...three in class. A maximum of 200 trades are allowed per semester. Before making the trades, you should research your companies and develop written rationales on why you selected the company/mutual fund for investment. The research should include investment objectives, economic/market/industry analysis, analysts’ opinions/evaluations, and rationale for buying or selling equities or mutual funds. All of the research tools are available from the home page (see below). There is a menu item (Research Tools) with its own drop-down menu for this purpose. You are going to present your work on the last day of the class and submit one report per group at the end of the semester. Presentation Each group has 10 min. to present (the presentation should be equally divided among group members). Report (max 5 pages) The final report should include your portfolio, its value in addition to the investment objectives, economic/market/industry analysis, analysts’ opinions/evaluations, and rationale for buying/selling, performance evaluation measures, i.e., compared to the others in class, others across the country, and broader market averages, such as S&P 500. Please, do not forget to include your group ID and password to the simulation website. Important Note Before you begin the simulation and actively trading, you should review the materials under the menu item “Learn Trading” on the homepage of the simulation site. You should become familiar with the tools of the trade. There are tutorials available...
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...system worked in governing a country. Inother words, the purposes of working in China are to contribute to the nation and alsoto the government as the government control on all activities in the country.ii.Stability of Government. The stability of the China government is quite moderate and stable because theadministration of the government are not publicize to the public either through thepress or on the internet. So, the degree of the citizen involvement in the politics is lowbecause of the heavy restrictions impose by the government. However, the policiesimpose and the law regulations are quite effective in terms of economy where China isone of the leading countries in the world. In the recent years (2001), China has joinedthe World Trade Organization and results rapid growth in industrial and manufacturingsectors because of the cheap labor in China. But still problems such as managingenvironmental degradation, demographic pressure and the extreme immigration fromrural to urban area must be faced by the government.iii.Business FreedomThe business freedom in China is quite tight because of the regulation impose by thegovernment where they restrict businesses from other countries coming in. But recently,China government open their gate to the outside world to set up business in their country.It takes 37 days to start anew business in China compared to the worldaverage 38 days. While it takes 1.7 years from the filling for...
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...strategies. Therefore, we believe the mixing strategies could help us to make fewer mistakes, increase probability to maximize our absolute returns through the years and also outperform buy and hold after expenses. Moreover, we will use fundamental methods to calculate an accurate proportion for the amount of money we put in each stock in order to well diversify risks and max net profit. For the philosophy, we believe that markets are efficient, prices move in trends and history repeats itself from technical analysis aspect. Moreover, even though fundamental analysis is worthless somehow, low P/B, P/E, P/CF and high yield show otherwise. ii. What is your approximate expected time horizon/holding period per trade? The holding period per trade will depend on the indicator we choose. We will buy or sell decision as long as the indicators show buy or sell signals with confirmations told us to do so. Basically, we will use breakout system and MACD as our primary buy/sell indicators with a few constraints including stock price must be over the 50 days EMA, volume must increase 50percent more and stock price broke the highest high from...
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...Legette Mr. Mortensen Carpentry 1 13 May 2014 Construction research paper: Carpentry The carpentry trade has been around since before 8000 B.C. This trade has more than developed since that time. From using chisels, and iron, to now using heavy equipment to build house, offices, any kind of structure of buildings. Carpenters are in high demand, without these skilled workers, the buildings wouldn’t be built. In this paper I will discuss the History, Compensation, Current demand, and the Qualifications for this trade. History Carpentry career is one of the oldest professions. Carpentry dates back to the early days of man using crude tools. Ancient Greeks showed the skills in carpentry through the temples that they have built to show reverence for their gods and goddesses. While in Asia, ancient Japanese also showed their skill in carpentry through the buildings they have constructed. These buildings dates back to 7th century and some of these buildings are still standing up to this day. We can trace the history of carpentry back to 8000 B.C. During this time, early people are using stone axes to construct their shelters. Several studies and researches showed that early Stone Age Europeans were building rectangular timber houses more than 100 feet long. Egyptians were already using copper woodworking tools as early as 4000 B.C. These copper made tools evolved into bronze tools used in 2000 B.C. Egyptians were very proficient in drilling, dovetailing, mitering, and mortising...
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...Trade sales promotion is the used to build demand in the intermediary level. The intermediary level includes retailers & wholesale buyers etc. and the incentives are often in the form of special pricing, sales incentives, discounts and novelties. Marketers spend twice as much on trade sales promotions viz-a-viz customer promotions. Trade sales promotions are based on the premise that the efficient use of intermediary channels is an effective way to penetrate a market. Trade sales promotions are directly dependent on the nature of the product market. For example within the FMCG product trade sales promotions would be very different for a low margin product like Parle G in comparison to a high value niche segment product like Godiva, a premium chocolate brand. The trade sales promotion tool employed to directly depends upon the nature of the product market. While samples, coupons and cash refunds would work for low margin products like Parle G, Premiums and service packs could be a better alternative for high margin product. The trade sales promotions work on the premise that the intermediaries have the expertise and the power to push products or services to the customers. The manufacturers look to make full use and incentivize this power of the intermediaries. A growing number of intermediaries are big enough to demand trade sales promotions at the expense of customer promotions and advertising. The main objectives a trade sales promotion scheme objectives are derived from...
