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Zastosowanie modeli dyskryminacyjnych jako narzędzia umożliwiającego wspomaganie procesu dywersyfikacji ryzyka inwestycyjnego w akcje
Use of discriminant analysis models as a tool which supports shares investment risk diversification process

Author(s): Mirosława Szewczyk, Aleksandra Zygmunt
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: discriminant analysis models; shares investment; risk diversification

Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses the possibility of usage of discriminant models in basic analysis. At first, the issue of basic analysis is shown as a tool which enables shares’ investment risk diversification. In this area the significance of enterprise financial analysis and importance of financial ratios were emphasized. Next the significance of discriminant models in the assessment of enterprise bankruptcy prediction was stressed. Particular attention was put on studying the opportunity of its usage in the area of financial analysis. In that case the examination of financial conditions of quoted enterprises belonging to metal processing industry using discriminant models and financial ratios was made. The study used data from the Official Journal of the Republic of Poland “Monitor Polski B”.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 1 (14)
  • Page Range: 115-127
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish