World In 1519 Magellan and his fleet set sail from Seville‚ Spain‚ to find a water route to the Spice Islands in Indonesia. Magellan was Portuguese by birth. He first asked the King of Portugal to fund an exploration to the Spice Islands by sailing west‚ but since Portugal had already found a route to the east the king denied Magellan. However Charles I of Spain funded Magellan because Spain had not found a route to the Spice Islands as yet. Charles I gave Magellan five ships‚ but Magellan had a long
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MAGELLAN’S EXPEDITION WHO: Ferdinand Magellan‚ a Portuguese maritime explorer‚ was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe and cross the Pacific Ocean on his famous voyage in search of a westward route to the Moluccas (now Melaka). This is one of the greatest Portuguese explorers to ever sail the ocean. Ferdinand Magellan was born in about 1480 in Sabrosa of a noble family‚ and he spent his years as a court page. He ran errands and helped out with general chores but he was still looking for
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Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan planned to go to Molluca‚ the Spice Island in the Far East‚ but instead of using the usual route to the East he wanted to navigate in the west‚ aiming to discover a new and easy way going to the East. Magellan tried to convince the king of Portugal King Emmanuel I about this plan but the king refused. Disperated with Portugal’s response‚ Magellan went to Spain and laid down his plan to the king of Spain King Carlos I. The king was convinced with what Magellan had planned
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Migration Theory – Henry Otley Beyer (American Anthropology) According to social scientist Henry Otley Beyer believes that Filipinos descended from different groups that came from Southeast Asia in successive waves of migration. Each group had a distinct culture‚ with its own customs and traditions. • The first migrants were what Beyer caked the “Dawnmen” (or “cavemen” because they lived in caves.). The Dawnmen resembled Java Man‚ Peking Man‚ and other Asian Home sapiens who existed about
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THE ADVENT OF EUROPEAN DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST FERDINAND MAGELLAN * A Portuguese explorer who is known as the first circumnavigator of the Earth. * Born in 1480 at Saborosa/Sabrosa in Villa Real‚ Province of Traz os Montes‚ Portugal. * His first stint as a maritime explorer began in 1505 when he offered his services to be a part of Francisco d’Almeida’s expedition. * Ferdinand Magellan renounced his citizenship and offered his services to the King of Spain. TREATY OF TORDESILLAS
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paper outlines the plan of the book and its table of contents. October 30‚ 2002 1 Contents FOREWORD FRONT MATTER NOTE TO THE STUDENT: HOW TO STUDY AND DISCUSS CASES Case Part I: Setting Some Themes 1 2 3 4 5 WARREN E. BUFFETT‚ 1995 THE FIDELITY MAGELLAN FUND‚ 1995 JEANNE MOCKARD‚ AT PUTNAM INVESTMENTS BEN & JERRY’S HOMEMADE INC. THE BATTLE FOR VALUE: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION VS. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA INC. (ABRIDGED) Part II: Financial Analysis and Forecasting 6 7 THE FINANCIAL DETECTIVE
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Task 1 Benchmark for the investment portfolio In order to measure the performance of individual funds‚ the benchmark should be chosen to critical whether the portfolio has met or not the investor’s goal and objectives. Refer to the substance of the five funds; the benchmarks are selected shown as below and reasons why choose these benchmarks are shown following: Colonial First State Cash Management Trust The benchmark of CFS is RBA 90 days BAB rate‚ because it is sensitive to interest rate change
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The Medieval Mind: * Education * Books were mainly published in Latin‚ making them unreadable to the masses * Curriculum was limited to reading‚ writing‚ simple arithmetic and a book summarizing the principles of the Christian religion * 79% of peasants couldn’t read * 0% of the clergy and professions couldn’t read * Dark Ages- no one was literate‚ not even Charlemagne (first Holy Roman Emperor) * Middle Ages- literacy was scorned * Not many
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Along with this they are also very much concerned about the products of the company and their position in the market. The Mutual fund is one of them who are performing their works very effectively. As we are the students of BBA department‚ we have to learn about the mutual fund investment system analysis of a firm. That’s why we have decided to analysis on mutual fund that renown in the world. 1.1 Origin of the Report This report is a part of “Investment Management” course under the BBA curriculum
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Which of the following beliefs would not preclude charting as a method of portfolio management? D. Stock prices follow recurring patterns. In a 1953 study of stock prices‚ Maurice Kendall found that ________. A. there were no predictable patterns in stock prices The weak form of the EMH states that ________ must be reflected in the current stock price. A. all past information including security price and volume data The semi-strong form of the EMH states that ________ must be reflected in the
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