obtained from the copula estimated dependence measures and Value at Risk (VaR) allows to examine the diversification benefits … portfolio of domestic equities, as represented by the S&P 500 index. The VaR analysis also indicates the risk of extreme losses … diversification in their portfolio, may find it unattractive from a both a risk management and profit maximizing perspective. However …

investments have performed well compared to most other financial assets on most traditional measures of risk adjusted performance …Purpose – Relatively high recent returns to farmland investments have led to substantially elevated interest in … farmland investments. Absent, however, is a well-functioning equity market in farmland real estate, or well-developed indexes …

. CPA also analyzes the financial feasibility of potential investments by generating annual net cash flows. …

agricultural investments are made defective in Africa by factors such as poverty, lack of appropriate agro-based infrastructure and …