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Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Global Asset Allocation: Investing in a Time of Debt, Supply Shocks, and Quantitative Tightening
Warnock, Francis E.; Wurster, LizCase DARDEN-GEM-0215-EEconomicsIn early 2023, pension fund manager Lynda Chen was troubled. She knew how important portfolio returns were for the pension’s finances. The fund’s assets ensure the pension’s health, as portfolio returns prefund the cost of the benefits the pension pays out to members. Built into Chen’s pension calculations was a 6.5% expected return, which, relative to other pension funds, was conservative. But in this world of massive debt levels, a series of ad...Starting at €8.20
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Fed Listens Meets an Inflation Surge
Warnock, Francis E.Case DARDEN-GEM-0210-EEconomicsAfter the final Federal Open Market Committee meeting of 2022, Jay Powell paused to consider the past and prospective paths for the US Federal Reserve (the Fed). Entering 2023, Powell had three not-unrelated issues on his mind. First, in 2019 the Fed launched its first-ever comprehensive public review of the monetary policy framework it employs to achieve maximum employment and price stability. During this review, Powell and the Fed considered es...Starting at €8.20
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Doing Business: A Managerial Perspective
Warnock, Francis E.; Begley, J. AsherTechnical Note DARDEN-GEM-0176-EEconomicsA government’s impact on the economy is not limited to taxes, spending, and monetary policy. As any manager can attest, regulations dramatically impact the way managers think about production. An effective regulatory environment will allow both new and exStarting at €8.20
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Fragilities and Growth Prospects in the Global Economy
Walsh, Kieran J.; Warnock, Francis E.Technical Note DARDEN-GEM-0177-EEconomicsThis note discusses identifying the potential future fragile and high-growth economies.Starting at €8.20
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South Africa: The Search for Balanced and Sustainable Economic Growth
Warnock, Francis E.Case DARDEN-GEM-0179-EEconomicsThis case follows Lesetja Kganyago, governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), and his efforts to keep inflation between 3% and 6% and, if possible, close to the midpoint of that range (i.e., 4.5%). This policy, part of the inflation targeting (IT) regime put in place in February 2000, forced the SARB to tighten monetary policy substantially and repeatedly in 2014 and 2015, when inflation was above the target, arguably pushing the economy...Starting at €8.20
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Option Greeks, Insider Trading, and the Heinz Acquisition
Tomio, Davide; Augustin, Patrick; Brenner, Menachem; Subrahmanyam, MartiCase DARDEN-F-1978-EFinanceJust before Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc, acquired H. J. Heinz Company on February 14, 2013, rumors had been circulating that the Omaha investing oracle had set eyes on the condiment giant. By the time the official acquisition was announced, questions had arisen about some unusual trading activity in financial markets. A very profitable trade was made on the option market just a few days before the announcement: a $90,000 trad...Starting at €8.20
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Eurozone at 21: A Monetary Union Without Growth?
Warnock, Francis E.Case DARDEN-GEM-0178-EEconomicsThis case addresses the troubles facing the eurozone in early 2021. Was the area doomed to low (or no) growth? Had the eurozone’s high-profile financial crises in Greece, Ireland, and Cyprus given way to the type of slow rotting of society that leads to revolutions? Was the COVID-19 pandemic the final nail in the union’s coffin? Or would the pandemic, notwithstanding the enormous and devastating toll on the union’s citizens, jar the eurozone out ...Starting at €8.20
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Global Asset Allocation: Whither the U.S. Dollar?
Warnock, Francis E.; Chandler, MarcCase DARDEN-F-1591-EFinanceFully updated through end-2016, this case is an in-depth study of long-run issues facing the U.S. dollar. Couched in terms of a pension fund manager having to make an international asset allocation decision that requires a 5- to 10-year view on the path of the U.S. dollar, it allows students to debate important factors such as the likely adjustment of private U.S. investors’ international portfolios, central bank diversification away from the dol...Starting at €8.20
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FX Strategies in 2006: U.S. Dollar versus Yen
Warnock, Francis E.Case DARDEN-BP-0505-ECorporate GovernanceRiding the early morning Metro North train from Grand Central to Greenwich on April Fool’s Day 2006, Luke Anthony briefly pondered the revitalization of some of the once grand Harlem neighborhoods. But then his thoughts turned back to the task at hand: to form a cohesive view of the likely path of the Japanese yen. Was the dollar on one of its patented upward swings that would bring it to 140 ¥/$ before long? Or is the past year’s dollar apprecia...Starting at €8.20
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A User’s Guide to BPM5-Based BOP and IIP Accounts
Warnock, Francis E.Technical Note DARDEN-BP-0523-ECorporate GovernanceThis note presents a short description of BPM5-based balance of payments (BOP) and international investment position (IIP) presentations. It refers to data for South Africa, but given that there are worldwide standards for countries that report both BOP and IIP, it should provide guidance for understanding the data of just about any country.Starting at €8.20