4300 - Internship School of Business Administration Bond Portfolio Management: Measures of profitability & risks Hicham Reghay Dr. Ahmed Baijou Fall Term 2011 * Executive summary: The scope of my internship was to be familiarized with the bond market and their measure of risk and performance and to know what are the tools used in the company to manage bond portfolios risks (Duration‚ convexity‚ sensitivity). However‚ these tools assume a parallel movement of the yield curve yet it happens
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Tools and Techniques: Effective Decision-Making Organizations undergo the rigors of decision-making dilemmas nearly every day. Within these organizations‚ managers are expected to contribute their decision-making knowledge and skills to the process. Some organizations succeed and some fail in their decision-making attempts due to lack of quantitative and qualitative participation in the decision-making process. For an organization‚ having the necessary tools and techniques for decision-making
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Risk Assessment Tools in Decision Making Article Review Risk assessment is a tool especially used in decision-making by the scientific and regulatory community. In Making Good Decisions‚ Peter Montague discusses the use of risk assessment‚ points out its lack of usefulness in his opinion‚ and posits that the current use of risk assessment today is largely unethical. He states that "Risk Assessment is one way of making decisions‚ but it is not the only way‚ and it is not the best way." (Montague
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Summary Santrock Chapter 1“Educational Psychology : A Tool for Effective Teaching” Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental process. Educational Psychology is the branch of psychology that specializes in understanding teaching and learning in educational settings. Historical Background The field of educational psychology was founded by several pioneers in psychology in the late ninteenth century just before the start of the twentieth century. Three pioneers – Wiliam James‚ John
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currency options to manage its exposure to fluctuation in foreign currency exchange rates. Toyota does not use derivatives for speculation and trading. (http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/ir.html accessed on 14th November 2002) The profitability of Toyota ’s operations is affected by many factors including the changes in the value of the Japanese yen against other currencies which Toyota does business. The financial year for Toyota is from 1 April to 31 March. IMPACT OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK ON OPERATION The
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overtime winner but the one thing that boosts the excitement in every fan is a good solid drop of the gloves between two players. Although‚ fighting causes a five minute penalty for their actions‚ it is very exciting for the fans and is a highly effective tool for lots of teams. One of the National Hockey League’s (NHL) biggest and most exciting brawlers of this time is Colton Orr of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Orr and many other major fighters give fighting in hockey a entire new meaning from knocking
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CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL INTRODUCTION. Risk assessment tools to estimate the patient’s 10-year risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) should be used to identify high-risk patients for primary prevention. The latest National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance (2010) does not recommend any particular risk calculator. According to patient (2013) those calculators which are based on the Framingham risk equation may overestimate risk in UK populations
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Sex Appeal: an effective tool for Advertising Introduction Advertising‚ the business of drawing public attention to goods and services (elook.org)‚ in today’s competitive market‚ is often assisted by sex appeal. Likewise‚ an attribute of sex in advertising is that imagery used typically may have no connection to the product being advertised. However‚ the purpose of such imageries is to solely drag the attention of the potential customer or user. Sex appeal in advertising is often considered as
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of social media and collaboration tools. Executives know that achieving success in a collaborative global business marketing effort requires more than simply telling everyone about the way things are going to be done. Acceptance of change‚processes‚ services‚ working relationships‚ policies‚ and more can be accelerated globally across the enterprise through real-time sharing of experiences. Social networking and collaboration applications are extremely effective ways of bringing global employees
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CEMENT PLANT RISK MANAGEMENT APPROACH Presented To: Presented By: Overview 1 2 3 4 5 6 • Key message • Introduction • High Level Risk Prioritization • Hazard Inventory • Risk Assessment • Risk Control Key message Key message Jobs can only be performed when it is safe to proceed – A job is made up of several tasks – All tasks must be risk assessed and “unacceptable risks” must be controlled. Introduction Why Risk Based Approach? The BU Risk-Based Approach to H&S Management
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