relative lack of missile defenses so as to guarantee mutual destruction. Examples: The fear of Mutually Assured Destruction helped prevent direct conflict. military‚ US) mutual deterrence between countries possessing nuclear weapons‚ based on the capacity of each to inflict major damage on the other in response to a first strike ------------------------------------------------- Example Sentences Including ’mutual assured destruction’ MAD‚ mutual assured destruction ‚ was the name given to this
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FACULTY OF LAW Lund University Sabina Örberg Tax Planning with Holding Companies for US Investors in Europe A Comparative Study of Holding Regimes in Sweden and Switzerland JAEM03 Master Thesis European Business Law 30 higher education credits Supervisor: Mats Tjernberg Term: Spring 2013 Contents SUMMARY 1 SAMMANFATTNING 2 PREFACE 3 ABBREVIATIONS 4 1 5 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background 1.2 Purpose 7 1.3 Method and Material 7 1.4 Delimitations
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�PAGE � Asset Classes 1 Asset Classes Paper FIN 402 The mutual fund chosen is Merrill Lynch Global and the Dow 30 organization chosen is McDonalds. The asset classes for both the mutual fund and Dow 30 organization will be determined. The following will explain how classifications and the current investment environment impact organizational decisions concerning the composition of these portfolios. _Merrill Lynch Global_ Merrill Lynch (2006). Merrill Lynch is a company that helps individual
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Behavioral Finance Article Presentation “Are Investors Reluctant to Realize Their Losses” Are Investors Reluctant to Realize Their Losses? * This article was written by Terrance Odean. * This article was published by “Journal of Finance” in 1998. Aim of the Study By writing this article Terrance Odean wants to examine the tendency to hold losers too long and sell winners too soon. This tendency has been labeled Shefrin and Statman as a “disposition effect.” Terrance
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The Liquidity Preference Framework Whereas the loanable funds framework determines the equilibrium interest rate using the supply of and demand for bonds‚ an alternative model developed by John Maynard Keynes‚ known as the liquidity preference framework‚ determines the equilibrium interest rate in terms of the supply of and demand for money. Although the two frameworks look different‚ the liquidity preference analysis of the market for money is closely related to the loanable funds framework of
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Hedge Fund Strategy - Equity Long-Short An equity long-short strategy is an investing strategy‚ used primarily by hedge funds‚ that involves taking long positions in stocks that are expected to increase in value and short positions in stocks that are expected to decrease in value. You may know that taking a long position in a stock simply means buying it: If the stock increases in value‚ you will make money. On the other hand‚ taking a short position in a stock means borrowing a stock you don’t
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INVESTMENT BY QUALIFIED FOREIGN INVESTORS IN INDIA -- Ankita Pandey & Deepali Srivastava Listed and unlisted equity in India have received focused regulatory attention since the establishment of the Securities Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) in 1992. Towards the end of the 1992‚ to attract foreign capital‚ Foreign Institutional Investors (“FII”) such as Pension Funds‚ Mutual Funds‚ Investment Trusts‚ Asset Management Companies‚ Nominee Companies and incorporated/institutional Portfolio Managers
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Part 1: Introduction 1. Rationale Nowadays‚ communication and cross- communication have become a vital part in the life of people all over the world. Through language people communicate and exchange their material and spiritual values‚ making the culture knowledge of one another richer and more diversified. However‚ it can not be denied that each nation’s language lies in itself similar and different cultural concepts on many fields of life such as humane values‚ ways of thinking‚ behaviors
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SERVICE SECTOR IN INDIA: GROWTH AND PROSPECTS ABSTRACT The service sector consists of the "soft" parts of the economy‚ i.e. activities where people offer their knowledge and time to improve productivity‚ performance‚ potential‚ and sustainability. This paper mainly focuses on contribution of service sector to the economy‚ its performance‚ problems‚ growth and challenges. The paper also comes out with the latest GDP detail regarding service sector. Introduction: The Services Sector constitutes
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Customer perception and preferences towards branded products (with special reference to television sets) Reference: Indian Journal of Marketing Volume: 40 Number 2 February‚ 2010 Page: 49-55 Abstract Introduction: People began to develop preferences at a very early age. Our preferences are part of what makes us who we are. And the brands we seek out reflect out our preferences. The competition among brand is high. In
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