INVESTIGATING MUTUAL FUNDS IN GHANA: IT’S RISK‚ RETURN AND PERFORMANCE ABSTRACT Over the years‚ investors have been attracted to mutual funds. This study seeks to do an-depth analysis of the Ghanaian mutual fund industry between the years 2006 and 2010. An exhaustive literature review on mutual funds and portfolio diversification will be conducted. An assessment of the performance of mutual funds will be done using the Sharpe and Sortino ratios as well as the Jensen Alpha. Comparisons will be made
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Running Head: FUND ALLOCATION Fund Allocation Grand Canyon University ED533 May 12‚ 2010 The finance systems for public schools throughout the United States are different from state to state. This is due to the property tax rate setup by the local school districts‚ local officials‚ and directly by the citizens in a certain area. Depending on the location and area of the schools and their districts‚ funding can be abundant or scarce in numbers. This means that if the school is located within
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landscape is more competitive and more complicated than ever before. With revenue management’s recognized contribution to the industry and the majority of hoteliers employing revenue management as part of their overall hotel discipline now is the time to focus on core competencies that incorporate both strategic and tactical skills and initiatives. The paper presents a literature review of the key concepts of hotel revenue management (RM) and current state-of-the-art of its theoretical study. The
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raise needed funds? Would you kiss a pig? Organize a game of cow chip bingo? Paint Pepsi on your school roof? As school budgets seem to buy less and less of what educators and parents believe students need‚ money from fund-raising is becoming more and more important. Some school districts are discovering -- or creating -- new ways to raise money. Whether it is selling candy and wrapping paper or such items as T-shirts‚ candles‚ pizza kits‚ posters‚ cookies‚ collectibles‚ or magazines‚ fund-raising
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1. What are the revenue streams for TechMall? The revenues streams for TechMall include the following: a. Setup Fee Revenue b. Statement Fee Revenue c. Transaction Fee Revenue 2. What drives each of the revenue streams? a. Merchant setups drives the Setup Fee Revenue (Setup Fee Revenue=Merchant setups*$750); b. System merchants drives the Statement Fee Revenue (Statement Fee Revenue=System Merchants*$50); c. Total transactions‚ and Transaction Dollars drives the Transaction Fee
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Republic of Vardar Revenue forecasts: Expected Tax Collections PAD 505 June 8‚ 2012 Abstract At independence in November 1991‚ the Republic of Vardar (named after the Vardar River Valley) was the least developed of the Yugoslav republics. Although the poorest of the six former Yugoslav republics‚ the country nevertheless can sustain itself in food and energy needs using its own agricultural and coal resources. From 1998 to 2000 real GDP growth averaged a little
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PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND (PED) & REVENUE Price elasticity of demand (PED) is particularly important to businesses‚ because of its effect on their revenue (income). Consider the following examples: 1) Mrs Robinson wants to increase her business’s revenue‚ but can’t decide whether she should increase or lower her prices. She currently charges £1 per unit and sells 1‚000 units. She knows that the PED for her product is (-) 0.4. What will happen to sales‚ sales revenue and profit if she: a) raises the
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Dreams Deferred in Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry‚ the author of A Raisin in the Sun‚ supports the theme of her play from a montage of‚ A Dream Deferred‚ by Langston Hughes. Hughes asks‚ "What happens to a dream deferred?" He suggests many alternatives to answering the question. That it might "dry up like a raisin in the sun‚" or "fester like a sore." Yet the play maybe more closely related to Hughes final question of the poem‚ "Or does it explode?" The play is full of bombs that are explosions
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Revenue allocation is the distribution of revenue‚ or total income‚ through a business‚ corporate or government structure. It often involves a complex process of determining how and where to funnel revenues in order to best maintain the viability and operating structure of an organisation. The present formula gives the Federal Government 52.68 per cent‚ state governments 26.72 per cent and local governments 20.6 per cent. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll- llllllllll
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"What Happens to a Dream Deferred?" Langston Hughes was a prolific writer. In the forty years between his first book in 1926 and his death in 1967‚ he devoted his life to writing and lecturing. Hughes was seen as one of the leaders in the Harlem renaissance‚ which was an unprecedented outburst of creative activity among African-Americans in the 1920 ’s. In 1951‚ Hughes published a volume of poetry titled Montague of a Dream Deferred in which his poem "Harlem" can be found. This poem is one man
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