advantages and disadvantages of computers When Charles Babbage invented the computer decades ago‚ he would probably not have realised the impact it would have on mankind’s future.The importance of computers in today’s world can hardly be over-emphasized. Computers have become so much an integral part of the modern age‚ that we also call thiss period as the computer age. In the initial years‚ the computer was a huge‚ and complex machine that was used for difficult work like performing calculations
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FINC3017 Investments and Portfolio Management Essay: Market Efficiency and Anomalies Topic：Stock price momentum: Jegadeesh and Titman (1993) Momentum anomaly and EMH Anomaly is a stock return deviation that challenge efficient market hypothesis (EMH). Jegadeesh and Titman (1993) theorise price momentum anomaly in the stock market for the first time. It contradicted to efficient market hypothesis thereby is widely debated. EMH states that no consistent excess return can be achieved si
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Castle Family Restaurant: HRIS Evaluation BUSINESS ASSESSMENT: Castle Family Restaurants has 8 locations throughout Northern California and is run by 30 members of the Castle Family‚ including 6 elder members. Castle Family Restaurant is a buffet style restaurant that specializes in a steak and shrimp themed buffet. Nightly we offer 5 shrimp favorites and three steak cuts grilled to perfection. Our strengths include a very committed base employee structure with a shared value and belief system
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Why Countries Gain From International Trade It is perhaps a fundamental part of human nature to desire goods and services‚ especially if they are scarce. Thus‚ it is not surprising that trade between groups has been a function of society for millennia. However‚ in this age of globalization and the international marketplace—as well as opposition to these concepts—it is perhaps worth reiterating why exactly international trade nearly always results in a net benefit to participants. Of course‚ that
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APPLIED MATHEMATICS Computational Efficiency of Box-Muller and Polar Method Using Monte-Carlo Application by : Joy V. Lorin-Picar Mathematics Department Davao del Norte State College‚ New Visayas‚ Panabo City picar_joy@yahoo.com ABSTRACT The efficiency of Mean Square Error (MSE) of the random normal variables generated from both the Marsaglia Polar Method and Box-Muller Method was examined for small and large n with Monte-Carlo application using MATHLAB. The empirical results
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Finance and Accountancy Insider t nsider trading and market efficiency: Do insiders buy low and sell h high? Stephanie Roddenberry Longwood University Dr. Frank Bacon Longwood University ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to test the semi-strong form efficient market hypothesis strong using insider sale and purchase announcements and their effect on the risk adjusted rate of return of the firms’ stock price. Past studies using varying methodologies‚ including the risk adjusted model for event
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ECONIMIC POLICY & THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT Do any groups of people gain and lose from inflation? What is inflation? Inflation is defined as a rise in the price of goods and services in an economy‚ in other words also represents a decline in the value of your current money.(1) It can be measure using the below formula: Inflation Rate = { x 100 } CPI (Consumer Price Index) is a measure of the average of prices paid by the urban consumers
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clinic and hired temporary physicians to handle the workload. In effect‚ more than 50% of the total project costs‚ stemmed from training and productivity losses. Is Kaiser’s experience typical of leading-edge companies? If so‚ how? For leading-edge companies‚ training is always one of the biggest budgeted items‚ especially when dealing with new technology. As such‚ I would
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rights. Some failed as well in their fight for more freedoms; yet these still affected history‚ and some change or progress was still made. Three key revolutions that had great impacts on the world were the American Revolution of 1776 (which started in 1763)‚ the French Revolution of 1789‚ and the German Revolution of 1848. All three revolutions had major gains and even some losses that shaped not only their history‚ but the rest of the world for years to come. The American Revolution started in
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income‚ but still some incomes are given exemption from tax. In this lesson we will study those incomes which are exempt from tax. Here are some of the important items of income‚ which are fully exempt from income tax and which can be utilised by a resident individual Indian assessee for the purpose of tax planning. ➢ AGRICULTURAL INCOME: Under the provisions of Section 10(1) of the Income Tax Act‚ agricultural income is fully exempt from income tax. However‚ for individuals or HUFs
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