Chapter 3 INDIRECT INVESTING Multiple Choice Questions Investing Indirectly 1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of investments companies? a. pooled investing b. diversification c. managed portfolios d. reduced expenses 2. In order to avoid paying income taxes‚ an investment company must: a. be classified as a non-profit organization b. invest only in municipal bonds. c. pass on interest‚ dividends‚ and capital gains to the stockholders
Premium Mutual fund Investment
The 1450 - 1750 time period is one associated with many great advancements including the emergence of the first global age and the age of exploration as well as many other major historical turning points. While trade had been global in years before‚ 1450 - 1750 is a time when global interactions became more direct and interactions between cultures flourished like never before. The global age affected the interactions of peoples including: Europeans‚ Muslims‚ Africans‚ Asians‚ and Indians. People
Premium Europe Industrial Revolution United Kingdom
Investing in Stocks and Bonds Stocks and Bonds are different in many ways. A stock is a portion or share of the ownership of a corporation. A share will give the owner of the stock the company’s profits or loses over time. The good thing about stocks is they can be sold at almost any time as long as there is someone willing to buy. A bond‚ on the other hand‚ is a fixed interest financial asset issued by governments‚ companies‚ banks‚ and other large entities. Bonds also are called funds.
Premium Bond Investment Mutual fund
Policy brief january 2010 POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU BY James gribble investing in Youth for national Development Despite the commitment of many policymakers and advocates to addressing the ever-increasing sexual and reproductive health needs of youth‚ calls for appropriate programs‚ services‚ and funding have gone largely unanswered. Youth around the world remain at high risk of unplanned pregnancy‚ HIV/AIDS‚ and sexually transmitted infections‚ even though many small-scale programs
Premium Human sexual behavior AIDS Condom
Ethical Investing I’ll be addressing‚ why I would ethically invest in the two companies I’ve chosen Gap Inc. and L’Oreal Paris. L’Oreal Paris was created more than 100 years ago by a young chemistry student known by the name as Eugene Schueller‚ he had a dream to make hair dye to change the colour of a woman’s hair. The company began when a group of students and he formulated hair dyes that essentially worked. That then was manufactured and sold to hairdresser salons all over Paris. Today
Premium Business ethics Ethics
MTN: Investing in Africa Around the 1980’s mobile telephones started showing up for commercial use. They were analog style‚ cumbersome and expensive to purchase. In the 1990’s digital technology was born and mobile phones became readily available to everyone and less expensive than the previous ten years. By 1998 over 30% of the world population within the areas of Europe‚ Asia‚ and North America had mobile telephones. With this type of usage of mobile telephones‚ Mobile Telephone Network
Free Africa
Case Summary Investing in TUFS The case refers to a company called Northern Insurance and their huge investment on TUFS (Technical Underwriting Financial System). That system was the largest investment ever made on IT by Northern Insurance and it was supposed to assist the company by “streamlining the underwriting process and providing strategic e-business capabilities”. Yet‚ after a couple months‚ TUFS became the cost-center of the company‚ spending almost $4 million‚ and therefore the CIO
Free Insurance Underwriting Investment
Investing in TUFS 1. What went wrong with the TUFS investment and what can be done to prevent these problems in the future? TUFS is the Technical Underwriting Financial System and was the biggest distinct outlay in IT by the Northern Insurance Company. They faced the difficulties in first few months and the team found very hard to finish it. The concerns are related with the efficacy and the upcoming prospects for the top notch evolution in underwriting process. Then it converted in to the key
Premium Project management
Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash This includes money and other negotiable instrument that is payable in money and acceptable by the bank for deposit and immediate credit. Examples are bills and coins‚ checks‚ bank drafts and money orders. To be included or considered as cash‚ it must be unrestricted as to use‚ meaning‚ it must be readily available for use or payment of current obligations‚ thus‚ not subject to contractual or legal restrictions. The following items are included in “cash”:
Premium Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Asset Balance sheet
Theaters‚ actors‚ and plays were all started in the ancient Greek time period. Ancient Greek theater began between 550 and 220 BC. The plays or productions focused on the Greek God Dionysus. Dionysus was the God of wine‚ agriculture‚ and sexuality. Thespis was a person who told stories through songs to Dionysus. Thespis did two major things that transformed Greek theater‚ make actors instead of just storytellers and translated the hymns into Dionysus to story telling songs which people acted out
Free Tragedy Drama Ancient Greece