FIXED INCOME SECURITIES Fixed Income can be a very important investment class by which one can diversify his/her portfolio to reduce risk. Putting all your money into equities (read more about equity investment) can give you more returns but it does carry high risk as well. Diversification is a basic concept of financial planning and fixed income products come in handy to help us achieve this objective. Let us see what are the different types of fixed income securities and how they help savvy
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Last year many famous pop and sports stars earned millions of dollars each. Many other entertainment and sports personalities also have very high incomes. On the other hand‚ most people in ’ordinary’ professions like nurses‚ doctors and teachers earn only a small fraction of the income of these ’stars’. What do you think about stars receiving very high salaries? Is it fair that jobs that directly help people are paid much less? Some people may argue that while those pop and sports stars are earning
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normal duties‚ gives rise to assessable income.1 Nonetheless‚ her normal travel expenses from home to the place of employment or business are not deductible under Section 8-1 as such costs are not qualified to satisfy the positive limb of the general deductions provisions‚ that is‚ they are not sufficiently related to the production of assessable income.2 Rather‚ the normal travelling expenses are incurred because of a private choice to live somewhere far away from the work place‚ thus they are not deductible
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Chapter 1 Business Information Systems in Your Career Student Objectives 1. How are information systems transforming business and what is their relationship to globalization? 2. Why are information systems so essential for running and managing a business today? 3. What exactly is an information system? How does it work? What are its people‚ organization‚ and technology components? 4. How will a four-step method for business problem solving help you solve information system-relations problems
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ZARA Income Statement Period Ending: 2012 31/12 2011 31/12 2010 31/12 2009 31/12 Total Revenue 82.98 78.19 89.69 76.7 Revenue 82.98 78.19 89.69 76.7 Other Revenue‚ Total - - - - Cost of Revenue‚ Total 60.29 56.72 59.02 52 Gross Profit 22.69 21.47 30.67 24.7 Total Operating Expenses 77.61 73.35 74.12 63.51 Selling/General/Admin. Expenses‚ Total 3.69 3.24 3.96 3.56 Research & Development - - - - Depreciation / Amortization 13.63 13.38 11.14 7
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Potential Career Paths Career Information Career Path Option 1: Photographer Career Category: Artistic Career Path Option 2: Graphic designer Career Category: Artistic Job description (including daily responsibilities) Involves work such as taking pictures of weddings and family portraits‚ while others may specialize in a particular field such as fashion‚ advertising or clinical photography. Listening to clients and understanding their needs before making design decisions. Develop creative
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“What’s Your Major?” At a young age‚ we’re always asked “What do you want to be when you grow up?” My answer at first was to be a social worker. As time passed and I got older that same question was asked again but this time my answer wasn’t a social worker but a cop. Every time that one question was asked‚ my answer would change maybe it was because of the situation I was in and the help I would get from the police‚ social worker‚ and teachers it made me admire them. Time once again went by and
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Inequality is an extremely controversial topic‚ there are infinite ways of measuring inequality - wealth‚ income and opportunities are just a few of them. Income inequality is the difference of household earnings and there are many factors that come in to play. It is by no means new to our society; before 1980‚ the top 1% was paid on average 80% more than the median wage (Bourguignon‚ 2015). As with any statistical modelling and measuring approach‚ there is a great deal of complexity to capture absolute
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However‚ every income is taxable under income tax law‚ whether it is received in cash or in kind‚ whether it is capital or revenue 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
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Fixed Income Securities Chapter 2 Basics of Fixed Income Securities Problem Set (light version of the exercises in the text) Q3. You are given the following data on different rates with the same maturity (1.5 years)‚ but quoted on a different basis and different compounding frequencies: • Continuously compounded rate: 2.00% annualized rate • Continuously compounded return on maturity: 3.00% • Annually compounded rate: 2.10% annualized rate • Semi-annually compounded rate: 2.01% annualized
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