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This document outlines the requirements for Writing Assignment #1 for the International Finance course. Students must write a paper of at least 250 words on one of four assigned topics. The topics involve summarizing and analyzing passages from texts about value investing and financial analysis. Students have two weeks to complete the assignment. Papers must be properly formatted, cite sources, include a bibliography, and attach a declaration of authorship. The assignment is worth 10% of the student's final grade.

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IF English 1 Writing Assignment 1 WS21 22

This document outlines the requirements for Writing Assignment #1 for the International Finance course. Students must write a paper of at least 250 words on one of four assigned topics. The topics involve summarizing and analyzing passages from texts about value investing and financial analysis. Students have two weeks to complete the assignment. Papers must be properly formatted, cite sources, include a bibliography, and attach a declaration of authorship. The assignment is worth 10% of the student's final grade.

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International Finance (2 sem) – English for Finance (Slawney)

WS 2021 2022

Writing Assignment #1

PO Prüfungsanforderung:
“ 2 written assignments (preparation time of 2
weeks each, each worth 10% of the final grade”

General Topic: READER Text Group 1: Foundations of Value


Investing; Text Group 2: Contemporary Approaches to the
Improbable”

Pick one of the four assignments below and write out at least 250 words
on it double spaced (formatted as Microsoft Word document with proper
citation and referencing).

Topic 1: Summarize text 1, “Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent


Investor, Revised Edition, Chapter 8 and Chapter 20.” Possibly make
reference to the use that these chapters have been put to by subsequent
investors such as Warren Buffet, Seth Klarman, David Einhorn, etc.
Topic 2: Read text 2, the extract from Warren Bufffett and the
Interpretation of Financial Statements, and apply the techniques
Warren Buffett uses to interpret financial statements to the 4Q 2020
results of a real-life publicly-traded company to judge whether it passes
Buffett’s criteria for a good investment. Recommend either Strong
Buy/Buy/Hold/Sell/Strong Sell for the stock on the basis of your analysis.
Topic 3: Summarize text 3, Michael Lewis, The Big Short, Chapter 2.
Possibly make reference to the texts and video-taped speeches and
interviews with Michael Burry during and shortly after this period.
Topic 4: Summarize text 4, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan,
Part 2, pp. 135-164. Possibly make reference to other approaches to
prediction and probability.

Step 1: Pick one of the four assignments to work on.


Step 2: Read the text the assignment is on.
Step 3: Perhaps do further research on the topic and write project paper.
Step 4: Hand in project paper (after two weeks) by uploading it to the Moodle platform by
23:59, 15 November, 2021.
Useful resources:
- Course Reader, available from Dr. Slawney.
- Websites (a good starting point: http://en.wikipedia.org )
- Current business journals and their websites (Economist, Financial Times, Business Week),
BBC, CNN, Bloomberg, CNBC, zerohedge, businessinsider, etc.
- Films and videos.
- Academic literature on economics.

Marks given for:


 Written work (see step 3): - complexity and originality of topic - structure, integration of
parts, language

Format of project work


Title page - title of work
- name(s) of author(s), Matr.Nr(s)
- seminar title
- date

Referencing - quote sources in text


- bibliography of sources used (see below)

Glossary - if possible: give glossary of English terms

Declaration of Authorship
The following “Declaration of Authorship” must be attached to written work:

Declaration of Authorship

I hereby declare that the thesis submitted is my own unaided work. All direct or indirect sources
used are acknowledged as references.

I am aware that the thesis in digital form can be examined for the use of unauthorized aid and in
order to determine whether the thesis as a whole or parts incorporated in it may be deemed
plagiarism. For the comparison of my work with existing sources I agree that it shall be entered in a
database where it shall also remain after examination, to enable comparison with future theses
submitted. Further rights of reproduction and usage, however, are not granted here.

This paper was not previously presented to another examination board and has not been published.

(Signed with Hand-Written Signature)

Name (Printed Under Signature)

Date

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