Integrated Case 8-23 Merrill Finch Inc. Risk and Return Assume that you recently graduated with a major in finance. You just landed a job as a financial planner with Merrill Finch Inc.‚ a large financial services corporation. Your first assignment is to invest $100‚000 for a client. Because the funds are to be invested in a business at the end of 1 year‚ you have been instructed to plan for a 1-year holding period. Further‚ your boss has restricted you to the investment alternatives
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Disneyland and Elissa paid her lunch. Miranda gave up on going to Universal Studio and Elissa paid extra money for lunch; this is a compromise. If they did not compromise‚ they might have ended up fighting and not going anywhere for their graduation trip which may have destroyed their friendship. Compromise can save friendship. The other example is domestic level example. The one of the most famous compromises‚ the Great Compromise of 1787‚ helped uniting the nation by compromising. The small states wanted
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THE EMINENT RETURN OF CHRIST This has really raised a lot of questions in the hearts of many. When we talk about the return of a person‚ then it means that such a person has come before and yet to come again as being expected by those who know of him. The return of Christ is what many believers have always waited for and this has gone a long way to pattern their lifestyles because of the cost thereof. Before one can wait for a person‚ then such a person must have known and experienced whom he is
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OPERATING RETURN ON ASSETS (OROA) Year | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Public Bank Berhad | 1.96% | 2.01% | 1.84% | 2.09% | 2.08% | RHB Bank Berhad | 1.89% | 2.09% | 1.93% | 1.98% | 1.70% | Operating return on assets (OROA) ratio is measure of the return earn by a firm operations divided by total assets. The operating return on assets indicates how much will return earned by a firm operation for every RM1 of the total assets. Public Bank Berhad generated RM0.0196 of operating profit for
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THE LAWS OF RETURN TO SCALE The laws of return to scale explain the behavior of output in response to a proportional and simultaneous change in input. Increase in inputs proportionately and simultaneously is in fact expansion of the scale of production. Statement: “As a firm in the long run increases the quantities of all factors employed‚ other things being equal‚ the output may rise initially at a more rapid rate than the rise of increase in inputs‚ then output may increase in the same proportion
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where the norm is to drink soup with spoon. The second being that I use my knife to eat my cake‚ where it should’ve been eaten using a fork. It might seem that these two actions that violate the cultural norms is small‚ but the reaction that I got from other people is extensive. As I was committing the act‚ I noticed that the surrounding people were looking at me. Some of them were even laughing and talking about my action. Also‚ as the waitress saw me drinking my soup with a fork‚ she came to me
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1. Suppose you discover a treasure chest of RM10 billion in cash a. Is this a real or financial asset? Answer: Yes. 10 billion cash is the financial asset. This is because financial assets only obtain its monetary value from a contractual agreement of what it represents. In contrast‚ real asset itself has the physical value. b. Is society any richer for the discovery? Answer: No. This is because the cash does not contribute to the productive capacity of the economy. c. Are you wealthier
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The Return‚ directed by Andrei Zvygiantsev‚ is a film that is ultimately about the evolving relationship between two brothers who had to grow up without a father. In the beginning of this film the brothers got in petty fights and didn’t take care of each other. The also had a hard time being independent and acting maturely. By the end of the film‚ the boys had learned that if they work together they are capable of surviving on their own and getting things done. They realize that they don’t need their
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Exchange Rate December 2014 THE EXCHANGE RATE KEY DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS 1. How is the exchange rate defined? The exchange rate is the price of a unit of foreign currency in terms of the domestic currency. In the Philippines‚ for instance‚ the exchange rate is conventionally expressed as the value of one US dollar in peso equivalent. For example‚ US$1 = P44.00. In every exchange rate quotation‚ therefore‚ there are always two currencies involved. 2. Why is the exchange rate important? The exchange
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Since 2009‚ our unemployment rate has been steadily dropping. The Great Recession from 2007 to 2009 had a significant impact on the economy spiking the unemployment rate of the United States at a shocking ten percent. Thankfully‚ under the governing of President Obama we have managed to reduce that rate to under five percent. Nelson D. Schwartz at the New York Times suggested that the decrease has necessitated employers to increase their wages to entice new employees and retain current ones‚ but
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