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...of open ended mutual funds. These open ended funds are still hailing the demanding curse of present age. Using the mutual fund scheme was more beneficial for the investors and was less fruitful for the manager or the body managing and investing the funds. Therefore to make more money from limited funds a newer system was stemmed into the fabric of trade. That system was to engage poor into this business by investing money in the form of blocks. This trick helped the managing body to withdraw more money out of the flow in the form of commission. On the contrary it involved less investment share which was easy to contribute by an average investors. Hence it had the characteristics of close ended mutual fund accompanied by replication of index. This system was easy to manipulate and friendly to the traders. In a nut shell the trade of funds took place in exchange of securities. It was a simple game that could be played without time limit. It had small shares than mutual funds, was more idealized and encouraged by majority of traders and investors. This scheme of investing the funds was given the name of exchange trade funds. It is the combination of index fund and close ended fund. Exchange...
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...Ancient Grecian pottery was used for holding food and liquids. Different pottery was used for different purposes. In the history Summative assignment, I must explain what this amphora is used for. How was pottery used in Ancient Greece? • Many types of pottery were used for different purposes. The amphora discussed in the paragraph, is a storage jar, used to hold and store oil, wine, milk and grain. Occasionally, they were used for holding burnt offerings or the remains of dead people. Other pottery was also used for 1. Storage 2. Carrying 3. Mixing 4. Serving 5. Drinking 6. Cosmetic containers 7. Perfume containers • Clay is also cheap, and was accessible in ancient Greece, making it also easy for Greeks to create pottery. • Terracotta...
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...Globalization Outline: • Introduction. • Historical background of the concept. • Tools of globalization. • Different levels or aspects of globalization. • Negatives of globalization • Positives of globalization. • Suggestions. • Conclusion. Globalization is an irreversible and irresistible phenomenon. It is very famous all over the world. While dilating on the subject, it is important to note that globalization not only affects us as a citizen but also as “producer-consumer in the global economy”. In the modern contemporary world, intense debate revolves around the term “globalization”, which is even today a continuous issue. Before exploring the concept, we should take a look over the different definitions of the phenomenon. Globalization can be defined as “closely interrelated integration of market in terms of goods, services and capital”. It can also be defined as “gradual erosion of boundaries between states through increased economic interdependence and interlinkages can be termed as globalization. From the above mentioned definitions, we can assume that globalization is the mutual sharing of goods, services and capital between or among states. It is also gradually making states closer and integrated. There are different theories about the beginning of the concept of globalization. Some are of the view that it started from the mid of 20th century with woods conference 1944. While the others are of the view that this concept was properly started with the establishment...
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...Tariff and non-tariff barriers are two important barriers of international trade. These are one of the traditional forms of government interventions in the economic activity. Even today it is practiced by all the countries around the globe. The governments all over the world try to improve their economy by supporting domestic business, through the tariff and non-tariff barriers. Even though it supports domestic business over the foreign competition, it comes at the cost of the domestic consumer. The consumer is forced to pay heavy import duties for getting the quality products. Tariff and non tariff barriers are explained in the following paragraphs by stating how they are used in the global scenario and their importance in risk management of a country. Tariff barriers are the most common device used for regulating the imports. It is commonly called as import duty. A tariff is a tax levied on products by the country of importation. Tariffs are generally considered as the least restrictive international trade barrier and are classified in to two important categories namely Advalorem tariff and Specific or Flat tariff. The Advalorem tariff is the one which charges a particular percentage of the total value of the imported products. This type of tariffs is used for the products like crude oil which are not countable. The specific or flat tariff charges an amount based on the total number of units imported in to the country/region. These tariffs are used for the countable products...
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...not. The discovery of tools, symbolic jewelry and art, are at the forefront of changing our understanding of what the human spark was. Helping scientists to understand why modern humans had the spark and Neanderthals did not. Neanderthals and human tools were very similar except that human tools show the ability of a mind that can adapt. They can explain many reasons behind the spark, all of which show evidence of how the spark might have begun in modern human beings. Tools to make weapons and artwork are far superior in humans with no symbolic art discovered being created by Neanderthals. The hand ax was a basic tool of our ancestors. By using soft percussion process to make tools they were able to create better tools and sharper, but not specific to one task. The Neanderthals used the same toolkit year after year and possibly for thousands of generations. There tools would be used in many different ways like chopping, scraping, cutting or smashing bones and to slice meat. The use of the soft percussion technique allowed for a sharper point and more finely designed tools. That was, one of the first signs that the brain was changing. It works so well there was no drive for evolutionary change. By not having the ability or thought process to make change, they were stuck and would never move forward, just disappear as modern humans or Cro-Magnons would take their place. These early humans had mastered making tools. There innovative technology of making tools for special use, not...
