Section (A) Q: How high do the maintenance margin levels for oil and gold have to be set so that there is a 1% chance that an investor with a balance slightly above the maintenance margin level on a particular day has a negative balance 2 days later? How high do they have to be for a 0.1% chance? Assume daily price changes are normally distributed with mean zero. Explain why the exchange might be interested in this calculation. Answer: Required Maintenance margin level for crude: Based on the calculation
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Journal of Business & Economics Research – June 2012 Volume 10‚ Number 6 The Effect Of Internal Control On The Operating Activities Of Small Restaurants Linval Frazer‚ College at Old Westbury‚ State University of New York‚ USA ABSTRACT Researchers have found that more than 67% of restaurants fail within the first 3 years of their operation. These findings underscore the restaurant industry’s current crisis of profitability and survivability. The industry’s average profit is generally
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Headquarters‚ 42d Infantry Division 137 Glenmore Road Troy‚ New York 12180 Defense Travel System Standard Operating Procedures 10 February 2012 Summary: This document outlines the 42d ID DTS SOP. It sets forth the 42d ID purpose‚ policies‚ procedures and responsibilities of handling travel authorizations and vouchers. Applicability: This SOP applies to the 42d ID and its subordinate Brigades and separate Battalions. Effective 1 February 2011‚ all Soldiers
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Question: Calculation of contribution margin per unit & machine-hour for MD Widgets. MD Widgets manufactures three different product lines‚ Model X‚ Model Y‚ and Model Z. Considerable market demand exists for all models. The following per unit data apply: Model X Model Y Model Z Selling price $80 $90 $100 Direct materials $30 30 30 Direct labor ($10/hour) $15 15 20 Variable support
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Southwest Airlines in 2010: Culture‚ Values‚ and Operating Practices * Problem statement: Southwest Airlines has high growth and high profitability. However‚ its cost advantage is not as big as in prior years. * Scenario: Southwest Airlines based in Dallas was founded in 1967 by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher. It is one of the major domestic airliners which provides carrier and transportation service. Southwest primarily provides short haul‚ high frequency‚ point- to point‚ low fare service
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Types of Mobile Operating System (OS) and its pros cons The Operating System (OS) is the software that communicates with the computer’s hardware‚ manages resources and provides a user interface. All phones use an operating system of some sort but in recent years‚ as mobile phone and smart phone technology has become more complex and powerful‚ operating systems have grown more important. The operating system of a particular handset is now an important factor to consider when deciding which mobile
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Almighty Allah‚ due to His Mercy has given exceptional strength‚ talent and skill to humans and placed them at the top of Biological hierarchy. Flawless operating system of human was created by the Lord‚ yet genetic studies revealed that irregularities in genetic code and main control system may lead to death dealing disorders. Millions of unfortunate individuals suffering from different malformations authenticate the fact that nature has already performed extensive arbitrary mutagenesis on human
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tools‚ runtime and OS kernel of the Android Operating System by examining a range of recently published journal articles‚ magazine articles and internet sites on the topic. In the advancing world of mobile technology and the growing demand of users for more functionality and customization opportunities‚ mobile applications are a rapidly growing segment of the global mobile market (TECHTARGET). The key product for this growing segment is the Android Operating System‚ an open source (Neither developers
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IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSED MARGIN TRADING SYSTEM IN PAKISTANI STOCK MARKETS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY Col. Zaigham Khan Scholar MS- Management Riphah International University‚ Islamabad‚ Pakistan Hammad Sultan Scholar MS- Management Riphah International University‚ Islamabad‚ Pakistan Farrukh Saleem Scholar MS- Management Riphah International University‚ Islamabad‚ Pakistan ABSTRACT Due to adverse law and order situation‚ Pakistani Stock Exchanges have been
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The Impact of Operating System Structure on Personal Computer Performance Toby Jackson Abstract The Impact of Operating System Structure on Personal Computer Performance Toby Jackson This paper presents a comparative study of the performance of three operating systems that run on the personal computer architecture derived from the IBM-PC. The operating systems‚ Windows for Workgroups (tm)‚ Windows NT (tm)‚ and NetBSD (a freely available UNIX (tm) variant) cover a broad range of system functionality
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