Investment Memo December 2‚ 2012 Having worked as a quant‚ I have a deep understanding of different quantitative strategies among several asset classes. In the equity world‚ quantitative strategies usually mean stock screens. While I believe in systematic investing‚ I also do recognize some pitfalls of algorithm-based stock screens. Thus‚ my investment goal is to develop a fusion strategy combining highly sophisticated quantitative and thorough fundamental portfolio management. The first step
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Cheating is the worst thing a parent could do‚ especially if they have children. You might think to yourself‚ “Nah‚ my child is doing great in life‚ even though they know that my husband slept with a woman.” Are you serious? Do you really think children like us do not get affected by the mess that is caused in a relationship? Of course we do! We live with you‚ remember? We see things and hear things. We know exactly what’s going on. Just because I choose to stay in my room for hours does not mean
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Intimate Partner Violence Intimate partner violence is a macro level problem that affects people all over the world. The term intimate partner violence consists of five methods‚ physical‚ sexual‚ stalking‚ psychological and economic abuse among former‚ current couples and individuals that are often close to each other. When people talk about intimate partner violence‚ the first thing that the general populations visualize is women getting abused by their male partners. However‚ intimate partner violence
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Executive Summary This report intends to highlight the current issues StarHub faces and its impact on their earnings and share valuations. Telco industry in Singapore only has three players – StarHub‚ SingTel and M1‚ thus‚ we would also look at SingTel and M1 to aid in our analysis. In our report‚ we first use the SWOT analysis and Michael Porter’s five forces to address StarHub current issues as the issues identified would affect StarHub future earnings. The majority of the threats that StarHub
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Why This is an Attractive Project The Arundel Partners’ believe that they can make money on this project as it allows them to capitalize on the idiosyncratic risk of the motion picture business. Producing and distributing motion picture films is a risky business due to the uncertainty of moviegoers’ tastes and a studio never knows if they have a blockbuster on their hands until after the movie has started production or even later after it has been released. The financial resources of even the largest
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Asset Class S.D. Expected Return Weight Asset Class Contribution Sharp ratio US Equity 15.21% 12.94% 24.32% 3.15% Foreign Equity 14.44% 12.42% 30.87% 3.83% Bonds 11.10% 5.40% 10.83% 0.58% REITs 13.54% 9.44% 9.91% 0.94% Commodities 18.43% 10.05% 24.07% 2.42% Total 100.00% 10.92% 0.815960738 Portfolio Mean Return 10.92% Portoflio Variance 0.90% Portfolio S.D 9.46% Calculation of Covariance (Do Not Alter Formula) Correlation Matrix
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\ Return on Investment Name Institutional Affiliation QUESTION 1 Experts argue that its essentials to establish ROI parameters before embarking on new public health projects especially those involve acquisition of new information technologies. This means that before embarking on the projects‚ organizations should calculate the incremental gain from such actions basing their parameters on the long term gain. Before undertaking healthcare information systems and related projects‚
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Intimate partner violence affects 1 in 3 women in the United States with 3 in 10 having experienced rape‚ physical violence‚ and/or stalking by an intimate partner (Black et al.‚ 2011). Intimate partner violence occurs across all racial diversities increasing in those of multiracial affiliations. Women continue to be the highest targeted group against which intimate partner violence is perpetrated. Propelling the abuse between intimates are inhibited socioeconomic achievements which is further expounded
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1.What were the possible synergies and forces propelling the merger between P&G and Gillette—as well as the history of other takeover attempts for Gillette? Both P & G and Gillette were established in the early 1900’s and served similar purposes. Gillette and P & G are both strong‚ stable companies and could make an even stronger company. One of the propellers causing the companies to merge was that Gillette sold to men while P & G focused on women in the industry. These companies sell similar
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COLGATE - PALMOLIVE CO. FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND OF COLGATE Colgate was founded as a small business which mainly in New York in 1806‚ Colgate Palmolive (CL) never stops its step on developing and improving its business‚ at the same time‚ the exploration of Colgate has ever never stopped as well. Through acquisition and expansion strategies‚ according to Forbes‚ Colgate has become the 65th largest company in the world
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