1) Estimate and compare the returns and variability (i.e. annual standard deviation over the past five years) of Reynolds and Hasbro with that of the S&P 500 Index. Which stock appears to be riskiest? 2) Suppose Sharpe’s position had been 99 per cent of equity funds invested in the S&P 500 and either one per cent in Reynolds or one per cent in Hasbro. Estimate the resulting portfolio position. How does each stock affect the variability of the equity investment? How does this relate to your answer
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Yet no one knew it then‚ on the date of July 2‚ 1989‚ an idol was born. That idol was Alex Morgan. Alex is now a professional soccer player for the U.S. women’s national team. With lots of hard work and dedication‚ Alex’s career is now one to remember. Growing up Alex was a multi-sport athlete‚ which takes lots of discipline and effort. She played soccer‚ volleyball‚ and ran in track. She started to play club soccer in between 12 and 13. In an interview she said‚ “ I tried out for a club but I
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Alex Ferguson‚ brings more than the football Deng Jun ID: 3011471 TUC-FIU program Fall 2010 HFT 4295 Leadership in Hospitality Industry Abstract This paper explores the leadership of Alex Ferguson‚ and how to apply to hospitality industry. Besides offering the background information about Alex Ferguson‚ the paper list three Ferguson’s leadership traits and leadership behavior to illustrate how Ferguson’s leadership lead Manchester United success. Next‚ the paper concentrates on analyzing
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by Scott Russell Sanders Scott Russell Sanders’ narrative essay “Under the Influence” is a piece about his experiences with his alcoholic father. To describe these experiences‚ Sanders uses animalistic diction‚ asyndeton‚ and explains how his father’s disease creates insecurities in himself. Sanders’ purpose is to describe life with an alcoholic in order to demonstrate the effects and devastation in correlation with the “disease”. Using negative connotation‚ Sanders creates animal-like
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Will Grayson‚ will grayson is a collaboration book between John Green and David Levithan where two separate stories of two teenage boys named Will Grayson collide. The first Will’s goal is to follow his rules he established for life. 1) Don’t care too much‚ and 2) Shut up. He spends most of his life following around his friend‚ Tiny Cooper‚ and repressing his feelings‚ as seen here‚ *excerpt 1*. The other will is a misunderstood‚ angry‚ angsty sort of kid. He hides everything he feels. This will
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Review: Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn Breathing UnderwaterBreathing Underwater by Alex Flinn is written as a series of journal entries. The journal is written by Nick as an assignment from the judge who also sends him to anger management after the girlfriend he beat up finally presses charges. The book was published in 2001‚ before the recent increase in dating violence novels‚ and it tells a story often overlooked‚ that of the abuser instead of the abused. It ’s a delicate subject. And
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A feminist is a theory of the political‚ economic‚ and social equality of the sexes. Russell Scott Sanders‚ “The Men We Carry in Our Minds‚” discusses his personal observation of the conflict of gender equality that grew in his mind after seeing the harsh lives of his surrounding class of people. It deals with the problems that exist between sex and social class issues. He reveals that the men in this class had no choice over their own destiny in life. Their only ways of making money to barely survive
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Dahl 1 To Go Green or Not to Go Green? Very few people know the real definition of organic food‚ and most just call it “natural”. However‚ farmer J.I. Rodale describes it as: A system whereby a fertile soil is maintained by applying nature’s own law of replenishing it- that is‚ the addition and preservation of humus‚ the use of organic matter instead of chemical fertilizers and of course the making of a compost pile.(Schultz 35) In short‚ the difference between organic and non-organic
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Examine the process involved in amending the US constitution The US constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America‚ it consisted originally of seven articles but has been continually amended since its codification in 1787. The adding of amendments‚ such as the Bill of Rights 1789‚ involves a process which was laid out by the Founding Fathers. The amendment process of the US constitution was made rigid‚ this was so that every amendment made was properly scrutinised and would not
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CPE 2006 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY 6005 Marks SECTION A For each item in questions 1A and 1B‚ circle the letter which shows the correct answer. Example: Mauritius is found in the A Arctic Ocean. B Atlantic Ocean. C Indian Ocean. D Pacific Ocean. Question 1A (16 marks) (Mauritius) Study map 1 and then answer items 1 to 5. Map 1 Bambous N Montagne Blanche River Tamarin Rose Belle Mahebourg Trois Boutiques F Chemin Grenier 0 5 10
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