investing in fixed-interest securities. a. True b. False 2. Investments through a stock exchange are limited to ordinary shares issued by listed corporations. a. True b. False 3. Portfolio theory contends that a diversified share portfolio enables an investor to significantly reduce the portfolio’s exposure to systematic risk. a. True b. False 4. A share that has a beta of one is twice as risky as an average share listed on a stock market. a. True b. False 5. Shares that typically demonstrate a negative price
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When was care value base introduced? The care value base was introduced by the care sector consortium in 1992 from the national vocational qualification to support well known set of principles and values for care workers. Why was introduced? It was introduced so that people can receive their rights towards their care service and that they receive from their workers‚ and that there are fairness between every races and religions. Anti discriminatory practice The anti discriminatory practice
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How to Value Bonds 1. What is the present value of a 10-year‚ pure discount bond paying $1‚000 at maturity if the appropriate interest rate is: a. 5 percent? b. 10 percent? c. 15 percent? 2. Microhard has issued a bond with the following characteristics: Principal: $1‚000 Time to maturity: 20 years Coupon rate: 8 percent‚ compounded semiannually Semiannual payments Calculate the price of this bond if the stated annual
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A company may issue both stocks and bonds which can be a sign of the company’s financial standing in a market. Since investors are risk averse and they would not like to put their money on stocks and bonds of a struggling company‚ but they would like to put their money on stocks and bonds of a stable and a progressing company. Investors benefit from company’s profit in the form of dividend when they buy a company’s stocks and investors can get higher or lower yield based on the bonds. This is the
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Residual 20 708414 35420.68 Total 23 11731374 Coefficients Standard Error t Stat P-value Lower 95% Upper 95% Intercept 2308.5 219.9996 10.4933 1.4E-09 1849.618 2767.440 Price(P) -49.06 3.2748 -14.9809 2.46E-12 -55.891 -42.229 Income(M) 0.070380 0.0044 16.0778 6.65E-13 0.061 0.080 Population(N) 0.033636 0.0061 5.4695 2.36E-05 0.021 0.046 As indicated by p-value of coefficients‚ all of them are significant. Therefore‚ demand function can be written as Q = 2308.5 –
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What are your short-term and long-term career goals? How will Chicago business school help you achieve these goals? China successfully keeps its economy booming‚ but its healthcare technology ranks lowest among top productive countries. After four years of work in different functions of a top global company and a leading local investment bank‚ I am more determined than ever to pursue a career in this vital industry driven by my social responsibility and personal interest. In the long run‚ I aspire
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Your Home Extensions Owning a house is exceptionally normal in this day and age‚ yet because of the late lodging emergency numerous individuals are disappointed with their homes. The lodging air pocket guaranteed that lodging costs dove‚ making it shabby to purchase houses yet hard to offer them. Obviously‚ shabby is a relative term in the lodging market‚ and even in the present condition of the business sector (which is to some degree on the bounce back)‚ it can be exceptionally hard to get the
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2 Motivation: Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Abstract Motivation is an inner drive or state that stimulates the individual in a particular direction or keeps them engaged in a certain activity. Motivation determines whether the person continues with the task at hand or not. There are two types of motivation; intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsically motivated individuals hold learning various types of course information in high regard without receiving any reward or reinforcement. In contrast‚ extrinsically
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the these three stocks: Answer: B‚ B;A 2. Your friend is considering adding one additional stock to a 3-stock portfolio‚ to form a 4-stock portfolio. She is highly risk averse and has asked for your advice. The three stocks currently held all have b = 1.0‚ and they are perfectly positively correlated with the market. Potential new Stocks A and B both have expected returns of 15%‚ are in equilibrium‚ and are equally correlated with the market‚ with r = 0.75. However‚ Stock A’s standard deviation
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Analysis of Case 2-5 Office Depot Leads in Green Abstract The Hawkins and Mothersbaugh’s Office Depot case study outlines the three core areas and 10 key guiding principles for its environmental stewardship (2010‚ pp. 269-270). This paper will summarize Office Depot’s accomplishments to date and determine whether or not consumers are generally aware of these accomplishments. I will also consider whether or not the audit in 2004 performed by PricewaterhouseCooper had an effect on my evaluation
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