States went to war for its freedoms. During WWII‚ American’s feared for their safety and for the continuation of these civil liberties due to Hitler’s fascist minded Nazi regime. In Four Freedoms by Franklin Roosevelt‚ the importance of why we fight for our U.S. freedoms is discussed. Roosevelt refers to the four freedoms as: freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ freedom from want‚ and freedom from fear. He also relates these liberties to the idea of democracy and why we must help our allies
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5. What is the Relationship between Short-term Unemployment and Inflation? What cause inflation? Inflation refers to a rise in prices that causes the purchasing power of a nation to fall. Inflation is a normal economic development as long as the annual percentage remains low; once the percentage rises over a pre-determined level‚ it is considered an inflation crisis. There are many causes for inflation‚ depending on a number of factors. For example‚ inflation can happen when governments print
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INTRODUCTION TO INVESTMENT What is Investment? An investment is the choice by the individual‚ after thorough analysis‚ to place or lend money in a vehicle (e.g. property‚ stock securities‚ and bonds) that has sufficiently low risk and provides the possibility of generating returns over a period of time. Placing or lending money in a vehicle that risks the loss of the principal sum or that has not been thoroughly analyzed is‚ by definition speculation‚ not investment. In the case of investment‚ rather
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Do you Know? • What is Derivative Market? • What is Hedging? • What is OTC? • What is Exotic Option? Parisian Option Passport option Rainbow option Russian Option Shout Option Spread Option Parisian Option The pay off a standard European option only depends on the price of the underlying asset at the maturity date Passport option A Passport option grants its holder the right to engage in short/long trading strategy of his own choice A passport is a new contingent
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allocation decisions To minimize risk as well as maintain and increase the amount originally invested‚ I chose to diversify my portfolios by combining stocks‚ bonds and cash savings in difference proportions. I choose home market (UK market) to invest with the goal of maintaining a balance of income and capital growth. Investment in the UK is not bring high profit and fast but its safe and stable because less risk. Investing aboard will bring high return but the risk high also. Invest international
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Cash Flow OMM 622: Financial Decision-Making Instructor: Felix Lao September 30‚ 2013 The first thing any accountant looks for with a company financial is the bottom line. It is operating in the positive or negative and how much work will need to be done if it is not positive. Cash flow reflects how much cash is generated from the products and services sold by a company. Cash flow calculations involve making adjustments to net income by adding and subtracting the
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realised that to achieve these dreams‚ I needed to shed a bit of my happy-go-lucky attitude and set longer term financial goals. And to achieve these financial goals‚ I needed to invest! Investing to me‚ is focused primarily on making my own money (work harder‚ and) make more money for me. It is clearly about long term financial goals. As I started reading up and thinking more about building long-term capital‚ certain simple why invest basics became very very clear to me. Time Value of Money Like
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CHAPTER 18 Investment Decisions: Ratios Test Questions 1.Income multipliers: a. are useful as a preliminary analysis tool to weed out obviously unacceptable investment opportunities. 2.The overall capitalization rate calculated on a potential acquisition: a. is the reciprocal of the net income multiplier. 3.The operating expense ratio: c. expresses operating expenses as a percent of effective gross income. 4.The equity dividend rate: b. expresses before-tax cash flow as a percent of the
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water level of Lake Michigan was once 18 meters higher than it is today. As the water level fell‚ land was exposed. Many small lakes or ponds were left behind where there were depressions in the land. Below are illustrations and descriptions of four ponds as they exist today. Use the illustrations and descriptions to answer the questions about the ponds.
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It is defined by cima as ‘a plan expressed in money’. Cash flow forecasting is the process of estimating cash inflows and cash outflows over a period of time‚ usually for a period of 1 year. Cash Budget is the process of estimating cash inflows and cash outflows over a period of time‚ usually prepared monthly. Cash flows is the amount of money flowing into and out of a business over a period of time. Cash inflows are the receipts of cash‚ typically arising from sales of items‚ payment of debtors
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