Finance can be regarded as the core of the modern business market, and investment analysis is an important role that is broadly carried out by investors for their investment decisions. Investment analysis is defined as the study of how an investment is likely to perform and how suitable it is for a given investor, thus being the key to any sound portfolio management strategy. Moreover, it is the analysis of past investment decisions through looking back at previous investment decisions and the processes of making those decisions. Through this analysis, investors can look make optimal decisions for their specified investment. Particularly with the recent economic recession, investment analysis is proving to play an important role in the world of finance. All things considered, I have no doubt MSc Investment Analysis can quench my thirst of knowledge in this field.
During my academic years, I have taken modules in terms of my interests such as Foundation of Finance, Financial decision making, Investment Analysis, Financial Derivatives and Financial Engineering so on. Despite its difficulty, I chose these modules as I earnestly wanted to prepare myself for my future career. I believe that studying these modules has further fuelled my interest in finance and it certainly has had an effect on my decision of choosing MSc Investment Analysis.
For instance, for the financial side, I have acquired the knowledge in analysing a firm's performance based on investment analysis such as ratio analysis and how to apply asset pricing models such as Capital Asset Pricing Model and Arbitrage Pricing Theory into real world situation. Furthermore, there is an undoubted importance in the use of statistical data in investment analysis and I have lea...
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...e been participating in a baseball club managed by Korean social community at my university. I was a founding member of the sport club and coached beginners. This activity also developed my communication skills and teamwork.
Aston University is one of the world top ranked university and has high prestige with cutting-edge research and brilliant facilities it provides for students to study and enjoy their higher education. The MSc Investment Analysis course is also organised by highly reputable teaching staffs and thus I believe extending my educational degree here will be the best stepping-stone of my future career goal as a professional investment analyst. Since I have been living abroad, I have become an independent and a self-motivated person. I am eager to take any up-coming challenges from studying at Aston University, and I believe that it will be a success.
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No matter what industry you work in—whether you’re an employee, a parent, an OFW, or a freelancer—understanding investment can open doors for you. With countless book resources and the free internet, we are blessed to have many tools and options for self-learning than ever before. But whether you admit it or not, there’s a ceiling to what you can learn and still, your motivation can remain on the ground level. Add fear to hinder this and you may not be able to actually do it to learn more about it.
Whereas, the disadvantages of retaining internal control are hard for King’s college bursar to gain approval from the investment committee when he wants to move to active investments due to the passive investment always achieve the targeted return. Although King’s College using Schroder advice on investing, they still reluctant to get
Zager and Zager (2006) split the financial decision process into three parts: Inputs, process and outputs. This essay shall show the inputs, both qualitative and quantitative, process techniques and outputs of the financial decision making process. Integrity of the data is needed throughout the process, not just with the final outputs, also how different levels of accuracy are needed, and indeed can be achieved in different phases of the project.
In this assignment, four widely used of the investment appraisal techniques will be presented. They are all unique in it’s own way in the financial world today.
Hensel, C. R., Ezra, D., & Ilkiw, J. H. (1991). The Importance of the Asset Allocation Decision.
Swimming has remarkably improved my willpower and perseverance. My interests and hobbies will prove a great boon to my overseas study, which attaches great importance to the moral, intellectual and physical development of young students. Longing to become a chartered financial analyst that serves for the market by taking a company public via an IPO in China, I am always fascinated about the idea of starting my own venture capital firm and eager to learn some economics and financial know-how. Now I am applying to the major of finance in a hope to systematically learn the financial knowledge, particularly in the field of investment and banking. In addition to theoretical knowledge accumulation, I expect to practice and improve on my analytical skills after graduation through research assistantship working with a renowned professor in the field of finance, in which I can observe deeply how the application of mathematical and statistical methods to the analysis of financial data provides advices to consumers of financial services. London is one of the top notch financial centers, shoulder to shoulder with New
Among all the programs available, I firmly believe that the Master in Finance program at Princeton University will be the ideal preparation for my career because of its strong emphasis on quantitative techniques with practical business problem solving. The core courses offered by the program will help me build concrete foundation in financial theories and computational methods; the elective courses, such as Forecasting and Time Series Analysis, will further enhance my modeling techniques for financial forecasting in a broader application. Besides excellent teaching fellows at Princeton University, the close personal attention from academic and career advisors will be invaluable to my professional growth. Furthermore, the small cla...
This assignment is concerned with your understanding of the key issues relative to portfolio analysis and investment. In completing this assignment you are to limit your scope to the US stock markets only. Use the Cybrary, the Internet, and course resources to write a 2-page essay which you will use with new clients of your financial planning business which addresses the following issues and/or practices:
Investment is about choices and risk taking. It has the ability to generate profits or cause losses. The same concept implies in life. The choice that we made is an investment. It influences the goals we aspire to achieve. I aspire to build a successful career in Sales and Trading, and I believe choosing Imperial College Business School to do the Msc degree is a good investment.
Studying Banking and Finance at University of St.Gallen will help me further increase my proficiency of corporate finance and financial markets. The in-depth research of specific topics, as well as a comprehensive curriculum, is a possibility for me to focus on my topic of interest ...
Present theoretical arguments for the choice of net present value as the best method of investment appraisal;
Our understanding and the concept of investment in behavioural finance combines economics and psychology to analyse how and why investors make final decision. As an investor one’s decision to invest is fully influence by different type of attitudes of behavioural and psychological ( Ricciardi & Simon, 2000). Yet, in order to maximize their financial goal, investors must have a good investment planning. Furthermore , to gain a good investment planning , there must be a good decision making among investors. They have to choose the right investment plan I order to manage the resources for different type of investments not only to gain profit wise but also to avoid the risk that occur from investment.