Creating efficient frontiers using excel. Suppose we have 3 risky assets whose net return has the mean vector and variancecovariance matrix given below: Asset Mean VarianceCovariance Matrix 1 2 3 0.06 0.12 0.03 1 0.3 0.3 0.3 1 0.3 0.3 0.3 1 Weights Ones Mean Portfolio Return 1 1 1 0.176666122 Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Variance STD Constraint 2.42961 1.558721 1 0.079372 1.603166 -0.68254 To model the portfolio choice problem‚ I begin by highlighting the mean vector and giving
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DATE: 2ND AUGUST 2013 1. Introduction Shift work is common in many sectors. Essential and emergency services such as medical‚ transport‚ fire and rescue‚ law enforcement services and some public services have to be provided round-the-clock. In recent years‚ some service establishments such as convenience stores and fast food shops also provide 24-hour service and employees concerned therefore are required to work in shifts. Suitably arranged shift work is important to employees‚ employers and
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The Possibilities of Cloning By many cloning is viewed as humans going into divine territory‚ however cloning is so much more. It is a window to the past and hope for the future. Cloning has the potential bring loved ones back to life after an accident or violent crime‚ as well as allowing personal organs to be grown so people no longer die awaiting a life saving transplant‚ and it could allow women who are unable to bear children to
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the endothelium gets damaged. There are many causes of atherosclerosis such as: high blood pressure‚ high cholesterol‚ high triglycerides‚ smoking‚ obesity‚ diabetes and inflammation from certain diseases. High blood pressure adds extra pressure and force to the artery walls‚ with time the extra pressure can damage arteries and will make the possibility for the arteries to fill up with plaque higher. The buildup of cholesterol is one of the main causes of Atherosclerosis. Triglycerides are a type
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The Western Frontier The romanticism of the west employed the frontier as the outer edge of the wave meeting “between savagery and civilization.” To historians‚ a frontier is “is not a lining of marking the start of an empty place but a zone of interaction where two or more societies vie for the use of land.’ In the “frontier thesis”‚ Frederick Turner describes the frontier as “gradually peopled.” However‚ the congress in 1862 funded the transcontinental railroad‚ the union pacific‚ and
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Problem Statement Frontier Printers is lacking strategic human resource objectives that are necessary to address the organizational growth and incorporate changing technological trends. As a result they are at risk of not being able to attract/retain valuable employees and could face potential legal litigation. Critical Facts Frontier Printers is a small-family business and has seen a 50% growth in the number of employees in the last three years. The departure of the press operator and the driver
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Paradigm Shift NT1110 This paper will discuss how video games and how it has effected people. We will also discuss if video games create jobs for people and how it affects the economy. Also what might prevent them from advancing? And what might make it obsolete? Video games have become a part of every day. People use the daily for entertainment from Phones‚ video arcades
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Shift of US Maritime Priorities from Atlantic to Asia Pacific Region Implication for Pakistan INTRODUCTION It is important to note at the outset of this brief presentation on the key security challenges facing the United States in Asia‚ the implications of these challenges for the defense sector‚ and the prospects for regional cooperation‚ that President Obama’s remarkable November 2011 visit across the region should not obscure how much the United States continues to be also engaged elsewhere
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Thou mayst revenge. O slave! Banquo to his son Oh‚ this is betrayal! Get out of here‚ nice son‚ run‚ run‚ run! Someday you will avenge. Oh‚ you bastard! Banquo tells his son to revenge after his death‚ and run away now. (foreshadowing) All causes shall give way: I can in blood Stepped in so far‚ that‚ should I wade no more. Returning were as tedious as go o’er. Macbeth to Lady Macbeth My own safety is the only important thing now. I have walked so far into this river of gore that even
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“Jackson’s Frontier-and Turner’s” Historians are seen as individuals telling the common folks of the world‚ in this case the common folk of the United States‚ the events of the past. Historians do not just regurgitate facts‚ they create a narrative; mostly made up of facts‚ but also from their perspective. What individuals do not realize is historians do not miraculously know the information; they must research the information from evidence‚ from a certain period‚ making historians a type of
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