developing the mental tests‚ the psychologists subscribed to the position that one could be quite intelligent‚ but illiterate or not proficient in the English language. Based on this reasoning‚ two major tests were developed‚ the Army Alpha for literate groups‚ and the Army Beta for illiterates‚ low literates or non-English speaking (Yerkes‚ 1921). Both tests were based on the theoretical position that intelligence was an inherited trait‚ and the assumption was made that native intelligence was being assessed
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most 8 times of that between the Vanguard and California REIT stock. The portfolio includes Grown Group stock is riskier. Question 4: To compute Beta‚ it follows the formula | California REIT | Grown Group | Beta | 0.14 | 1.16 | The result is consistent with question 3. The Grown Group stock has a higher beta so it is riskier. It is more sensitive to the market factor. Question 5: The Grown Group stock should have a higher expected return because it
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such events occur‚ they may contradict the goal of maximizing the share price of the equity of the firm. 【Liquidity】 What does liquidity measure? Explain the trade-off a firm faces between high liquidity and low liquidity levels. 【Calculating Cash Flows】 Dahlia Industries had the following operating results for 2009: sales = 22‚800; cost of goods sold = 16‚050; depreciation expense = 4‚050; interest expense = 1‚830; dividends paid = 1‚300. At the beginning of the year‚ net fixed assets were 13
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Analyse the cash flow and highlight any problems that are evident such as a shortage of cash and any other cash flow problems his business might experience. (M1) In P3‚ a cash flow forecast for John Adams was created. A cash flow forecast is a simple statement showing opening balance‚ cash in‚ cash out and closing balance. Cash flow forecast are usually compiled on a month by month basis‚ for up to twelve months ahead. The exact contents of an individual firm’s cash flow forecast will depend on the
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Part 1 ’’ A Measurement of Risk 1.1 Risk 1.2 Capital Asset Pricing Model The estimation of systematic risk (or ‘beta’) is central to the implementation of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) for researchers and practitioners. Markowitz (1952) argued that investors should be concerned with holding efficient portfolios‚ that is‚ a portfolio offering the highest expected return for each level of risk. Sharpe (1964) and Lintner (1965) took Markowitz’s work one step further to develop the CAPM
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1888 The First National Manual Cash Register In 1883 on January the 30th James Ritty receives a Patent for inventing the cash register. Ritty owned a cafe in Dayton in the 1870s it was a popular cafe but somehow always lost money Ritty then blamed the bartenders and other workers for stealing. What Ritty dealt with was very common in the late 1800s. Ritty later went on a vacation on a ship whist on the ship he observed the workings of an automatic device that recorded the revolutions of the ship’s
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Delphinus are alpha beta gamma and delta delphinus The tail is made of epsilon delphinus It is the 69th in size It is highest in the sky at 10 pm august to september Alpha delphini is a multiple star made of 7 parts A‚B‚C‚D‚E‚F‚and G A and G are the brightest Alpha delphinus is 241 lightyears away Alpha Delphini is sometimes known as Sualocin. The name was given to it by the Italian astronomer Niccolò Cacciatore. It is the Latinized version of his name‚ Nicolaus‚ spelled backwards. Beta Delphini was
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Introduction Upon assessing the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house at the University of Iowa‚ it was determined that stress management and time management were the top two health concerns for the girls that lived in the sorority house. This was determined by using the Checklist of Health Promotion at Worksites survey (CHEW) and a Needs and Interest Survey by Welcoa. Eight total needs and interest surveys were dispersed between a total of 36 members. This group of 8 was thought to accurately represent
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While serving as Miss Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society my sophomore year at Jackson State University‚ we organized meet and greets for the university freshmen. Alpha Lambda Delta’s mission is to "encourage superior academic achievement... to promote intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning‚ and to assist students in recognizing
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variable) to compute the for each stock (the slope of the regression). How does this relate to the situation described in Question #2 above? REIT Brown Intercept -0.024278716 -0.01953843 Vanguard Index 500 Trust 0.147351433 1.163349646 The Beta for Brown is higher‚ so it makes sense that it is a riskier security. How might the expected returns for each stock relate to their respective levels of riskiness? Brown should have a higher expected return as it is more riskier. An investor
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