Return A Pessimistic .25 13% Likely .50 15% Optimistic .25 17% Realized Rate of Return & Correlation Coefficient ***Calculate Correlation of Coefficient for these stocks Stocks X‚ Y‚ and Z Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Avg σ X 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 12% 3.16 Y 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 12% 3.16 Z 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 12% 3.16 Correlation – A statistical measure of the relationship between the rates of return of two assets Correlation Coefficient
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Case Study 1 Springfield Express is a luxury passenger carrier in Texas. All seats are first class‚ and the following data are available: Number of seats per passenger train car 90 Average load factor (percentage of seats filled) 70% Average full passenger fare $ 160 Average variable cost per passenger $ 70
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CHECKPOINT: INTERMEDIATE SANCTIONS Intermediate sanctions; offers various different sentencing options to those in need of a more rigorous guidance than that of probation and less restrictive than incarceration and both being primary forms of punishment. The purpose for intermediate sanctions is to reduce the issues concerning overcrowded facilities and probation officers and offices short on staff. The options used for punishing criminals such as‚ fines‚ community service‚ restitution‚ forfeiture
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consideration and idealized influence. To improve on the two that I currently feel that I am and to incorporate the two that I am not‚ intellectual stimulation and inspirational motivation‚ I will have to use all the principles learned in the Intermediate Leadership Experience. For me‚ I will mainly focus on full range of leadership development (FRLD)‚ adaptability‚ the Right to Lead Assessment Model (RLAM)‚ diagnosing‚ and the Cooperative Negotiation Strategy (CNS) to improve upon my leadership
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Individual Assignment Week Two Beauty Edgley ACC/280 Principles of Accounting Mr. Bobby Lon Nelson‚ CPA‚ MBA May 20th‚ 2010 Individual Assignment Week Two The answers from this exercise comes from the book Financial Accounting chapters 1‚2‚ and 7. E1-1 Urlacher Company performs the following accounting tasks during the year. Answer: __c___Analyzing and interpreting information. ____ r__Classifying economic events. ___c___Explaining uses‚ meaning‚ and limitations of data. ___r___Keeping
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Arthur Andersen: Questionable Accounting Practices 1. Describe the legal and ethical issues surrounding Andersen ’s auditing of companies accused of accounting improprieties. The legal issues that surrounded Andersen ’s audition were that there was conflict of interest and there was lack of independence on the part of Andersen. In this context‚ Andersen took up lucrative management consultancy projects for the clients of whom it was the auditor. From the deontological ethical perspective
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[APC309 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING Individual Assignment : Task a and Task b ] Table of Contents Part a 1.0 Introduction to performance management …………………………………………………………………………….2 2.0 EVA and ROI ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………2 3.0 Mangers orientation due to using EVA and ROI……………………………………………………………………….3 4.0 Overcoming the short term nature of EVA and ROI………………………………………………………………….4 5.0 Appendix…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8 Part b 1.0 Introduction
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RSA Animate – Crises of Capitalism Commentary In this animate‚ Harvey evaluates individual‚ institutional‚ ideological‚ cultural‚ and policy explanations for the recession. David Harvey starts out his animate by a question which is very simple to understand but very complex and elaborate: ‘Is it time to look beyond capitalism towards a new social order that would allow us to live whithin a system that could be responsible‚ just and humane? First‚ before going further in our analysis on the genres
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Econ 301 Intermediate Macroeconomics‚ Professor __________ Park University Online‚ Fax _________________ Final Exam (Weight 300 Points) STUDENT’S NAME ______________________________ Multiple choice Questions. (Weight 5 points each) Choose the best answer. 1) The unemployment rate is the number of ? 2) The value of steel sold to an automobile producer is __________ directly included in the GDP because __________. 3) In the simplest Keynesian model of the determination of income‚ interest
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CHAPTER 1 Financial Reporting and Accounting Standards ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE Topics Questions Cases 1. Global markets. 1 2. Environment of accounting. 2‚ 3‚ 4 4‚ 5‚ 7 3. Objective of financial reporting. 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9‚ 10 2 4. Standard-setting organizations. 11‚ 12‚ 13‚ 14‚ 15‚ 16‚ 17‚ 18 1‚ 3‚ 6 5. Financial reporting challenges. 19‚ 20‚ 21‚ 22‚ 23‚ 24‚ 25 8‚ 9‚ 10 6. Ethical issues. 25 11‚ 12 Copyright
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