In a world where non-linearity and randomness are the norm‚ the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is widely accepted despite it being a linear model‚ and this is probably due to the simplicity of the model and its pre-computer age birth (see equation below). A well recognized and utilized metric in finance is beta (β)‚ which is the slope in the linear CAPM. To derive β one simply plots the returns (capital gains plus dividend yields) of an individual stock (y-axis) against the returns of a well
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“You say you want a revolution/Well‚ you know/ We all want to change the world.” Revolution by the Beatles spoke to an entire world audience in 1968; an American audience. Forty-three years later‚ two generations are metaphorically speaking the same tune. The Tea Party movement began in the summer of 2009.The Occupy Wall Street movement was motioned by the Canadian activist group‚ Adbusters‚ and officially began on September 17‚ 2011. Protesting of these groups are the result
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What are the implications of determinism for our understanding of free will? Argue your position. There are several implications of determinism that illustrate our understanding of free will. It is a general understanding that we as humans should be free to make our own choices our lives; yet we also understand that events‚ including human behaviour‚ may have a prior cause‚ perhaps due to natural or some other circumstance. This paper aims to identify and present these implications of determinism
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The controversy between freewill and determinism has been argued about for years. Freewill is defined as the belief that our behaviour is under our own control and do not act in response to any internal or external factors. Freewill has been found to have four different conditions and to have freewill at least two conditions must be obtained‚ these are; people have a choice on their actions‚ have not been coerced by anything or anyone‚ have full voluntary and deliberate control of what they do. One
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Andrew Amechand 11/5/12 Professor Parascandola HEG 21-005 The Story of the Flood in three Gilgamesh‚ The Metamorphosis and Genesis It is apparent in our class readings‚ that when the gods are angry at the humans they created‚ these gods unleash unforgiving rains to flood the earth‚ and kill the human race. Over the years‚ there have been various texts about these floods. While the occurrences of the floods themselves are continuous throughout these texts‚ they have varying reasons
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customers’ requirement for a vehicle 95% of the time. He says he rarely ever gets complaints if the exact model is not available‚ as long as he has a vehicle available‚ so he does not try to anticipate particular size or model requests and lets randomness take care of that. Weekly demand is as follows: Week | Demand | Week | Demand | 1 | 126 | 7 | 243 | 2 | 200 | 8 | 167 | 3 | 243 | 9 | 131 | 4 | 167 | 10 | 208 | 5 | 132 | 11 | 251 | 6 | 211 | 12 | 171 | In the
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Hard Determinism vs Soft Determinism In this paper‚ I will show that hard determinism is the best explanation for our lack of free will in our daily decisions. Using a love story as an example will help clarify that free will is simply a fallacy and hard determinism is accurate. Steven was a junior accounting student at the very large Penn State University. He was fairly quite and reserved‚ but had a few close friends that he grew up with. Steven is one of those guys that is not crazy and
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The media‚ consisting of its various forms‚ is a very influential socializing agent. Messages fed to us through forms of advertising and marketing have a lasting impression‚ often changing the ways we think and behave. As the popularity of an ad grows‚ so does it moral implications‚ as well as its influence on audiences world wide. This week’s topic of “advertising and Difference: Gender and Race” is supported by two articles which examine the effects of adverting and stereotyping on African American
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Marcel Duchamp was an innovative groundbreaking artist who during his lifetime continually pushed the boundaries of the current art scene. Due to his pioneering in art‚ he had a definitive influence upon artistic styles to come. Duchamp is typically grouped in to the Dadaist or Surrealist movements‚ however his involvement in the art world is worth more than just being placed into a category. In particular‚ his work “The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors‚ Even” or “The Large Glass” shows just
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Fayetteville/Fort Bragg area was chosen for this study to pinpoint the effects in this particular locale. Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base have a very diverse socieo-economic and culturally diverse population‚ which will have a positive effect on randomness of sample selection. With this association in mind‚ this researcher is interested in knowing if there is a relationship of Parental influence on Teen Smoking within this Military
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