1) Estimate and compare the returns and variability (i.e. annual standard deviation over the past five years) of Reynolds and Hasbro with that of the S&P 500 Index. Which stock appears to be riskiest? 2) Suppose Sharpe’s position had been 99 per cent of equity funds invested in the S&P 500 and either one per cent in Reynolds or one per cent in Hasbro. Estimate the resulting portfolio position. How does each stock affect the variability of the equity investment? How does this relate to your answer
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The Printing Press It is argued that the printing press is one of the most significant inventions of all time ranked alongside the wheel and the plow (Johannes Gutenberg and‚ 2009). The man credited with its invention is Johannes Gutenberg‚ born of Mainz‚ Germany around 1400 (Childress‚ 2008). Johannes began his work with the printing press around 1430 and developed his first prototype somewhere around the mid-15th century. As with most inventions‚ Gutenberg’s press had precedents in history
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What is 3D printing? 3D printing is a process of making three-dimensional solid objects from a digital file. Using additive processes creates a 3D printed object. An additive process is a form of successive layering. Each piece of the object is created in layers until the entire object is printed. Every layer can be seen as a thinly sliced piece of the object. How does it work? To create a 3D object one must first start with a virtual design. The design is made in a computer aided design (CAD)
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Strausbaugh 3 Heidi Strausbaugh Mrs. DiSanza Microsoft Office 1 2 October 2014 3-D Printing: Endless Possibilities The introduction of 3-D printing is shifting the production of objects from the factory to the home. 3-D printing is an additive technology in which objects are built up in layers in a process that at the current time takes several hours. However‚ it enables consumers to free themselves from traditional suppliers and gives them the choice to express their own ideas‚ customizing
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The Printing Press The Renaissance is the French translation of “Rebirth." This was reflected in the outburst of art and culture‚ inspired by the revival of classic art and the intellect of Greece and Rome. Literature had flourished; the technological advancement of the invention of the printing press was a major contribution to the renaissance and had drastically revolutionized the nature of book publishing and the accessibility of knowledge in Europe and ultimately the world. Prior to the
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The Printing Press There have been many important inventions over the past millennium. Many of them have helped shape society into what it is today. None however have contributed as much to the world as the printing press has. The printing press was invented in the year 1440 by Johann Gutenberg of Mainz‚ Germany. The printing press consisted of a large press which held plates where movable type could be inserted to spell out entire books page by page. The press was either operated by a large
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3-D Printing Have you ever wondered how powerful and destructive a 3-D printer could be? The production and sales of 3-D printers should be outlawed in the U.S.A. because‚ you can potentially be harmed by the effects of melting plastic‚ and you take away money from America’s small businesses‚ and finally it can be used to create car parts more local thus hurting the economy. The idea of a 3-D printer should be abolished in the United States. 3-D printing has some very negative health effects
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Using 3D Printing to Produce Body Parts · How amazing would it be that everyone’s life could be saved‚ from needing a heart or needing an ear to have the ability to look and have a normal life? “Nearly 120‚000 men‚ women and children currently need lifesaving organ transplants.”( Statistics | Donatelife) And the saddest thing is about “Every 10 minutes another name is added to the national organ transplant waiting list.”( Statistics | Donatelife) We are in need of organ donors‚ but not a lot
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Screen Printing versus Digital Printing Introduction: There are so many innovations in textile printing methods since block printing to rotary screen printing machine‚ and dry heat transfer printing. The global market of textile printing is smaller and more dependent on fashion. Market of textile printing involves rotary screen printing (about 58%)‚ followed by flat-bed printing (about 28%)1‚ and remaining by transfer‚ hand screen printing but there is not any statistics for digital printing. So
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p.2 9/17 3D Printing 3D printing is a technology that lets you take a digital file and turn it into a physical object. You can take almost anything and create it. Everything that is printed‚ is protected by copyright. You take a 3D digital file and just with the click of a button you can create it. You can download a 3D file offline‚ or create one yourself. The software makes it layer by layer. You can literally print out anything you can possibly think of. They’re being made so that they’re
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