An investment that is not one of the three traditional asset types (stocks‚ bonds and cash). Most alternative investment assets are held by institutional investors or accredited‚ high-net-worth individuals because of their complex nature‚ limited regulations and relative lack of liquidity. Alternative investments include hedge funds‚ managed futures‚ real estate‚ commodities and derivatives contracts. Definition of ’Hedge Fund’ An aggressively managed portfolio of investments that uses advanced
Premium Investment Hedge fund
in such a way that limits the possibility of argumentive outbreaks. The NGT should produce a good mixture of quality ideas and help everyone to feel the involvement of working together as a group. The article‚ Nominal Group Technique: An Alternative to Brainstorming‚ lists some basic steps to follow when using this technique. The steps are (1) Individuals should be groups by five or six people. (2) Position question in open-ended format‚ ex: How can we best facilitate new changes within departments
Premium Time Social psychology Creativity
Cost Control and Cost Reduction A business enterprise must survive‚ grow‚ and prosper. Cost Control and Cost Reduction are activities necessary for ensuring that these objectives are fulfilled. With the liberalization of the Indian Economy and Globalization‚ there is now a cut throat competition from various concerns of the world. As a result there is now a race to secure a place for survival. This has increased the importance of cost control and Cost Reduction. Cost Control “Cost control
Premium Costs Cost accounting Cost
have done above is a “full-cost” analysis. This is in contrast to a “direct-cost” analysis that ignores overhead costs. Is full cost the right metric for job profitability and customer profitability? What assumptions are we making about the variability of overhead costs when we do a “full-cost” analysis? By allocating the overhead costs to jobs and customers there is an implicit assumption that these are variable with the cost driver. In reality‚ some of the overhead costs are fixed‚ at least in the
Premium Cost Costs Economics
Introduction EDWARDS PERSONAL PREFERENCE SCHEDULE A personality inventory comprising 225 pairs of statements relating to likes and preferences the respondent being required to choose the preferred alternative in each case. The scale is ipsative‚ and it yields scores on 15 needs based on the theory of personality introduced by the US psychologist Henry Alexander Murray (1893–1988) in his book Explorations in Personality (1938)‚ namely needs for achievement‚ deference‚ order‚ exhibition‚ autonomy‚
Premium Psychometrics Psychology Clinical psychology
Through out recorded history‚ people of various cultures have relied on what Western medical practitioners today call alternative medicine. People use these treatments and therapies in a variety of different ways. The most common form of alternative medicine that is the most widely used is herbal medicines. Herbs have been used for thousands of years through out the world. There are records of the Egyptians using them in 1 600 BC‚ and scriptures that date back to the Yin dynasty in 1 500 BC (3)
Premium Herbalism Herb Medicine
Plant overhead $122‚000 D/L rate/hour $30 Youngstown has a traditional cost system. It calculates a plant-wide overhead rate by dividing total overhead costs by total direct labor hours. Assume‚ for the calculations below‚ that plant overhead is a committed (fixed) cost during the year‚ but that direct labor is a variable cost. 1. Calculate the plant-wide overhead rate. Use this rate to assign overhead costs to products and calculate the profitability of the four products. The assignment
Premium Cost Costs Mathematics
2013 Alternative Assessment Proposal (i) Application of chemistry/ chemical phenomenon Transition glasses have photochromic lenses which give eyeglasses the ability to change their tint level and adjust to the light that is available. They were designed to protect the eyes from harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation and can be considered sunblock for the eyes. These lenses are clear indoors and darken outdoors for greater comfort in the sun. The photochromic lenses contain millions of
Premium Sunlight Ultraviolet Sun
Bio 100 Alternative Classification Assignment We learned in class about the taxonomic system of classification. This system defines groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics‚ giving names to each group. It is also a Biological Classification system used to put every living thing into groups‚ grouping them according to shared physical characteristics. This helps us to know which animals are which‚ who each is related to‚ and what each are like individually. Scientists
Premium Biology
Functions of the schedule of reinforcement in organization The schedule of reinforcement must be has in an organization. It is very important to any of the organization. Schedule of reinforcement is also an important component of learning process. A schedule of reinforcement is normally a rule stating that an organization’s instances of behavior can be reinforced. An organization’s behavior is acquired whether is fast or slow can be determine by the schedule of reinforcement. In addition‚ the strength
Premium Reinforcement