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Accounting For Financial Instruments: Difficulties With Fair Value Measurement And Reporting, Lindsey T. Byrne Oct 2014

Accounting For Financial Instruments: Difficulties With Fair Value Measurement And Reporting, Lindsey T. Byrne

Honors Theses and Capstones

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Money Market Funds: Analyzing Reform, Paige M. Brooks Jan 2014

Money Market Funds: Analyzing Reform, Paige M. Brooks

Honors Theses and Capstones

This thesis analyzes money market funds since inception in 1983 through the financial crisis in 2008 to current day. Specifically, it discusses the newly implemented reform and if this reform will be an effective way to minimize money market fund systemic risk.


Us Real Estate Investment Performance: 1983-2012, John F. Kerrigan Jan 2014

Us Real Estate Investment Performance: 1983-2012, John F. Kerrigan

Honors Theses and Capstones

This study provides an overview of real estate investment performance over a 1983-2012 time period. The results show that although equity REITs outperformed all other assets on average annual return, on a risk-adjusted basis both private retail and apartment real estate outperformed all other assets. The study also found a recent trend in increased correlation between common stocks and REITs.