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...ASSIGNMENT (MIS IN ACTION) NAME: COMMFORT HAMMOND CLASS: LEVEL 400, BHM INDEX NUMBER: 11016152 COURSE: MANAGEMNET INFORMATION SYSTEMS DATE: 13/9/2012 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS GROUP ASSIGNMENT PROGRAMME: BHM, LEVEL 400 LECTURER: DR. MARGARET CRABBE 1. What kind of information does the Web site provide for individuals, small businesses and large businesses? List these services and write several paragraphs describing one of them, such as UPS Trade Direct or Automated Shipment Processing. Explain how you or your business would benefit form it. Answer United Parcel Service (UPS) has a wide variety of information and services for its various clients across the globe. Individuals can tap into a network of resources that helps them manage their businesses more easily, from packing and shipping, to tracking and billing such as: * Reliable delivery services without any worries on the part of the individual * * Provision of information on how to prepare a shipment from the Packaging Advisor and then create shipments online. * Invoices and pay bills are made available for viewing and billing reports are built to monitor shipping expenses, and to find out instantly how much products have been shipped all from the UPS Billing Center. * Better staff management techniques are also provided r when anticipating high-volume shipping and receiving with UPS Tracking. * People are more able to focus on their priorities through the...
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...Research Tool|Describe who creates the report andthe data sources|How can it be used to assess market viability?|Notable Findings| 1. US Department of Commerce Country Commercial Guides[->0] |Created by US embassies with assistance from several US government agencies. |The reports can give you a better understanding of a countries current commercial environment. Access to information such as market overview, challenges, opportunities, entry strategies, political and economic environment, trade regulations, investment climate, trade events etc Can be useful to determine if a product/business will have potential growth in a given market.|Prepared annually. Reports created by using economic, political and market analysis. Pretty thorough report but some countries do not have a report. For example not all Caribbean countries are featured.| 2. AT Kearney Global Retail Development Report[->1] (also provides other good reports, such as Globalization, and FDI confidence)|Report is created by AT Kearney, a global management consulting firm. Analyzes 25 macroeconomic and retail-specific variables|The Global Retail Development Index ranks the top 30 developing countries for retail expansion. The reports help retailers create global strategies and identify market opportunities. It helps retailers assess current and future markets for possible continued expansion.|Annual report.| 3. World Bank’s Doing Business in…[->2] |The World Bank Group|The doing business reports measure business...
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...Week 8 CheckPoint International Trade Debate Due Day 5 A tariff is usually a tax that one country sets on the imported goods or services of another nation. A quota is a trade restriction set by a country to maintain and secure the country’s interests by limiting the amount of goods that can be imported into the country for a fixed time period. The tariffs and quotas in the United States were established to control the amount of goods that enter into the United States to protect the United States interests economically while still maintaining the healthy trading relationship with other countries. The United States utilize these trade restrictions to decide which countries will be suitable. These trade tools are meant to guard the country’s economic interests and establish relations with particular nations. Some critics of these trade tools argue that tariffs and quotas often lead to corruption, such as with smugglers seeking to escape tariffs and quotas and high prices for consumers as there is less competition between domestic and international goods, which tend to be less expensive.I think that it is very important that trading with other countries is limited. With the economy that we are currently in, many people stand to benefit from their products being bought and sold locally. On the other hand, there are some products that can be produced here, but not in a high enough quantity to meet the demands for those products. This is where trade comes in. By putting high tariffs...
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...As Europeans during the fifteenth and sixteenth century sought to find faster and cheaper trade routes to distant east, governments started to fund expeditions in hopes to find new sources of revenue during a historical period of global exploration called the 'Age of Exploration'. However, little did they know that Native Americans civilizations thrived in other parts of the world. By understanding different landmasses and a knowledge of wind and water currents and revolutionizing technology, it had influenced fifteenth- and sixteenth- century European exploration and trade towards distant lands through new inventions which allowed better maps and a sense of direction when sailing, a better sense of knowledge of the wind and water currents, and navigational tools such as the flying compass, sextant, astrolabe, quadrants and the uses of latitude and longitude on maps. Developments in cartography during the fifteenth and sixteenth century allowed Europeans to have better maps. An...
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...Greek words, technē, “art, craft,” and logos, “word, speech,” which in Greece means discourse on both applied and fine art. Development of human kind as seen through the theory of evolution of man is categorized into three distinct periods, the stone age, bronze age and the iron age. The stone age shows primitive tools which with time into the bronze age tends to get more sophisticated and later become more complex seen in the iron age. The changes involved in technological advancements of early man is attributed to the change in their mental ability, the changes in social behavior. (Netzley, 1998) This paper focuses on the chronological advancements in technology through the three phases of human evolution and how it influenced their daily lives. It reviews in general the social conditions in these periods, the dominant materials used, the sources of energy and power, with their applications to human lives and the changes that came with their continued use. (Tufnell, 1953) STONE AGE This is the earliest period of human development in accordance with the three periods of evolution. In this period of human evolution, man mainly used stone tools but also had some tools from organic materials. (Netzley, 1998) The stone age period is divided into...
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