Jay Naidu FIN5220-001: Security Analysis Port Mgmt. Dr. S. Zong 18th November 2014 A Random Walk Down Wall Street By Burton G. Malkiel Introduction A Random Walk refers to the term that future steps or directions cannot be predicted by past history. In the investment world this means that how a stock performs in the immediate future cannot be predicted from its past performances. Academics point out that any randomly selected group of securities would perform just as well or better than carefully
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The novel Silence written by Japanese author Shūsako Endo and the film interpretation of it directed by Martin Scorsese‚ who is a renowned director for his other films Taxi Driver‚ Goodfellas‚ and The Wolf of Wall Street‚ are truly two works of art that transcend storytelling and the way one views things‚ in my opinion. A surface explanation of the plot of the story; is that it revolves around two Portuguese Jesuit priests‚ Rodrigues and Garupe‚ who find out that their teacher‚ who was sent to Japan
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Many people from the younger generations recall the movie Wall-E. Although it involved a cute robot‚ it also had an eerie message demonstrating the possible future for humanity. The humans were morbidly obese and were constrained to mobile chairs because all their muscle mass deteriorated. As the movie progresses‚ it shows how all these people who had succumbed to sloth consistently gorge themselves in fast food. Wall-E may be a beautifully animated film‚ but it has an underlying message for the
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Wall Street Journal Article Review #2 Microsoft Abandons ‘Stack Ranking’ Employees Article by Authors‚ Shira Ovide and Rachel Feintzeig Abstract In the article “Microsoft Abandons ‘Stack Ranking’ Employees”. Shira Ovide and Rachel Feintzeig discuss how getting rid of such a system will benefit the company. The authors cite several sources. They don’t go into too deep of detail on why CEO Mr. Ballmer decided to implement the change‚ only that before he leaves the company for good he wanted
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WSJ/Fortune Essay 2 In a Wall Street Journal article titled “Greed is for Wimps”‚ the writer talks about how the new generation‚ Generation Y‚ is becoming more socially aware. According to the article‚ this new generation of professionals wants to give back to the community. Apparently it’s not enough to be successful and make all the money in the world. These young professionals are no longer satisfied with driving expensive cars and wearing name brand clothes. An interview with one such young
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Occupy Wall Street Movement Melissa Parks Professor Galloway Business Ethics 11/2/12 The Occupy Wall Street Movement began on Sept. 17‚ 2011‚ when a diffuse group of activists began a loosely organized protest called Occupy Wall Street‚ camping out in Zuccotti Park‚ a privately owned park in New York’s financial district. The protest was to stand against corporate and government greed‚ social inequality and the corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations over the democratic
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Wall Street Journal Article: Fed Splits over how long to keep cash spigot open In my opinion‚ the Federal Reserve bank should not ’keep the cash spigot open’. Mr Stein‚ the president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston has stated that low rate policies help the U.S economy‚ however some institutions and individual investors may take on too much debt‚ or too many risky assets‚ resulting in the toppling of banks and other financial institutions. I have to agree with Mr. Stein. Low interest
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Dr. Suderman ENC1101 September 27‚ 2013 Wall Street Journal Article Summary It is becoming more and more evident to Major companies that sleep is a necessity that often gets swept under the rug. They are noticing more and more that lack of sleep is a major hamper on your performance in the workplace. Getting a good nights’ sleep is more beneficial than finding ways to work better on less sleep. Companies have to send their employees home early to help them sleep more to keep up with their productivity
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The Real Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort was raised in a modest family in Queens‚ New York. Utilizing his natural talent for sales at an early age‚ Jordan operated a meat and seafood market in the early 80’s‚ but when that business venture was unsuccessful‚ he aimed his sights on another arena entirely‚ Wall Street. Belfort was hired as a connector for the brokerage firm L.F. Rothschild where he acquired a taste for the securities industry as well as the lust for money and fortune. After the
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change the national and international debate to focus on issues such as inequality‚ corporate greed‚ political corruption‚ while also shinning lights on issues that affected the movement such as free speech‚ civil liberties and police brutality. Occupy Wall Street’s ability to tie all themes of the movement together successfully showed how the “99 percent” was being marginalised and the system unfairly stacked against them. The slogan “We are the 99 percent” demonstrated how the “1 percent” have concentrated
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