Question 1: A reflective account – Compare and contrast your own experience‚ skills and behaviours with those valued by graduate employers Question 2: Identify typical graduate selection processes and evaluate your own strengths and weaknesses in the process of applying for a job The ancients said; “Heaven has endowed me with talents for eventual use”. This is to develop individual character and knowing own strengths and weaknesses.
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Sciences Unit 4 Assignment 1 The Science of Fireworks We have been watching fireworks for hundreds of years‚ so we’ve had time to get it right. And yet every year‚ something new and bigger is always on display. It is still the one thing in life that can fill both children and adults with a sense of awe and wonderment. But how does it work? Let’s start at the beginning‚ before the big show. There are four basic components that give the firework that bright burst of multi colored light‚ followed
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Literary Pieces In this lesson I learned so many things about Literature. Literature is a term used to describe written or spoken material. In broadly speaking‚ “ Literature” is used to describe anything from creative writing to more technical or scientific works‚ but the term is most commonly used to refer to works of the creative imagination‚ including works of poetry‚ drama‚ fiction‚ and nonfiction. In simple words Lieterature is an art of written words. Litera means Letter ( alphabet a-z‚ word-sentence-paragraph)
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Notes: Active Portfolio Management By Zhipeng Yan Active Portfolio Management By Richard C. Grinold and Ronald N. Kahn Part I Foundations......................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 1 Introduction..................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 2 Consensus Expected Returns: The CAPM ..................................................... 3 Chapter 3 Risk .
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Objective 2 Part A - Passively managed investment Optimal passive fund from historical data estimates Methodology overview 3 Steps in Practice 4 Optimal passive fund from CAPM model Applying CAPM 6 CAPM’s application 6 Steps in practice 6 Part B - Actively managed investment Problem defined 10 Solution: Black – Litterman Model 11 Application for Dow Jones Plus Fund 12 Review on the Portfolio 13 Conclusion 14 Part C – Portfolio performance and Style analysis Portfolio performance
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International Portfolio Management Fall 2010 PROBLEM SET 1 Investment Policy and Bond Portfolio management Due date: Friday‚ September 17‚ 5:00 pm. No late problem sets will be accepted. 1. Assume that at retirement you have accumulated $825‚000 in a variable annuity contract. The assumed investment return is 5.5% and your life expectancy is 18 years. What is the hypothetical constant benefit payment? PV = -825‚000‚ i = 5.5‚ n = 18‚ PMT = 73‚358.93. 2. You manage a
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The Portfolio Investment Report 1. Introduction The paper shows the general situation about portfolio investment between all February‚ which will presents the portfolio evaluation and portfolio investment decision. 2. Portfolio Evaluation During the months‚ four stocks‚ one mutual funds and one bonds were added into the investment portfolio‚ which stock is Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC‚ BT Group PLC‚ Centrica PLC and Xstrata PLC‚ mutual funds is YAFIX‚ and bonds is Goodyear Tire& Rubber Co.
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this report is to construct and evaluate two portfolios‚ index tracking portfolio and speculative capital growth portfolio both began their lives on 21st April 2008 and ended on 20th May 2008. The purpose of the former portfolio is to replicate the return on the ASX/S&P 500 New All Ordinaries price index and the latter one is formed aiming at outperforming the market and maximizing the capital gains. 11 stocks have been selected for the tracker portfolio. The criteria for such selection are through
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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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Introduction An electronic portfolio is an interactive online tool which allows you to present a comprehensive overview of your accomplishments‚ skills and experiences. It’s a place where you can compile your resume and samples of your work for prospective employers. The objective of this paper is to analyze the value of developing an electronic career portfolio. The learning goals are to: 1. Familiarize myself with the concept of creating an electronic portfolio‚ 2. Apply and understand research
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