Executive Summary Our team concludes that risk and return are strongly correlated. A higher risk usually yields a higher return. Our team observed that within Alex Sharpe’s portfolio, the Reynolds’ fund holds the highest risk (highest standard deviation of 32.45%), as well as the highest return (16.27% in comparison to Hasbro’s return of 11.31%). Although a lower standard deviation (lower risk) is ideal for an investment portfolio, the Reynolds’ fund yields a higher return for the higher associated
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Alex Wubble, the head nurse at University of Utah Hospital’s burn unit, was violently arrested after refusing to obtain a blood sample from a patient for a police officer without any of the three requirements. The three requirements which is an electronic warrant, patient's consent, or patient under arrest, which is also something that the police station agreed to follow with the hospital. The patient could not consent, the officer told Ms. Wubble he didn't have a warrant, and the patient wasn’t
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number of raw murders in the entire country. Consequentially, gang-related warfare is at an all-time high and the projects of downtown Chicago have become arguably the most difficult location to grow up in the country. “There Are No Children Here” by Alex Kotlowitz follows the everyday struggles of primarily two young, black boys, Lafayette and Pharaoh Rivers, who are both growing up in a low-income housing project in downtown Chicago. Early into the story, Lafayette develops a relationship with a fifteen-year
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Alex McCandless is not your average guy. His views of life are more care free and out of the ordinary. Throughout his journey we unravel his true beliefs on money and freedom. His priorites are apparent and we can see what values he finds important. As a reader, I believe he has no care in the world about money. He honestly rather enjoy life than sit and loathe about the money he doesn’t have. For example, Franz states “I’ll give you money if you need it,” and Alex responds with “No”(P.52) . This
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Alex Young Mr. Chester English 12 CP Rough Draft 3/27/12 How has Social Networking affected the sporting industry? From all the premier sports athletes like LeBron James, Aaron Rodgers, Andy Roddick, Michael Phelps to all of the big-time sports anchors and newscasts like Chris Berman or Dick Vitale. Social Media has changed the dynamics of how people watch and follow sports on a daily basis. Social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook are two big networks that allow people to stay
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SITUATION Alex Sander is a young and promising product manager in the Toiletries Division of Landon Care Products Inc. Over the past year, he has successfully rebranded two of Landon’s skin care products in the United States. Alex has created a winning enviornment at the Toiletries Division by applying very high standards to everyone, and often pushing his staff to the limits. A recent 360 degree review has revealed that Alex’s strong drive to succeed has come at a cost, as his staff are highly
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Alex Sharpe’s Portfolio 1. Returns and Risk Estimate and compare the returns and variability (i.e. annual standard deviation over the past five years) of Reynolds and Hasbro with that of the S&P 500 Index. Which stock appears to be riskiest? S&P 500 Annualized Expected Return: 6.8920% S&P 500 SD (Annualized): 12.477% Reynolds Annualized Expected Return: 22.4980% Reynolds SD (Annualized): 32.446% Hasbro Annualized Expected Return: 14.2060% Hasbro SD (Annualized): 28.114% Reynolds
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What does the 360 degree data tell us about Alex's likely career success? If you were Sam Glass, would you invest more time in helping Sander progress at Landon? The 360 degree data draws a “good vs. evil” portrait of Alex. He is a sort of incarnation of House, MD, a main character of a famous TV series: he is a high performer, but he has a lack of ability to work well with others. Narcissism, Machiavellianism and arrogance are three important negative traits of his personality emerge from
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Alex Sander’s Organizational Behavior Review Alex Sander is the project manager at Landon Care Products, Inc. Alex is smart. Alex is self-driven. Alex is an asset to his company in that he makes intelligent decisions, faces challenges straight on, and confidently makes things happen while getting things done. In over just one year at Landon, Alex rebranded two national skin care products. Sam Glass, Alex’s supervisor, expected Alex to cause waves within the work place when he hired him, due
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William Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the shrew’ consists of disorder which is further enhanced by the comic devices. Confusion is prominent throughout Shakespeare’s plays, for example ‘The comedy of errors’ and ‘Macbeth’. The disarrangement would be expected by an Elizabethan audience; however the structure of the play subverts traditional, more conventional plays and suggests disorder in itself. There are various comic techniques that Shakespeare utilises, the most significant being deception, most
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