, 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 …

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 …

considered an effective way to promote competition. However, possible adverse consequences for infrastructure investment of … regulation on MNO investment behavior. Employing firm-level data across 21 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development … access regulation leads to investment disincentives for MNOs and that volantary provision of access may create disincentives …

Identifying a successful mutual fund investment involves a crucial analysis of alternatives, all of which influence the … true benefit of the investment. Major considerations must include performance, management and fees; which ultimately … determine investment returns. Studies have shown that team managed mutual funds exhibit similar risk adjusted performance to …

This study explores the relationship between a venture capital firm?s geographic region and the investment traits that … certain investment traits over others when funding new companies.The study examines three regions (the East Coast of the … firms in each region, I collected data on which funding components, or investment traits, the sampled respondents valued. To …

Beta of ten different individual equities and a single portfolio with 10% allocated in each. More importantly, I apply CAPM …