King’s University College Department of Economics Economics 2300 Investment and Financial markets Des McKeon Winter 2014 Office Hours Friday 9:30 -10:30 Course Description This course examines the major theories of investment finance and the pricing bonds‚ stocks and options. Portfolio construction using passive and active management strategies will also be discussed. The course will
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capabilities demanded‚ are acquired. It is to a nation‚ what the mind is to the body‚ just as a deceased mind is handicapped in the co-ordination and direction of the bodily activities setbacks in the education system would act as a hindrance to economic development. Thus‚ the single most significant complex of social-control tools for national development is found in the educational system; be it formal or informal. (Uwadia ‚ 2010). It is also accepted that the development of any nation depends
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help the growth of the economy? It is a fact that no society throughout history has ever obtained a high level of economic affluence without a government. Economic growth is a term that is generally measured through GDP the gross domestic product in a country or region over a certain period of time and its consisted of economists‚ governments and individuals Economic growth usually results from producing more goods and services that requires productivity growth. Productivity growth may also
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promotes a healthy immune system. Both carbohydrates and fats fuel your body‚ while vitamins and minerals function throughout your body in support of your body’s processes. Vitamins A‚ C and E‚ for example‚ act as antioxidants to protect your cells against toxins‚ and B vitamins help you extract energy from the foods you eat. Calcium and phosphorus keep your bones strong‚ while sodium and potassium help to transmit nerve signals. Without a healthy diet‚ you might compromise any of these essential functions
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World Health Organization (WHO)‚ 19.3 million new cancer cases are expected to be detected per year by 2025‚ up from the 14.1 million new cases reported in 2012. The rapidly increasing incidence of cancer is the most important growth driver for the Tissue diagnostics market in the forecast period from 2013 to 2018. Advanced age is considered to be an important risk factor for cancer. People over 65 years of age account for close to 60% of all new cancer cases and close to 70% of all cancer deaths
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Since the opening up and reform of China‚ the economy has been sustaining a rapid annual growth rate of 10%. Since 2004‚ it has become the world’s third largest trading nation‚ after US and German. However‚ behind the fast growth of the economy‚ some potential challenges still exist and require effective policies if China want to sustain fast development in the future. By examining the components of China’s GDP‚ it can be found that the economy has been over reliant on investment (42% in 2005)
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THE IMPACT OF EXTERNAL DEBT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA. BY ABUBAKAR SADIQ SALEH Department of Banking and Finance‚ University of Abuja abubakar008@yahoo.co.uk ABSTRACT Debt is borrowing that is either for the purpose of smoothening the consumption path in the face of transitory shocks or as a means of supplementing domestic savings in order to expand productive capacity and raise the long – run growth rate. The objective of this work
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1 China’s economic growth and poverty reduction (1978-2002) By Hu Angang，Hu Linlin and Chang Zhixiao1 [Abstract] This article has summarized and evaluated the trend of China’s poverty decrease in the period of 1978-2002‚ considering that China has obtained great achievements in the area of poverty decrease sine 1978 and made great contributions to the world; however‚ poverty decrease has not corresponded to the economic growth and it has slowed down the pace since the middle of 1980s; in addition
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Inequality on Economic Growth ¨ Hausarbeit im Rahmen des Hauptseminars ”Okonomie des Geschlechterverhaltens in der Geschichte” von Prof. Dr. Baten im SS 2004 David G¨mbel u Quellgasse 16 72070 T¨bingen u Informatik Contents 1 Introduction 2 Gender Inequality and Economic Growth 2.1 Recent Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 2 3 3 Analysis of the Impact of Gender Inequality on Growth in Industrialized
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A market economy is an economic system where the factors of production‚ are privately owned‚ consumers and producers are motivated by self interest‚ the level of competition in the markets is very high and resources are allocated through the price mechanism. The definition is supported by Lipsey (1992) who also state that decisions about resources allocation are made without any central direction but instead as a result of innumerable independent decision taken by individual producers & consumers
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