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The Essential Financial Toolkit: Tool 4 - Diversification and Correlation
Estrada, JavierTechnical Note FN-558-EFinanceThis note discusses the issue of diversification, something that academics preach and most investors practice. It is often heard that putting all your eggs in one basket is not a good strategy. Diversification, at the end of the day, consists of following that simple advice when building investment portfolios, a process in which the correlation between assets plays a critical role.Starting at €8.20
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The Essential Financial Toolkit: Tool 3 - Risk: Standard Deviation and Beta
Estrada, JavierTechnical Note FN-555-EFinanceThis note discusses two very widely-used definitions of risk, standard deviation and beta, both of which are at the heart of modern finance. Some say that risk, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. Maybe it is, but even if that is the case, understanding the relationship between the standard deviation, beta, and risk is essential for anyone who wants to have a basic knowledge of finance.Starting at €8.20
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Stock pricing: Coca-Cola - Teaching Note
Estrada, JavierTeaching Note FT-51-EFinanceStarting at €0.00
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Risk in European Securities Markets (I) - Teaching Note
Estrada, JavierTeaching Note FT-48-EFinance(See FN-436)Starting at €0.00
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Repsol-YPF: valuation in emerging markets - Teaching Note
Estrada, JavierTeaching Note FT-59-EFinanceNote prepared as an aid to instructors in the classroom use of the case 01988300 Repsol-YPF: valuation in emerging markets.Starting at €0.00
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Risk in European Securities Markets (II) - Teaching Note
Estrada, JavierTeaching Note FT-49-EFinance(See note FN-437)Starting at €0.00
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Hertz & Dollar Thrifty
Estrada, JavierCase F-906-EFinanceMark Frissora, Hertz's chief executive officer and chairman of the Board, had been pushing Elyse Douglas, the company's chief financial officer, to come up with a figure. The figure was how much Hertz should bid to acquire Dollar Thrifty and still generate value for Hertz's shareholders. Frissora had been pursuing the acquisition of Dollar Thrifty for almost three years now, and yet a deal remained elusive. "It's now or never," Frissora told Doug...Starting at €8.20
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Stealth Sports - Teaching Note
Estrada, JavierTeaching Note FT-122-EFinanceEarly in 2020, Pamela Taggart, the recently-appointed CFO of Stealth Sports (a non-publicly-trade company), had one overriding task and little time to waste: She needed to estimate a hurdle rate to force some discipline in the decision-making process of the company. Her problem was that unlike some of the companies she had worked for before, Stealth was not publicly traded; that complicated her job but did not make it impossible. This case is des...Starting at €0.00
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Atlas Financial Advisors - Teaching Note
Estrada, JavierTeaching Note FT-114-EThe team of advisors under the supervision of John Galt gathered at the Coral Gables, Florida, offices of Atlas Financial Advisors in early January, 2020. The meeting was held with the sole purpose of issuing a recommendation to the Board of Trustees of the Green Hills golf club, whose $200 million endowment Atlas advised.Starting at €0.00
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Atlas Financial Advisors
Estrada, JavierCase F-954-EFinanceThe team of advisors under the supervision of John Galt gathered at the Coral Gables, Florida, offices of Atlas Financial Advisors in early January 2020. The meeting was held with the sole purpose of issuing a recommendation to the Board of Trustees of the Green Hills golf club, whose $200 million endowment Atlas advised. This case replaces the F-727 Atlas Investment Management case from the same author.Starting at €8.20