developed by William Sharpe. According to Sharp’s model‚ the theory estimates the expected return and variance of indices which may be one or more and are related to economic activity. This theory has come to be known as Market Model. Sharpe’s single index model will reduce the market related risk and maximize the returns for a given level of risk. Sharpe’s model will take into consideration the total risk of portfolio. The total risk consists of both systematic and unsystematic risk. The risk may be
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After reviewing the results of my “Conley Readiness Index” assessment‚ I’m now acquainted with my strengths and weaknesses with the “Four Keys” to college and career readiness. My strengths are precision & accuracy‚ problem formulation‚ and structure of knowledge. These strengths help me as a student by providing myself with an error-free work product‚ reviewing for quality and correctness‚ defining problems‚ posing and testing possible solutions‚ and having content knowledge and technical skills
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Theoretical frame work: The Brand Luxury Index (BLI) designed by Franck Vigneron and Lester W. Johnson in 2004 is a scale to measure the different aspects of what makes a brand luxurious. The model measures how luxurious a brand is‚ through personal and non-personal oriented. First non-personal oriented perceptions: perceived Conspicuousness: is defined as the image associated with consuming a luxury item. perceived Uniqueness: the scarcity of items highly reflects on the preference towards a brand
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Top Line Report on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index Introduction Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index is published and released by A.T. Kearney‚ a global management consulting firm. The Index is the result of a survey where major businesses around the world are asked how likely it will be that they will be investing in any particular country the following year. The 2012‚ A.T. Kearney FDI Confidence Index examines future prospects for FDI flows as the world seeks to
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Regarding to an article by Investopedia‚ the Power-Distance Index (PDI) is an index developed by Dutch sociologist Geert Hofstede that measures the distribution of power and wealth between people in a nation‚ business or culture. The power-distance index seeks to demonstrate the extent to which subordinates or ordinary citizens submit to authority. The power-distance index figure is lower in countries or organizations in which authority figures work closely with those not in authority‚ and is higher
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streams and lakes. Indices may be based upon the number of invertebrate fauna that are collected‚ identified and then counted. Community Structure Indices Each group is given a score‚ according to abundance‚ with the total score representing the index‚ and with the higher the score the cleaner the water. Diversity indices attempt to combine the data on species abundance in a community into a single number. Stable eco-systems are characterized by a great diversity of species‚ most of which are
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Simpsons’ diversity index investigation Data table showing: the species number‚ quadrat species name‚ common name and the specific name of different plant species. Species number Quadrat species name Common name Specific name 1 L Bilberry Vaccinium mytillus 2 M Buttercup Ranunculus acris 3 N Common sorrel Rumex acetosa 4 O Hoary cinquefoil Pontentilla argentea 5 P Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea 6 Q Osier Salix sp 7 R Rose Bay Willowherb Epilobium agustifolium
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Arson: An Index Crime An index crime is a crime that is included in the yearly crime statistics taken by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Arson is the act of intentionally setting fire to property. ("Arson - Google Search." Arson - Google Search. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2014.) The eight index crimes are arson‚ forcible rape‚ motor vehicle theft‚ larceny‚ aggravated assault‚ willful homicide‚ robbery and burglary. Although‚ arson wasn’t officially an index crime until 1979. In many states arson
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such a succinct data structure‚ there are a number of fundamental works in our approach. There exist two main among many ideas in classic information retrieval: inverted index and term frequency. (Angelos‚ Giannis‚ Epimeneidis‚ Euripides‚ & Evangelos‚ 2005) The inverted index is a also referred to as postings file‚ which is an index dara structure storing a mapping from content. It is the most utilized data structure in the Information Retrieval domain‚ used on a large scale for example in search
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Evaluating Ranked Queries in Limited Time and Memory for Information Retrieval for Distributed Digital Libraries June Boltzis LILAC Centre‚ School of Library Studies Clyde College‚ Elgin‚ Australia Abstract Ranking techniques are used to evaluate natural-language queries on text databases. Text databases are an important component of digital libraries. Effective ranking can be costly in memory and time: the database may contain millions of documents and queries can contain large numbers of terms
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