CHAPTER 05 RISK AND RETURN: PAST AND PROLOGUE 1. The 1% VaR will be less than –30%. As percentile or probability of a return declines so does the magnitude of that return. Thus‚ a 1 percentile probability will produce a smaller VaR than a 5 percentile probability. 2. The geometric return represents a compounding growth number and will artificially inflate the annual performance of the portfolio. 3. No. Since all items are presented in nominal figures‚ the input should also use nominal
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popular for authors to produce social criticism narratives based on the other influential texts that have been written throughout history. This makes many of their final works reconstructions that are shaped after other pieces‚ which may be seem strange‚ considering the great value that authors place on putting together original criticisms and interpretations. Many literary works of this kind also might draw from religious or biblical texts‚ and The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood is a clear example
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Geoffrey Chaucer in Canterbury Tales. In a time where women had no say in anything‚ and were just there to sit and be pretty he highlights it in literature. In many different instances he indicates points that would make the reader believe he has views the same as Pat Anderson. Throughout Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer he shows women are objects used to gloat about by men for their looks and family status‚ and are not nearly as knowledgeable as men. The Miller’s Tale is all about raunchiness
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Should Students be Punished for Pictures Posted on the Internet? As a teen‚ I do post my fair share of public photos on the internet and social networking sites‚ though my school was never contacted to pursue any action on the photos regardless of what things were in them‚ being illegal or against the school’s academic contracts/requirements. The students at Eden Prairie High School have had a different experience with their school’s administration. Thirteen students who signed an athletic contract
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The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel written by Oscar Wilde in 1890. The book was written during the Victorian era‚ a period of time that brought Britain several changes concerning technology‚ science‚ culture‚ religion and others. The Picture of Dorian Gray talks about a character called Dorian Gray‚ who is a young and handsome man that owned a portrait of himself. An artist and friend called Basil Hallward painted it. The artwork was different from a normal painting. It showed Dorian’s physical
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British Literature The Canterbury Tales: The Clerks Tale parts 4-6 analysis In Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Clerks Tale”‚ the Clerk is essentially a bookworm from Oxford University with no social‚ political‚ or aristocratic aspirations. He is a thin man‚ constantly and deliberately neglecting his bodily needs in favor of knowledge (extremely happy doing so). Chaucer tells us that he is very poor due to the fact that he spends all of his money on books and scholarly texts‚ and that he is very
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How does the prologue of The Secret History prepare the reader for the remainder of the text? The prologue‚ as in many works of literature‚ is used as a way of gripping the reader – making one enthralled in the text‚ introducing themes that reoccur throughout the text (for example the narrator’s journey in this particular novel)‚ along with characters‚ and the style of writing used. Within the first few lines of the prologue‚ we learn that ‘Bunny’ is dead‚ yet we are not told exactly who he
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Professor Mc.Comish Assignment: A tale of two divorces 3/12/12 In “a tale of two divorces”‚ Roiphe made a statement “my divorce is the tale of two divorces‚ one that never was and one that was”. The first divorce is her mothers‚ but the divorce never happened. The second divorce is hers‚ which did happen. The reason she uses the word “my” in her statement is because‚ her mother’s divorce which never happened was the reason she had a divorce of her own. Unintentionally she had been following
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The ideal profile picture should be about 200 x 200 pixels or larger. If‚ by chance‚ you have a picture that is a little bit smaller we tend to see something that is a tad bit fuzzy. If it is not fuzzy‚ then it might come across as a teeny image that screams unprofessional. Think regarding needing to have a square headshot. Also‚ you do not want to have a headshot that is too far away or too close up: Just stick with a standard head shot when it comes to a profile picture. Think about it this
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The Canterbury Tales: Prologue Character description Knight‚ Squire‚ Prioress‚ Monk‚ Friar‚ Wife of Bath‚ Miller‚ and Pardoner The Knight – He is characterized as a very noble‚ brave‚ and benevolent leader and inherently represents a medieval knight in image as he has fought in the crusades trying to spread Christianity to foreign nations. You can easily deduce that he is of a high standing from the imagery of him leading the procession during the Prologue. The knight is dressed in course
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