Hall of Roids? Barry Bonds is regarded as one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game. However‚ after a court trial against his trainer‚ it was proven that Barry Bonds had used steroids during training throughout his baseball career. Now his record of 73 home runs in a season has a big asterisk next to it (Bunning). Yet‚ Barry Bonds and many other athletes are still inducted into their sports’ Hall of Fame even though they used steroids. Athletes who used steroids should
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expected rates on zero-coupon bonds with one-quarter maturity that are to be sold on the first day of the quarter that starts one‚ two‚ three and four quarters from Oct 1‚ 2009 respectively‚ i.e. the first day of the first‚ second‚ third and fourth quarter of 2010. These expected rates are also called the forward rates. (4) Based on your calculations‚ please comment on the market expectation on Oct 1‚ 2009 for interest rates on one-quarter maturity zero-coupon bonds that are to be sold on the first
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An Eye For An Eye‚ A Tooth For A Tooth The age-old adage‚ "an eye for an eye‚ a tooth for a tooth‚" when viewed as a justification for capital punishment‚ raises serious ethical‚ moral and social questions. Proponents of capital punishment argue that‚ for justice to be served‚ the punishment must befit the crime. Hence‚ a murderer should have his life taken from him! This kind of perverse logic‚ which has seldom been supported by the victims’ families themselves‚ fails to be convincing. In a similar
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FUNDAMENTALS The interest rate or required return represents the cost of money. It is the compensation that a supplier of funds expects and a demander of funds must pay. Usually the term interest rate is applied to debt instruments such as bank loans or bonds‚ and the term required return is applied to equity investments‚ such as common stock‚ that give the investor an ownership stake in the issuer. In fact‚ the meaning of these two terms is quite similar because‚ in both cases‚ the supplier is compensated
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factors to desistance such as Social Control Theory‚ also known as Social Bond theory. According to the Social Bond Theory‚ the bond between individual and the people around them are important in the support of preventing and controlling the individual from reoffending (Hirschi‚ 1969). There are 4 factors in the social bond theory which are; attachment‚ commitment‚ belief and involvement (Vold et al.‚ 2002). Attachment is the bond between the individual and the people around such as family and friends
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annual interest income from the TIPS bond? From the Treasury note? b. How much interest will Judy receive over the five years from the Treasury note? From the TIPS? c. When each bond matures‚ what par value will Judy receive from the Treasury note? The TIPS? d. After five years‚ what is Judy’s total income (interest + par) from each bond? Should she use this total as a way of deciding which bond to purchase? P4 4. Assume a $1‚000 face value bond has a coupon rate of 8.5 percent‚ pays
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MORTGAGE BACKED BOND (MBB) WHAT IS IT MBBs are the third asset securitization vehicles. They differ from pass-thru and CMOs in 2 key dimensions: 1. Pass thru’ and CMOs remove mortgages from bank’s balance sheets as forms of offbalance sheet securitization. 1. MBBs normally remain on the balance sheet 2. Pass thru’ and CMOs have a direct link between the cash flows on the underlying mortgages and the cash flows on the bond vehicles 2. For MBBs‚ there is no direct link between the cash flow on
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Chemistry: A Molecular Approach (Tro) Chapter 10 Chemical Bonding II: Molecular Shapes‚ Valance Bond Theory‚ and Molecular Orbital Theory 1) Determine the electron geometry (eg) and molecular geometry(mg) of BCl3. A) eg=trigonal planar‚ mg=trigonal planar B) eg=tetrahedral‚ mg=trigonal planar C) eg=tetrahedral‚ mg=trigonal pyramidal D) eg=trigonal planar‚ mg=bent E) eg=trigonal bipyramidal‚ mg= trigonal bipyramidal Answer: A 2) Determine
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Information compiled by ___________________________________________________________ Stocks have historically had much higher returns than bonds. Can these excess returns be justified by the higher risk attached to stocks‚ or are there alternative explanations? The following is an abbreviated history of studies and models that articulate the logic of stock returns; included are both support for and alternatives to the equity risk premium. Edgar Lawrence Smith’s 1924 book Common Stocks
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both of his theories‚ as well as tell you why one particular theory is most adequate in explaining why people do not commit crime. Hirschi proposed his Social Bond Theory back in in 1969. This theory states that individuals will commit criminal or delinquent acts when their ties (bonds) to society are weakened or have broken. When the bonds are strong‚ an individual
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