Suppose an American buys stock issued by an Argentinian corporation. The Argentinian firm uses the proceeds from the sale to build a new office complex. This is an example of foreign <u>portfolio</u> investment in Argentina.
The following are the policies that are consistent with the goal of increasing productivity and growth in developing countries:
b. Providing tax breaks and patents for firms that pursue research and development in health and sciences.
c. Protecting property rights and enforce contracts.
<u>Explanation</u>:
A foreign portfolio investment is the investment made by a foreigner in the form of purchase in country’s stock and bond markets or deposit of money in bank.
Foreign portfolio investment is important because it gives high risk-adjustment return to the investors. The investors get the opportunity to engage in international diversification of portfolio assets.
The growth of the developing countries can be increased by enforcing contracts and providing patents for the firms that deal with research and development in health and sciences.
Answer:
b. 300,000 shares being sold is an issuer transaction and the 200,000 shares being sold is a non-issuer transaction.
Explanation:
A non-issuer transaction is a transaction that does not directly benefit an issuer or it was not directly executed to benefit an issuer.
According to the Uniform State Law, an entity involved in the sales of certificates of interest, leases, mining titles among others is officially exempted from being labelled as an issuer. Hence, the entity (officers of the firm) in the question are non-issuer brokers.
Specifically, when the sales of stock are carried out by someone or an individual who is not a registered stockbroker, that individual officially becomes what is called 'a non-issuer broker-dealer'. The implication is that such a transaction is to be exempted from the registration requirements of the Security Exchange Commission.
In this question, since the issuer newly issued 300,000 shares while the remaining 200,000 in the proposed combination was offered by Officers of the firm - non-issuer broker-dealers. The Law states that it must be separated to show that 300,000 shares are sold in an issuer transaction (Primary) directly involving an official issuer while 200,000 shares are sold in a non-issuer transaction (Secondary).
Answer:
Assume the weight to be invested in Bay Corp is x. That means (1 - x) will be the weight for City Inc. The expression for the expected return will be;
(x * 11.2%) + ( (1 - x) * 14.8%) = 12.4%
0.112x + 0.148 - 0.148x = 0.124
-0.036x = -0.024
x = 0.67
Portfolio beta is;
= 0.67 * 1.2 + ( 1 - 0.67) * 1.8
= 1.398 so beta condition is satisfied.
Amount in Bay Corp.;
= 0.67 * 50,000
= $33,500
Amount in City Inc.;
= 50,000 - 33,500
= $16,500
