This is the second class of my Investments lectures of 2011. In this class I cover the third chapter of the Brealey-Myers-Allen book. This chapter describes the mechanics of calculating present values of lump sum amounts, perpetuities, annuities, growing perpetuities, growing annuities and unequal cash flows. Other related topics like simple interest, frequent compounding, continuous compounding, and nominal and effective interest rates are discussed. Introduces the important concept of value additive property and emphasizes that market interest rates will adjust to prevent “money machines,” ie, to prevent arbitrage. The main purpose of this lecture is to help my students revise what they have learned during the live lecture, nevertheless others are welcome to watch these lectures. Unfortunately, in this video you can see only my slides and hear my voice. You can not see me jumping around the classroom and handwaving as I usually do. Also, I try to keep my politically incorrect jokes for the classroom and out of this video. This should be enough of motivation for my students to keep coming to my classes and use these videos only to revise what they have learned in the classroom. Please excuse me if my Slavic accent is too hard for your ears. I was considering exercises to improve my accent but in the forms that my students used to evaluate my teaching in 2010 two girls stated that they find my accent sexy. That made me reconsider my decision so I have decided to stick …
Long Term Investing In Pharmaceuticals By ProfitableInvestingTips.com Long term investing in the pharmaceutical industry has generally led to excellent returns. The standard advice over the years has been to buy “big pharma” and watch your shares rise in value while you collect dividends. In the last twenty or more years the number of new technologies being applied to treatments has grown exponentially. A question for long term investing is whether investment in one of the larger companies is your best bet or if a little homework and investment timing will allow you to take part in the early growth of new companies associated with new technologies. Long Term “Buy and Hold” Investing in Pharmaceuticals The names may change with mergers and acquisitions but the basic nature of the game in big pharmaceuticals stays the same. A company develops a medicine and then holds the patent for a few years while it recoups its investment costs and takes a healthy profit. Typically the Mercks, Lillys, and Glaxos of the world will find a variation on a current medication and develop that variation in order to extend their patent rights and profitability. Because of competition from generic drug makers when a drug goes off patent the major pharmaceutical companies need to be active in research or acquisitions in order to have a stable of profitable drugs to sell. “Buy and hold” long term investing in pharmaceuticals presupposes that the big pharmaceutical company will keep replenishing …
This is the first class of my Investments lectures of 2011. In this class I first two chapters of the Brealey-Myers-Allen book. The opening chapter provides the students with an overview of the field of finance and a brief overview of the book. The chapter briefly explains the role of corporations, financial managers and financial markets in the financial decision making process. The success of any firm in financial management is measured by the increase in the increase in the value of the firm. The financial decisions made by firms are generally geared towards this objective. Generally, there are two types of financial decisions that are made in a corporation: investment decisions and financing decisions. In order to make these decisions a financial manager not only uses input from the corporation, but also from financial markets. Related topics, such as different forms of organizing a business, the role of the financial manager, and the importance of well-functioning financial markets in the financial decision making process, are discussed. This chapter describes the mechanics of calculating present values of lump sum amounts, perpetuities, annuities, growing perpetuities, growing annuities and unequal cash flows. Other related topics like simple interest, frequent compounding, continuous compounding, and nominal and effective interest rates are discussed. Introduces the important concept of value additive property and emphasizes that market interest rates will adjust …
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I am now making enough to invest. I am in my mid 20′s, and trying to maximize growth. Through a lot of research, I was wondering if this would be a good strategy; I just place a majority of my money in bond funds and transfer to stock indexes when prices are extremely low (ex, during recessions, disasters, bad news). Or should I just continually invest mainly in the stock indexes using the dollar cost averaging strategy? I plan on going with Vanguard because of its low expense ratios.
