POINT/COUNTER-POINT: Has the Futures Market Created More Uncertainty for Stocks? POINT: Yes. Futures contracts encourage speculation on indexes. Thus‚ an entire market can be influenced by the trading of speculators. COUNTER-POINT: No. Futures contracts are commonly used to hedge portfolios‚ and therefore can reduce the effects of weak market conditions. Moreover‚ investing in stocks is just as speculative as taking a position in futures markets. WHO IS CORRECT? Use the Internet to learn
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(162)10 – (27)10 = (162)10 + 10’s Complement of (27)10 = (162)10 + (973)10 = (135)10 (c) Convert the following numbers into binary and perform the arithmetic operations in (i) and (ii) using signed binary numbers with 2’s complement. Use 7 bits to represent the integer part of decimal numbers and the sign bit. Use three bits to represent the fractional part. (i) (4.5)10 – (9)10 (ii) (8.5)10 + (9)10 (4.5)10 = 0000100.100 (9)10 = 0001001.000 2’s of (9)10
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M1 In this task I am going to create an information sheet which will compare the purposes of the different documents used within the recruitment and selection process. Person specification: The purpose of the person specification is to provide details about the type of person required such as attributes‚ personality for example qualifications. The person specification often includes Knowledge and Skills Experience‚ Personal‚ attributes‚ Interests and qualifications. Job description: The purpose
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SHOPPING FOR A HOME Antonio Valdez Buying a home is a process that many of us will go through in our lifetime. If we are like many other prospective buyers‚ we will experience this major decision three or four times in our working years. A home is often the largest purchase we will make‚ and it therefore deserves our careful attention. “Many people think that the most important criterion in shopping for a home is its site.”1 The site should be on land that is well drained and free from flooding
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Between 1800 and 1939 Russia underwent through a severe regime change. The people of Russia were in a state of great economic disparity‚ and the lower class faced hunger‚ poverty‚ etc. The lower class had very little of the grain‚ land‚ and fiscal control that was available in Russia‚ such pretext of large income disparity gaps and unbalanced control of GDP were the pre-requisites se in place for the takeover of socialism. And such is what happened. Within this time period Russia went through a proletariat
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problem 1 step 1 data input plan A level aggregate plan using inventory and back orders cost data regular time labor cost per hr 10 step 2 production rate overtime labor cost per hr 15 total demand 34000 34000 subcontracting cost per unit labor only 84 number of periods 6 400 holding cost per unit per period 10 33600 net inventory demand back order cost per unit per period
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The Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution is known as one of Reconstruction Amendments‚ along with the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. The purpose of these amendments was to provide equal protection to former slaves. Previous to this amendment‚ the state governments didn’t have to respect the Bill of Rights and give all citizens the rights stated in it. Consequently‚ the newly freed slaves were not given the privileges and immunities of citizenship. Therefore‚ one of the most important parts
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Farming methods and inventions helped inspire the creation of inventions that would soon industrialize England. Inventions such as the seed drill and mechanical reaper helped make farming more efficient by making harvesting and planting much easier. (Doc. 7) Enclosure brought forth a great increase in farm output and profits. It created a mass production of goods. Farming was improved through the use of crop rotation‚ enclosure‚ the growing of turnips and the division on farms across the country. This improvement
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Assessment centre evaluates a person’s aptness for the job‚ through tasks activities which allows employers to test out the skills that are not necessarily accessible in a conventional interview. Assessment centres are more precise than a standard recruitment process as it grants a broad range of selection procedures to be used
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Unit 13 Personal and Professional Development Assessment Activity Front Sheet This front sheet must be completed by the learner (where appropriate) and included with the work submitted for assessment. Learner Name Assessor Name : Kamran Sadiq Date Issued Hand in Date 06.10.14 Qualification QCF BTEC HNC/HND Business Unit 13 Personal and Professional Development Submitted on Assignment 1 will give learners the opportunity to achieve: Learning Outcome 1 – understand how self-managed learning can
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