, investment opportunities and firm size. The analysis uses firm characteristics for predicting the dividend policies of listed … suggests that firms which pay dividends tend to be large and highly profitable, although they possess low investment … firms, changes in these characteristics and the propensity to pay dividends when identifying opportunities for investment. …

logical that investment opportunities present themselves. Although this is a logical conclusion, much research on the stock … variation in context to the data. In investment terms, the coefficient of variation measures how much risk is being assumed by …

and after the acceptance of a project. The last essay, Investor Sentiment and Optimal Portfolio Selection, analyzes how … the investor sentiment affects the nature and composition of the optimal portfolio as well as the performance measures …. Results suggest that the choice of the investor sentiment completely changes the portfolio composition, i.e., the high …

with another stock or portfolio measured as of the time the investment decision in question was made. As I argued in an … difficult issues to resolve. Up to now there has been no easy and reliable way to compare the risk of one stock or portfolio … elegant and fine-grained measure of risk for a stock or portfolio that can be computed with readily available data and used to …

mortgage rate, tax rate, investment rate, loan amount, and ability to defer tax -- indicates that the 30-year payout maximizes … before it is due as an investment. This requires that homeowners understand their investment opportunities and the rate of …. stated mortgage rate, 3. an alternative investment rate of return, and 4. ability to defer taxes. Unrequired principal …