1)     Discuss the similarities and differences between real and financial assets. 

Real Assets determines the productive capacity and net income of the economy, physical characteristic that determine the value of the asset, increase in value contribute to economy. 

Financial asset are inconsequential, claims on real assets/anticipated cash flows, contributes indirectly. 

 

2)     Sort the assets below accordingly between REAL and FINANCIAL ASSET 

 | REAL ASSET: Land knowledge Machines directly contribute to the country's productive capacity material wealth of a society

  | FINANCIAL ASSET: stocks and bonds Derivatives U.S. Agency bonds indirectly contribute to the country's productive capacity  

 

3)     Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of common stock ownership, relative to other investment alternatives.

Disadvantages: the dividend is not certain, even if paid so common stock holder will be the last to entitle to the profit the company made. 

Advantages: Voting Right, entitled for dividends 

 

4)     The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the New York Stock Exchange Index have unique characteristics. Discuss how these indices are calculated and any problems/advantages associated with the specific indices. 

DJIA is consist of only top 30 company in terms of market capitalization. NYSE index consist of all the company listed in NYSE. 

Real asset is a physical characteristic that determine the value of the assets and contributes directly to the economy such as land, machines, buildings and etc. As for financial assets, it considered as claims to the income generated by real assets that contribute indirectly to the economy. 

2)     Sort the assets below accordingly between REAL and FINANCIAL ASSET

 | Land stocks and bonds knowledge Derivatives Machines U.S. Agency bonds directly contribute to the country's productive capacity indirectly contribute to the country's productive capacity material wealth of a society
 
  | Real asset Financial asset Real asset Financial asset Real asset Real asset   Financial asset  Financial asset

 

3)     Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of common stock ownership, relative to other investment alternatives. 

The advantages of common stock are yield of huge gains where there are no limits to the amount of money that will be gain. The buying and selling of stocks are easy as this kind of investment is liquid. Meanwhile, the disadvantages are the risk of investing is high because the price are volatile and fluctuates erratically. Besides that, common stock ownership has lack of control as your success practically depends on whether or not a business has excellent practices and strategies. Since you have no right to demand a copy of their books or business plans, you would have to do your research in other ways. As a shareholder, you are also subject to the will of stockholders. You cannot join in the decision-making process or suggest a better way of doing things. Therefore, if stockholders don’t do their jobs well, you could go down with them. This is why it is vital that you perform due diligence before you invest.

 

4)     The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the New York Stock Exchange Index have unique characteristics. Discuss how these indices are calculated and any problems/advantages associated with the specific indices. 

 

The major difference between the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and Standard and Poor's 500 (S&P 500) is that the DJIA is a price-weighted average of 30 stocks whereas the S&P 500 is a market value-weighted index of 500 stocks.

1. Discuss the similarities and differences between real and financial assets.

 Real Asset :
- Determine the productive capacity and net income of the economy.
- Physical characteristic that determine the value of the assets. Eg: Land, buildings, machines, knowledge used to produce goods and services

Financial Assets:
- Characteristics are inconsequential
- Claims on real assets / anticipated cash flows

2. Sort the assets below accordingly between REAL and FINANCIAL ASSET

Real Assets : Land, Knowledge, Machine, Directly contribute to the country's productive capacity, material wealth of a society

Financial Assets : Stocks and bonds, Derivatives, U.S. Agency bonds, Indirectly contribute to the country's productive capacity.

3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of common stocks ownership, relative to other investment alternatives.

Advantage:
- Yield huge gains
- Legal liabilities are restricted
- Easy buying and selling process
- 2 ways to gain benefits : capital gains and dividends

Disadvantages:
- High risk investment
- Lack of control

4. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and


To calculate the DJIA, the sum of the prices of all 30 stocks is divided by a divisor, the Dow Divisor. The divisor is adjusted in case of stock splits, spinoffs or similar structural changes, to ensure that such events do not in themselves alter the numerical value of the DJIA.

1. Discuss the similarities and differences between real and financial assets.

 Real Asset :
- Determine the productive capacity and net income of the economy.
- Physical characteristic that determine the value of the assets. Eg: Land, buildings, machines, knowledge used to produce goods and services

Financial Assets:
- Characteristics are inconsequential
- Claims on real assets / anticipated cash flows

2. Sort the assets below accordingly between REAL and FINANCIAL ASSET

Real Assets : Land, Knowledge, Machine, Directly contribute to the country's productive capacity, material wealth of a society

Financial Assets : Stocks and bonds, Derivatives, U.S. Agency bonds, Indirectly contribute to the country's productive capacity.

3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of common stocks ownership, relative to other investment alternatives.

Advantage:
- Yield huge gains
- Legal liabilities are restricted
- Easy buying and selling process
- 2 ways to gain benefits : capital gains and dividends

Disadvantages:
- High risk investment
- Lack of control

4. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the New York Stock Exchange Index have unique characteristics. Discuss how these indices are calculated and any problems / advantages associated with the specific indices.

To calculate the Dow Jones, the sum of the prices of all 30 stocks is divided by a divisor, the Dow Divisor. The divisor is adjusted in case of stock splits, spinoffs or similar structural changes, to ensure that such events do not in themselves alter the numerical value of the Dow Jones.

The NYSE Composite Index is an index that measures the performance of all stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The NYSE Composite Index includes more than 1,900 stocks, of which over 1,500 are U.S. companies. Its breadth therefore makes it a much better indicator of market performance than narrow indexes that have far fewer components. The weights of the index constituents are calculated on the basis of their free-float market capitalization. The index itself is calculated on the basis of price return and total return, which includes dividends.