Debt Ratio Debt Ratio • defined as the ratio of total debt to total assets‚ expressed in percentage‚ and can be interpreted as the proportion of a company’s assets that are financed by debt. • Measures the proportion of total assets financed by the firm’s creditors. The higher this ratio‚ the greater amount of other people’s money being used to generate profits. Formula: • The debt ratio is calculated by dividing total debt by total assets. Debt Ratio = Total Debt Total Assets Examples •
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opinions. Because of this‚ it is unfortunate that the media in the United States have an extreme bias on political topics. Being able to gather political information and facts about the government’s actions is critical in a democracy‚ however‚ our market based media system makes it difficult to find neutral sources which don’t cause distrust among liberal and conservative individuals. The political bias portrayed in our media system is represented by its use of agenda setting‚ technology‚ and marketing
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quite skilled in making the right decisions or making accurate estimates‚ and decide to just focus on that while disregarding those times where they had made the bad decision that ended in a poor outcomes they are said to have a form of “Confirmation Bias.” It refers to the moments where people choose to search for evidence that confirms prior beliefs‚ with an associated tendency to underweight any evidence to the contrary. “For example‚ those who frequently trade stocks may only remember the instances
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Ratio Analysis Memo Profitability: Asset turnover and Profit Margin What do the profitability ratios reveal about the financial position of the company? Which users may be interested in each type of ratio? What does the collected data reveal about the performance and position of the company? The profitability ratios measure a company’s operating success for a specific period of time. Most investors and bankers are going to be interested in the profitability of a company. The data for asset
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CNBC Investopedia. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/currentratio.asp Investopedia Investopedia. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/returnonequity.asp#axzz28ZHmfXpq Investopedia. (2012). Price-earnings ratio. Retrieved from http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/price-earningsratio.asp Investopedia Investopedia. (2012) Retrieved from http://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/earnings-power.asp#axzz28ZHmfXpq Investopedia. (2012) Retrieved from http://www.investopedia
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In America‚ there is media bias because ratings tend to increase when the attention span is more focused on the issues at hand. For instance‚ people would much rather documentaries or visuals involving chaos and violence rather than a humanly interview. Therefore‚ media becomes biased because the chosen headliners and stories are consumed with drama which draws larger audiences. On the other hand‚ political views as portrayed in the news are more likely to be liberal than conservative. Although there
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Detecting Media Bias HUM/114 Detecting Media Bias 1. How might you use the strategies for applying creativity to problems and issues in addressing the topic? Why do you think these strategies might be effective? I would find it challenging because the length of this article so I would start with the challenges of this article an then work on the next step which would be producing ideas. I would come up with questions to help understand the article such reasons as to why is the article
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Alicia US II 24 April 2013 Media Bias Research Paper When a journalist or any other media outlet reports news with a point of view and not just the facts‚ it is called media bias. Media bias can happen in several forms. These include selective reporting of facts‚ omission of facts and deliberate distortion. Media bias in America comes mainly in two forms‚ conservative and liberal. Major media outlets are sometimes known for their bias reporting. The Fox News Channel tends to have a more conservative
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Confirmation bias is a common bias among individuals. The textbook defines Confirmation bias as “ the tendency to notice and search for information that confirms one’s beliefs and to ignore information that dis-confirms one’s beliefs.” (Baumeister) Like many biases can be beneficial as well as detrimental to ones future. The textbook uses an example of someone who is told by a phychic that he will become a famous astrologer. He most likely had an interest in this topic‚ and quite possibly could have
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3 February 17‚ 2013 The article‚ “The Sharpe Ratio and the Information Ratio”‚ by Deborah Kidd is about the original risk-adjusted performance measure and they are Sharpe ratio and the Information Ratio. William Sharpe designed the first performance metric to insolate excess return per unit of total risk taken. The Sharpe ratio shows whether a portfolio ’s returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of excess risk. The Sharpe ratio measure dividends average portfolio excess return
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