1. Arbitrary constraints on portfolios (e.g. like the ones faced by index funds) can be very costly. Explain. Influenced by the Nikkei 225 reconstitution‚ institutional investors who track the Nikkei 225 had no choice but to rebalance their portfolios to match the composition and weights of the new index. This Nikkei 225 reconstitution replaced the 30 smaller and lower-priced securities with 30 larger and higher-priced stocks‚ which subsequently would reduce the relative weights of the remaining
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satisfaction of life will increase‚ supporting the idea of ethical egoism‚ which is the idea that every individual should always do what will make his or her life better over time. The idea of ethical egoism leads to the same idea of the “golden rule” in Hobbes’ theory. The golden rule states that you should do unto others as you would have them do unto you‚ while ethical egoism is used to maximize your satisfaction. Hobbes’ theory states that if you do to others as you would have them do to you then you
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Golden Rules of Safety [pic] Golden Rules of Safety Study Guide 1. Purpose of the Golden Rules of Safety The Golden Rules of Safety address the eight highest risk activities‚ that as a company‚ we perform. Many of our 2000 incidents directly involved these areas. The purpose behind the Golden Rules is to provide employees and contractors with a comprehensive understanding of these risk areas. The Golden Rules are standards that we will not violate. By enforcing and emphasizing
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The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company Case Study Journal Ritz-Carlton is a luxury and successful hotel company in the world. The brilliant reputation of Ritz-Carlton hotel company not only come from the luxurious surroundings but also its outstanding and high efficient customer service. A excellent customer service can create customers loyalty and strengthens competitiveness. Ritz-Carlton makes the best effort to satisfy every customer which is one of the basics “never lose a guest”. In order to provide
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Golden Enterprises‚ Inc. (the "Company") is a holding company which owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Golden Flake Snack Foods‚ Inc.‚ a wholly-owned operating subsidiary company ("Golden Flake"). Golden Enterprises is paid a fee by Golden Flake for providing management services for it. The Company was originally organized under the laws of the State of Alabama as Magic City Food Products‚ Inc. on June 11‚ 1946. On March 11‚ 1958‚
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Individual Project Unit 1. A. What is the most important problem facing the Wallace Group? There are several problems facing the Wallace Group‚ but it seems the most crucial problem facing the group is two-fold; the lack of vision and direction from the CEO‚ Harold Wallace and improper management. a. His diversification program that resulted in the acquisition of the chemical and plastics divisions lacked forward looking vision. He simply required the companies to uphold a profitable operation
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Person Dwarves vs. Dragon: The dwarves and the dragon’s conflict goes way back. When Thorin and Balin were still young‚ Smaug killed (and ate) their kingdom’s citizens and took their gold. The danger the dragon caused was extreme therefore they could never return safely. This created a hate that ran deep both on sides. Bilbo vs. Gollum: When Bilbo was lost in the goblin caves‚ he stumbled on a ring. The ring turned out to be Gollum’s invisibility ring‚ and Bilbo having this ring almost got him killed
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Dragons Den is a popular TV programme where a panel of successful business entrepreneurs invest money into people’s business plans. The people with a business ideas are looking for an investment from the Dragons. The people try to convince the Dragons about their business service by presenting their pitch formally. Levi Roots was looking for “£50‚000 for a 20%” share to help him expand his business‚ Reggae Reggae Sauce‚ from local to international. Before Levi Roots went on TV he must have prepared
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SUMMARY : GOLDEN RICE One of the applications of recombinant DNA technology in enriched foods field is golden rice. The organism used is daffodil or maize‚ bacteria Erwinia uredovora and Escherichia coli. The insertion of phytoene synthase (psy) gene from daffodil or maize and phytoene desaturase (crt I) from Erwinia uredovora into rice genome reintroduced carotenoid biosynthetic pathway in the endosperm that was absent before. This gives the ability of making β-carotene (precursor of Vitamin A)
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Sydnee Hosler Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Explication In Cormack and Brickey’s article “Constituting the Violence of Criminalized Women‚” they reveal the underlying terms “victim‚” “mad‚” and “bad” to be associated with violent women‚ in this case seen as otherwise “troubled” individuals. This diagnosis does not support the complexity and traumatic experiences in which these women have faced that make them seem more “crazy” than men‚ as most women are seen if they
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