Rogue Trader‚ Nicholas Leeson Case 1) What was Nick Leeson’s strategy to earn trading profits on derivatives? Leeson was trading derivatives contracts on the two exchanges that were‚ in some cases‚ of different types and‚ in some cases‚ in mismatched amounts. He was hoping making profits by selling put and call options on the same underlying financial instrument‚ the Nikkei 225 Index. 2) What went wrong that caused his strategy to fail? He thought as the Nikkei was already low that
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makes a lot of people skeptical of the Efficient Market Hypothesis which says that a stock price takes into account all the public information‚ company information‚ economy information and past prices of the stock. Some might say that that is not the case that stock prices are actually guided by emotions of the investors. Bill Miller takes into account human emotions when doing his investments. He recognizes that when a stock price goes down by a lot‚ and it’s a high value stock it is probably an
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in most heavily invested. Speculate as to why this might be the case. Are there any countries in which you would have expected the fund to be more heavily invested than it is? Are there any countries in which you would have expected the fund to be invested and it is not? 6. Consider the sector diversification of funds assets. Identify the sectors in which the fund is most heavily invested. Speculate as to why this might be the case. Facts The Vanguard International Growth Fund is one of the
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2011. How do Muslims feel about their religion following the effects of 9/11? Has there been any change to the way Muslims feel they have been portrayed in the media following 9/11 until now. f) The disaster agent – an intentional‚ human conceived attack – most certainly determined the response and backlash that follow the events1. g) The main differences in the studies is that one focused more on the effects 9/11 had on Muslim people while the other focused on the effects of all ethnicities
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series of Jim Crow laws that segregated blacks from whites were created (Cates 50). In this time‚ various legal decisions played instrumental roles in the transition to a heavily segregated south. Through the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision‚ the government legalized segregation which led to the establishment of myriad Jim Crow laws that stripped African Americans of their Constitutional rights. One of the main factors that lead to the creation of such a crippling and vast array of Jim Crow
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Case xx - Boston Lyric Opera Depended on digh donations from board members Opera is very expensive to produce Founded in 1976 Mission statement BLO BLO has 46 doard of directors and 51 board of overseers 1998 expanded moved theatre. From 890 -> 1500 seats BLO is the fastest growning firm BLO challenges: More subcribers to doners Attact more funding Contemplate a 2200 seat facility Participants of the BSC process Janice (general director‚ driving force) Sue (introduced the BSC to
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Case 2-2: 1. With respect to the adjustments related to goodwill‚ answer the following: a. Why does the adjustment for goodwill amortization increase net income under Country A GAAP but decrease net income under Country B GAAP? The adjustment for goodwill amortization increases net income under Country A GAAP but decrease net income under Country B GAAP because of how SKD amortizes goodwill for a period of 20 years while for Country B goodwill is only amortized for a period of 5 years. This leads
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September 11‚ 2001 was a defining moment in American history‚ as well as a defining moment in the history of the fire service‚ when 343 fire fighters were lost in the 2 largest building collapses in recorded history (Brannigan & Corbett‚ 2015). The mechanism of the collapse of these structures has become a source of debate. NIST analyzed the collapse and arrived at a conclusion as to the contributing factors of the collapse of the buildings. Some of the factors include dislodged fire proofing‚ weakened
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This case study examines a third-grade language arts teacher‚ Jim Colbert‚ who has been teaching at an inner-city school in the Northeast for four years. In his instruction‚ he uses basal readers and a district-required curriculum‚ but the case study examines a specific problem he has been facing in his class. Jim teaches the advanced third grade class‚ and one of the students in this class‚ Carlos‚ has difficulties spelling in English‚ properly pronouncing words‚ and reading out-loud. Jim‚ after
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over time‚ and could the 9/11/01 attacks have been avoided? Were US intelligence and counterterrorist (CT) assets well organized to avoid the 9/11/01 attacks? To what degree was the Clinton administration’s CT strategy a product of faulty presidential thinking -- or faulty intelligence? How did the 9/11 Commission recommend the US adapt its strategy to react to the 9/11/01 attacks? How did the 9/11 Commission recommend the US restructure its organizations after the 9/11/01 attacks? How can the
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