. Your boss has asked you to consider either Cronox Industries or Zealous Incorporated The share prices and dividends for the two companies and the returns on the Ghana Stock Exchange are shown below for the period 2016– 2021.
Cronox Industries
Zealous Incorporated
Year
Stock price
Dividend (GH¢)
Stock price
Dividend (GH¢)
GSE Returns (Market Returns)
2016
7.62
-
55.75
-
-
2017
12
0.90
60.00
2.25
0.07
2018
10.75
0.95
57.25
2.50…
You just graduated with MBA in Accounting and Finance from the University of Professional Studies and are employed by JEK Investments Ltd, a brokerage firm in Ghana. Kweku The Don, an illiterate businessman, visited your firm for a piece of investment advice and possibly make some investments. Although an accomplished businessman, he was advised by hisson to buy some shares on the Ghana Stock Exchange in other to diversify his portfolio. Your boss has asked you to consider either Cronox Industries or Zealous Incorporated The share prices and dividends for the two companies and the returns on the Ghana Stock Exchange are shown below for the period 2016– 2021.
Cronox Industries
Zealous Incorporated
Year
Stock price
Dividend (GH¢)
Stock price
Dividend (GH¢)
GSE Returns (Market Returns)
2016
7.62
-
55.75
-
-
2017
12
0.90
60.00
2.25
0.07
2018
10.75
0.95
57.25
2.50…
Suppose you work for an investment bank where you are assigned to track EchoStar's stock
and create reports that brokers can distribute to investors. Investors can then use these
reports and decide whether they want to invest in a particular stock.
In this scenario, you are working as a
_____ analyst.
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