Z plc is a long-established company with interests mainly in retailing and property development. Its current market
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Approximately 25 per cent of the UK equities are in small companies' shares, some of them trading on the Alternative Investment Market. The average return on all UK equities, over the past 12 months, has been 12 per cent. On US equities, it has been 12.5 per cent.
Ignore taxation throughout this question.
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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of holding such a portfolio of investments in the circumstances of Z plc.
A portfolio is a grouping of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies and cash equivalents, as well as their fund counterparts, including mutual, exchange-traded and closed funds. A portfolio can also consist of non-publicly...
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Corporate Finance and Investment decisions and strategies
ISBN: 978-1292064062
8th edition
Authors: Richard Pike, Bill Neale, Philip Linsley
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