the father of “Modern Portfolio theory”‚ developed the mean-variance analysis‚ which focuses on creating portfolios of assets that minimizes the variance of returns i.e. risk‚ given a level of desired return‚ or maximizes the returns given a level of risk tolerance. This theory aids the process of portfolio construction by providing a quantitative take on it. It integrates the field of quantitative analysis with portfolio management. Mean variance analysis has found wide applications both inside
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I chose the film Mean Girls for this assignment because I have already seen the film. With previous knowledge about the film‚ I knew that it was full of conflict and watching a movie I have previously seen allowed me to focus on the textbook and its concepts‚ rather than everything that was taking place in the film. Power without question is a major reason why conflict took place in Mean Girls and why it takes place in the real-world. Power is the structure of conflict and it is rare for people
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Mean-Variance Analysis Mean-variance portfolio theory is based on the idea that the value of investment opportunities can be meaningfully measured in terms of mean return and variance of return. Markowitz called this approach to portfolio formation mean-variance analysis. Mean-variance analysis is based on the following assumptions: 1. All investors are risk averse; they prefer less risk to more for the same level of expected return. 2. Expected returns for all assets are known. 3. The
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Hakani means smile. A smile that can bring joy and happiness in the world. Smile’s that children bring into people’s heart and soul‚ a very thing that can never be replaced. Children are God’s greatest gift‚ they were given to be protected and loved. Hakani is a girl‚ with a bright smile and laughter. She is a survivor‚ and a Suruwaha. The tribe in western amazon that has a culture of burying children alive because of their abnormalities. And Hakani was one of the hundreds of children buried alive
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religious treatment. Almost anything can be sacred: a god‚ a rock‚ a cross‚ the moon‚ the earth‚ a king‚ a tree‚ an animal or bird. Once established as sacred they become symbols of religious beliefs‚ sentiments and practices” (Durkheim‚ 1915). This means that anyone can turn anything into a sacred element and that it usually refers to religion in the end. Nowadays‚ we can see this being mostly the case‚ but not always. Sacred elements‚ in American society‚ like things‚ places‚ persons‚ and ideas‚
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Mean‚ Median‚ Mode‚ and Range Mean‚ median‚ and mode are three kinds of "averages". There are many "averages" in statistics‚ but these are‚ I think‚ the three most common‚ and are certainly the three you are most likely to encounter in your pre-statistics courses‚ if the topic comes up at all. The "mean" is the "average" you ’re used to‚ where you add up all the numbers and then divide by the number of numbers. The "median" is the "middle" value in the list of numbers. To find the median‚ your
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Mean and Standard Deviation The mean‚ indicated by μ (a lower case Greek mu)‚ is the statistician ’s jargon for the average value of a signal. It is found just as you would expect: add all of the samples together‚ and divide by N. It looks like this in mathematical form: In words‚ sum the values in the signal‚ xi‚ by letting the index‚ i‚ run from 0 to N-1. Then finish the calculation by dividing the sum by N. This is identical to the equation: μ =(x0 + x1 + x2 + ... + xN-1)/N. If you are not
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Renee Hagon To be Canadian means to be able to look around you and only see various different shades of green in the many diverse types of trees. It means your body is pumped with adrenaline when your favourite hockey team comes on to the ice‚ and it’s that moment when you sing the national anthem proud‚ with a smile on your face. To be Canadian means to respect others opinions and religions‚ to accept one another no matter the race‚ religion‚ or sexuality of another. Canada has been the most
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Her Hairs So Big" : The Power of A Secret in The Crucible and Mean Girls Secrets are the ammunition in this girl battle within the novel and movie‚ Miller’s The Crucible‚ and Waters’ Mean Girls. Telling other people’s secrets‚ and even just holding them can put a person in a position of power. This isn’t a type of power that comes to you easily‚ the girls that become powerful work hard and covertly to do so. In both The Crucible and Mean Girls the girls with the secrets have bad intentions for using
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concedes that fortune plays an integral role in the life of a prince or aspiring prince by‚ for example‚ providing opportunity (Machiavelli 26)‚ these humanistic tenets drive the essence of Machiavelli’s argument that the ends ultimately justify the means. That Machiavelli’s stated purpose is to “say something that will prove of practical use” (Machiavelli 65) is of particular significance because it both delicately and violently attacks the worth of such philosophical systems as neo-Platonism and
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