feel that taking genuine risks in life is necessary in order for us to be happy? Can people find fulfillment and happiness in life by playing it safe and not courting any trouble or hardship from taking chances? The word “risk” means the possibility of suffering a harmful event. Risk taking can bring either positive or negative result because anytime we take risks in life‚ there is a possibility of loss which can cause tension. There are a lot of people who take big risks and appear not to be affected
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Negligence and Assumption of Risk Issue: Are store and Vinny liable for Maria’s injury that was occurred in the store? Rules: Business owners and operators owe a DUTY OF CARE to their patrons – those whom they invite onto their premises. If a customer is harmed or injured by the dangerous condition‚ the business operator will normally be liable for damages for the tort of NEGLIGENCE. ASSUMPTION OF RISK – A plaintiff who voluntary enters into a risky situation‚ knowing the risk involved‚ will not be
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Risk and Return: Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing Models Portfolio Theory Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) Efficient frontier Capital Market Line (CML) Security Market Line (SML) Beta calculation Arbitrage pricing theory Fama-French 3-factor model Portfolio Theory • Suppose Asset A has an expected return of 10 percent and a standard deviation of 20 percent. Asset B has an expected return of 16 percent and a standard deviation of 40 percent. If the correlation between A and B is 0.6
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and $300 in stock B with a beta of .6. You have another $400 to invest and want to divide it between an asset with a beta of 1.6 and a risk-free asset. How much should you invest in the risk-free asset? a. $0 b. $140 c. $200 d. $320 e. $400 ANALYZING A PORTFOLIO d 59. You have a $1‚000 portfolio which is invested in stocks A and B plus a risk-free asset. $400 is invested in stock A. Stock A has a beta of 1.3 and stock B has a beta of .7. How much needs to be invested in stock
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Additional useful information on types of risk Market or price risk relates to the uncertainty in markets and prices for both inputs (purchased for the production process)‚ and outputs (products and services for sale by the firm). Market/price risk has always been a major problem in most businesses and results from the economic forces of supply and demand. Outcome of these forces are fluctuations in the price for a commodity and/or inputs in the production of that commodity. These fluctuations
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Risk Assessments A risk assessment is an examination of what work could cause harm to people. This will help to see whether there have been enough precautions taken or a need for more to prevent harm. Employees have a right to be protected at from harm caused by a failure to take reasonable control measures. Accidents and ill health can affect a business if output is lost‚ machinery is damaged‚ insurance costs increased and possibly even having to go to court. It is a legal requirement to assess
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At Risk Readers Introduction Did you know that learning to read is a challenge for almost 40 percent of kids? There are only just a few students who do not have some type of short coming when it comes to reading. Looking at National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores only one third of students read at the proficient or advanced levels. One third read at a basic level and the last one third are reading below that basic level. (1) Who are at risk readers? There are students that
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Chapter 22 Risk Retention/Reduction Decisions I. Multiple Choice 1. Which of the following is not a potential benefit to a firm from increasing retention? a. savings on premium loadings b. increased moral hazard c. avoiding implicit taxes that arise from insurance price regulation d. reduced exposure to insurance market volatility Answer: b Type: K 2. Which one of the following firms is more likely to use retention? a. closely held firm b. publicly traded and widely held
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rentals were done and eventually became the leader of movie rental industry while Blockbuster and many other companies eventually became bankrupt. Netflix’s story of success is also one of caution as Netflix realizes that they will continue to face many risks throughout their business cycle and if they don’t anticipate and/or respond correctly‚ they too could face the same result as Blockbuster. As of December 31‚ 2009‚ Netflix served approximately 12 million subscribers. Currently‚ Netflix claims on its
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Technological risk Furthermore there is the probability of technological risk during our supply chain in terms of system failure and breakdowns or transport infrastructure failure. Firstly‚ the potential failure of system failure exists‚ which means that our transporting supporting systems‚ like digital sourcing of data‚ breaks down during our shipment to the Philippines. The consequence would be a huge loss of data and coordination problems for example with moving our fraught from one transportation
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