2. Justify your allocation based on your outlook for systematic risk in the U.S. Systematic risk is primarily based on the risks that are associated with actual or real events that may affect the market. This includes interest rates‚ inflation‚ wars and all that can affect the market and cannot be avoided through diversification. Systematic risk can be associated with riskier securities if and when compared to bonds. This rate of return is mainly unpredictable but can be profitable. My reasoning
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shows the price of aluminium over the past six years. It can be seen from Figure 1 that the price of aluminium has fluctuated a great deal during this period. For example: between July 2008 and February 2009 the price fell by 57%; in August 2009 alone the price rose by 16%. In an essay of 1500 words or fewer‚ use economic analysis to explain changes in the price of aluminium over the period shown in Figure 1 and why the price fluctuations have been so great. Figure 1: The monthly LME spot price for aluminium
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Microeconomic Analysis ECON 545 Keller Graduate School of Management ECON 545: Microeconomic Analysis The purpose of this paper to is outline and highlight the demand and supply associated with the need for physicians in today’s marketplace. In a microeconomic analysis‚ we will dissect the supply of physicians versus the needed demand‚ the elasticity of needs‚ total of production pricing‚ and profit or loss connected with this career choice. Demand Determinants The requirements to
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Econ3101 - Section 006 Intermediate Microeconomics Xavier Vinyals-Mirabent Due: Wednesday‚ February 1st‚ 2012. Solutions to Homework 1. 1 1. A consumer has preferences for two goods. Her preferences satisfy Axioms 1 through 4 as discussed in class. A v D v 10 E v 5 C v B v 0 0 5 (a) Plot and label the following bundles: A (2‚10) B (6‚2) C (0‚4) D (8‚10) E (4‚6) (b) Assume A is indifferent to B (A ∼ B). On a single line‚ list all the bundles in descending order of preference
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Macroeconomics LP4 Assignment A price ceiling is a sort of price control governments have imposed to control the price when the price is higher than it should be. Sellers try to sell more of their product because the price is high. But buyers do not want to buy at that price. Price ceilings commonly lead to shortages and are typically associated with long lines. When a new toy or video game comes out there is usually some kind of wait‚ whether in line or on a waiting list. When “tickle me
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GDP Calculation (expenditure approach) Consumption(C): –The spending by households on goods and services‚ with the exception of purchases of new housing. •Investment (I): –The spending on capital equipment‚ inventories and structures‚ including household purchases of new housing. •Government purchases (G): –The spending on goods and services by local‚ state and federal governments. –Does notinclude transfer payments because they are not made in exchange for currently produced goods
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social science that studies the choices that individuals‚ businesses‚ governments‚ and entire societies make as they cope with scarcity and the incentives that influence and reconcile those choices. Economics divides into Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. Microeconomics is the study of the choices that individuals and businesses make‚ the way these choices interact in markets‚ and the influence of governments. Macroeconomics is the study of the performance of the national economy and the global
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Throughout the duration of this course‚ you will be performing literature reviews and presenting findings on the topic of petroleum. For this specific assignment‚ please do the following: Identify a topic or a problem faced by the global petroleum industry. Once the problem has been identified‚ your goal is to solve it. Provide an overview of the problem and a solution that is supported by current research. Tips for Selecting a Topic or Problem What subject within the global oil and gas industry
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Level Material Appendix B Price Elasticity and Supply & Demand Fill in the matrix below and describe how changes in price or quantity of the goods and services affect either supply or demand and the equilibrium price. Use the graphs from your book and the Tomlinson video tutorials as a tool to help you answer questions about the changes in price and quantity Event Market affected by event Shift in supply‚ demand‚ or both. Explain your answer. Change in equilibrium Frozen orange crops in California
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and Government-set Prices A. Short-Answer‚ Essays‚ and Problems New 1. The president of a toy company asks you for advice about whether the company should cut the price of its best-selling doll this year based on the following information: last year the company cut the price of its best-selling doll by 10% and the total revenues from doll sales increased by 10%. New 2. The owner of a health club asks you for advice about whether the company should raise the price of its membership
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