Assignment 8 Question #8 (10 points) Suppose CAPM works‚ and you know that the expected returns on Walmart and Amazon are estimated to be 12% and 10%‚ respectively. You have just calculated extremely reliable estimates of the betas of Walmart and Amazon to be 1.30 and 0.90‚ respectively. Given this data‚ what is a reasonable estimate of the risk-free rate (the return on a long-term government bond)? (No more than two decimals in the percentage return‚ but do not enter the % sign.) First start by
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From 1865 to 1877‚ America faced the daunting task of reconstructing a union tattered by a Civil War. The south after the Civil War was in ruins with many of its major cities completely destroyed‚ its agriculture production at a halt‚ and the slave labor that economically drove the south freed. Moreover‚ millions of freedmen were wondering around the south‚ lost‚ without an education‚ money‚ place to live‚ or knowledge of how to care for themselves outside of their plantation. Furthermore‚ Abraham
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Industrialization’s negative effects were unsafe working conditions‚ horrible pollution‚ and separated family life. To start off with‚ unsafe working conditions was a very negative effect of Industrialization. According to the picture on Document #8‚ the child in the picture is working barefoot on a machine. The machine looks very‚ very unsafe for the child. The child looks about six years old. Back then‚ it didn’t matter the age of the worker‚ people had to work; working was not an option. In the
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Assignment 1: 8 Key Factors to Ensuring Project Success (1) Do you agree with the 8 Factors the author proposes? Why? Absolutely‚ I agree 100%. To reference a more complex past/ongoing project as an example‚ I can state unequivocally that whenever one of the key factors outlined in the article was overlooked or outright ignored‚ the project suffered. The initial Business Case was strong and clearly outlined to all involved. The greater purpose of the initiative was easily sold and everyone
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DBQ: Causes of WWII During the period previous to World War II causes that led to World War II included German attempt of imperialism in Europe‚ pro-appeasement ideologies towards German military expansion‚ and ignoring con-appeasement ideologies towards German military expansion. Documents1‚ 3‚ and 4 support the idea that one of the causes that led to World War II included Germany’s attempt of imperialism. Document 1‚ an excerpt from Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler‚ explains some of Hitler’s ideas
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food‚ and heterothrops‚ which need to get their food from somewhere else. 3. Name and describe the roles of the three main trophic categories that make up the biotic structure of every ecosystem. Give examples of organisms from each category. The main trophic categories are producers (plants)‚ consumers (animals)‚ and decomposers (fungi). 4. Give four categories of consumers in an ecosystem and the role that each plays. Primary consumers (herbivores) feed directly on producers. Secondary consumers (carnivores)
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Unit 8 Assignment This week’s Assignment consists of viewing a scenario about Sandwich Blitz‚ Inc.‚ reading an article about integrity in leadership‚ and writing a two-page double-spaced paper. Integrity in leadership is absolutely essential.” In today’s world more companies are looking for people with integrity to head their organizations.” It is because of the lack of integrity that financial turmoil is happening in the world today. If you have integrity you will go somewhere in life. “Grenville
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Chapter 8- By the River 1.The fact that Siddhartha goes into the forest and eventually becomes unconscious beside a river signifies his physical weakness due to fatigue and hunger. He didn’t have any purpose but had painful longing to shake off the confused dream and end this painful life. 2. The image that Hesse uses to show that Siddhartha is overcome by sadness and guilt are to reflect the terrible emptiness in his soul through the cold emptiness in the water. His practice of pronouncing Om inwardly
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what protocols are used at Layer 4 for each of these techniques? UDP for RADIUS and TCP for TACACS+ 7. In TACACS+ communications‚ what part of the packet gets encrypted and which part is clear text? MD5 for encryption and XOR for clear text 8. In RADIUS authentication‚ what is the purpose of the “Authenticator”? To provide a modest bit of security. 9. Which of these two‚ RADIUS and TACACS+‚ combines both authentication and authorization? RADIUS 10. Is combining authentication
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Green Revolution DBQ Essay AP World History December 2‚ 2013 Interaction between humans and the environment has always had a great importance in the development of humankind; according to Marx‚ what differentiates humans from other animals is the fact that humans can transform their surroundings to suit their needs‚ through labor. The Green Revolution is not the exception to that. In times of need the human being manipulated its environment to be suitable for its development
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