Using Excel=s Solver Tool in Portfolio Theory Excel contains a tool called the Asolver@ that lets you maximize or minimize functions subject to general constraints. We will use this tool to compute the global minimum variance portfolio and the tangency portfolio for the three-firm example (see the spreadsheet 3firm.xls). The spreadsheet for this tutorial is called solverex.xls. The data for this example are given in the following table Stock 1 2 3 E[R] 0.229 0.138 0.052 VAR(R) 0.924 0.862 0.528
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Using Overhead Transparencies by Lenny Laskowski © 1997 LJL Seminars http://www.ljlseminars.com While the current trend in the training industry is heading toward the use of the LCD Projector technology‚ the overhead projector is still the most popular presentation device used today. Most facilities have an overhead projector in every training room or conference room. Although it is the most widely used‚ it is also the biggest abused. Some presenters continue to misuse the overhead projector
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Consequences of using drugs Many people would ask: why do people use drugs? Or what is the interesting thing about having that vice? Drugs act as poisons‚ when people have the first time using would begin internal and external situations. Saying that drugs have become the greatest misfortune of society is an exaggerated form of referring to the situation. No one sector of life is free from this outbreak. Crime and violence are obvious consequences‚ but the lack of morality‚ education ruined and
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Improving Productivity Using IT As our organisation is very IT focused there are many different methods and software we use. Our main way of communicating is via email; this saves a lot of time and is also a faster way of letting the whole team know certain information. We use a variety of software to get tasks completed such as word‚ excel‚ PowerPoint‚ internet etc. As we very rarely have customers come into our office‚ most of our communications is by using computers. We have a company website
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Children Are Not Using their Imagination Growing up‚ as a child in the mid 80’s and the entire 90’s there wasn’t the holding back children’s imagination‚ sky was the limit; G.I. Joe‚ Barbie‚ E-Z bake oven‚ and the ever so classic Brite-Lite LED art kit. With their imagination‚ a child could become an intergalactic alien slayer‚ or the parent of a tear shedding cabbage patch doll. A technological advancement was created that enslaved and dumb down America’s children. Now it is high definition
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Chapter 1 Using Operations To Compete Course Introduction 1. What is Operations Management (OM) and why do we study it? 2. What is the primary goal of this textbook? A. Operations and Supply Management Across the Organization 1. Define Process: 2. Define OM in terms of one of several functions within an organization: 3. Define Supply Chain Management B. A Process View 1. Describe how processes work 2. What are nested processes
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Using reflective practice into courses The definition of “reflective practice”: “Reflective practice” is defined as framing and revising questions to get a deep insight of an issue and have better understanding of it. Using reflective practice into courses: To reach the aim of the course‚ some methods related to reflective practice which the article talks about can be used when we are doing group works for an essay or analyzing a business case individually. Firstly
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time range from January 1985 until and including December 1997‚ whereas the last year is not used for constructing the optimal forecast‚ obtained by fitting a model through the data until the end of 1996. This will enable us to forecast the year 1997 using our model‚ and then comparing it to the actual data. Assuming no large one time shock‚ meaning that it is not captured by seasonality or cyclical behaviour in the data‚ occurs in this year‚ a graphical comparison of our forecast and the whole data
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Topic: Using Cell Phones Most cell phone companies design models especially for kids. But parents are usually the ones buying the phones‚ and paying the bills. According to a July 2012 study‚ 56% of parents of children ages 8 to 12 have given their children a cell phone. The percentage goes up with age. The study‚ by ORC International for the National Consumers League (NCL)‚ basically proves what many people already assumed: many kids‚ if not most‚ have their own cell phones. According
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Professor Kratz ENG 101 Paragraphing Using Quotes The Internet today has given us new and exciting alternatives to the way we live our lives‚ in doing so it has also brought problems with it. I like to note a couple of problems dealing with the media and social networking by using a quote from Christine Rosen and Clay Shirky. I will start with a quote from Christine Rosen from the essay “Virtual friendship and the new narcissism”‚ it highlights a problem of losing personal contact‚
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