THE LAWS OF RETURN TO SCALE The laws of return to scale explain the behavior of output in response to a proportional and simultaneous change in input. Increase in inputs proportionately and simultaneously is in fact expansion of the scale of production. Statement: “As a firm in the long run increases the quantities of all factors employed‚ other things being equal‚ the output may rise initially at a more rapid rate than the rise of increase in inputs‚ then output may increase in the same proportion
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Risk and Return Management Risk and return management Darlene LaBarre MBA6161 Fin Markets & Institutions Capella on Line The risk-return spectrum is the relationship between the amount of return gained on an investment and the amount of risk undertaken in that investment.[citation needed] The more return sought‚ the more risk that must be undertaken! The progression There are various classes of possible investments‚ each with their own positions on the overall risk-return spectrum. The general
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Risk and Return Analysis Paper FIN 402 Risk and Return Analysis Paper Creating the right balance of securities in a diversified portfolio is crucial to maximizing return and minimize risk. This can be done through analysis of current and past activity of each product. Through a risk assessment‚ return analysis‚ researching the beta of each security‚ and reviewing the average risk and return‚ we can determine the weights of our securities and devise the strongest portfolio to limit risk and
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My Return to School Keith Lowe Eng.121 Fawn vonFrohling January 7‚ 2013 “Returning to school after so many years of not attending‚ to obtain a degree can be a struggle for many people throughout their life‚ but it also has its benefits‚ changes‚ challenges‚ and goals. Initially‚ I had planned to go to college right after high school‚ but due to many family problems I was unable to. It would be another eight years before I would make the decision to enroll in school. My reasons for returning
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Internal Rate of Return In investment decision analysis you may need to calculate internal rate of return. “Internal rate of return (IRR) is the discount rate that gives the project a zero NPV” (McLaney‚ 2006). It is a good choice to use for investment projects. There is a formula for the internal rate of return: (A is the lower discount rate and B is the higher rate‚ a is the NPV at the lower rate and b is the NPV at the higher rate.) For example the Net Present Value (NPV) is 88 when the
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1. Convert prices to total return (% change in the price) = (Pt – Pt-1) / Pt-1 2. Remove outliers – sort data and remove anything +/- 20% 3. Calculate historical average and historical risk X-BAR = Σx/n Calculate the sum of the total return and divide by the number of observations • Variance = σ2 = Σ(x – x bar) 2 / (n-1) Fix X-BAR‚ double click to apply to all dates‚ get the sum‚ divide by (n-1) Risk = σ = √σ = SQRT(Variance) = standard deviation 4. Average Matrix Excel Options
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When comparing and contrasting “The Lame Shall Enter First” and “A Hunger Artist” several similarities‚ along with many differences‚ are found. In “The Lame Shall Enter First‚” by Flannery O’Connor and “A Hunger Artist‚” by Franz Kafka‚ the audience is lead to interpret the feeling of entrapment. Norton and the hunger artist encounter loneliness‚ neglect‚ and misunderstanding. Throughout the stories each character allows their emotions to leak and we begin to see the cause and effect of their trapped
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The Return of the Native: Style The Return of the Native is Thomas Hardy’s sixth novel and probably his best known. The story focuses on the lives and loves of residents in the fictional county of Wessex‚ England‚ an area which was based on the rural area where Hardy was raised. The narrative style of the novel is different to that of the traditional writing. He uses different narrative mechanisms in making it attractive to its readers. His different approach towards the treatment different components
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Accounting rate of return Accounting rate of return (also known as simple rate of return) is the ratio of estimated accounting profit of a project to the average investment made in the project. ARR is used in investment appraisal. Formula Accounting Rate of Return is calculated using the following formula: ARR = Average Accounting Profit Average Investment Average accounting profit is the arithmetic mean of accounting income expected to be earned during each year of the project’s life time
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INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN Many companies wants to have a return on their investment in a few years and begin to evaluate their projects optimistically calculating an internal rate of real return not yielding results in the end. This does not end up being expected by the companies; According to the article the authors John C. Kelleher and Justin J. MacCormack . They suggest that there is a tendency to a risky behavior‚ Companies started to run the risk of creating unrealistic numbers for themselves
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