...ANALYSIS OF COMMODITY MARKET (GOLD & SILVER) Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) By SNEHA GUPTA ERA BUISSNESS SCHOOL Dwarka sector-9 July 2013 Acknowledgement I owe many thanks to all those people who helped and supported me during the process & completion of this project. I would thank my Institution for giving me an opportunity to undertake this project. My deepest thank to Mr. Vinay Pratap Singh (Sr. Manager online), Mr. B.Sanjeev Kumar my industry mentor, for guiding me throughout the project completion process with attention and care. He displayed all the patience required to go through the project and make necessary correction as and when needed. My Summer Training at “SMC Global Securities Ltd.” is an ardent, unforgettable and fruitful experience. I’m overwhelmed with the friendly & co-operative attitude, and the enlightened advice and information extended to me by everyone. I thank Prof. Hemant Indurkar – my faculty mentor for supporting and monitoring my work since the beginning of the project. I am grateful to all the fellow employees of “SMC Global Securities Ltd” for their help, support and amiability throughout the internship. Finally, yet importantly, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to my beloved parents for their blessings, my friends for their help and wishes for the successful completion of this project. Mukesh Kumar Mishra ...
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...Platinum Chain Making Tino Volpe • TIFFANY & CO. History The definition of chain is as simple as interlocking links of metal. If the metal happens to be precious metal, then we consider the chain jewelry. In preparing for this paper, I began my research with the understanding that finding information on chain making, especially historical information, would be a fairly simple task. However, after looking through old copies of jewelry history books, surfing the internet, and interviewing people with a long history in the industry, I arrived at the conclusion that the history of chain making is either a well kept secret or just not of much interest to anyone. Precious metal chain for jewelry has been around for a long time. Basically when man first began working extensively with gold back in Neolithic times he found that certain metals, most notably pure gold, were extremely ductile and could be hammered and stretched to a great degree. With the invention of wire, man could now take something rigid like metal and turn it into something flexible like chain. Chain making has always been, up until the middle of the 18th century, a labor-intensive time consuming hand operation. It was a well-versed art and most books on jewelry will demonstrate basic techniques on making chain by hand. Before automated wire drawing machines, the craftsman had to hammer down and pull metal through succeeding smaller dies to form thin wire. Once the wire was pulled down to the needed diameter...
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...Platinum as an investment option With the volatility in the stock markets and recent recession on the minds of the investors, alternative investments have assumed great importance. Investing where money will be safe is the new mantra. Obviously, commodities have become the new investment option knowing the great Indian fascination for the metal; gold and silver have been invested in widely. But today, the prices of gold have also skyrocketed. Silver is not as much preferred as gold. So, an alternative to gold has to be searched. Is platinum a viable alternative? Today, platinum is known as rich man’s gold. Will it appeal to the common man? Platinum is inherently, costlier than gold. Compared to gold, platinum responds very differently to economic stimuli. Past history reveals that the price of platinum runs in a similar curve as gold, palladium and silver and platinum has always led the bullish sentiment in the markets with palladium. The only downside is the volatility. Historically, platinum has been more volatile than gold or silver. In a strong bull run, platinum/gold spread widens considerably, sometimes reaching figures of about more than $150-$200 occasionally in the last twenty years. It is a fact that in time of extended economic boom, platinum tends to outperform gold and silver but during period of recession, platinum is not such a strong performer. It has been observed that investment in gold increases, maybe due to the psychological attachment of the investors to...
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...Using PEST analysis to support decision making ENVIRONMENT Introduction Johnson Matthey is a leading global speciality chemicals company. Science and technology are embedded in everything that it does. It has operations in over 30 countries and employs around 11,000 people. It was founded in 1817 to refine and develop products using precious metals – something it still does today. As well as creating precious metal containing products, it also recycles precious metals and manufactures many other high technology products and chemicals. So, how does Johnson Matthey affect you? If you have ever travelled in a car it is likely to have been fitted with a catalytic converter to reduce vehicle emissions. Johnson Matthey produces catalytic converters for around a third of all cars manufactured in the world. This product has huge environmental and health benefits for everyone through reducing pollution. Johnson Matthey operates in an industry driven by advancements in technology. To remain competitive the company needs a highly skilled workforce to establish new and more efficient ways of meeting the challenges faced by the industry. To be at the forefront of technological innovations the company requires people with skills in STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) as well as skills in other areas. Johnson Matthey offers many highly rewarding career opportunities for people that share the company’s commitment to sustainability and the creation of a positive impact...
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...is an important factor because it affects turnover. This makes the business’ proximity to its customers important. For example, a vegetable shop has to be located near its customers as vegetables can deteriorate if they do not reach the consumer immediately. The relationship between the population composition, productivity and economic opportunities has to be analysed including current and potential competition. Raw materials It is important for raw materials to be readily available. However, raw materials do not have to be at the place of establishment as they can be transported, provided the means of transport is cheap, efficient and reliable. Raw materials are divided into two categories namely: natural raw materials (for example, platinum used in making car catalytic converters) and raw materials that occur naturally but are cultivated (for example, wood). Labour availability For a business to function effectively, one of the contributing factors is the quality of labour. There should be enough skilled and unskilled labour in the area in which the business is to be established. The labour costs of the area and laws should also be considered. For example, a car assembly business cannot be located in an area where the skilled labour that can operate the machinery is unavailable. Capital It is important for capital (money used in starting the business) to be acquired at favourable interest rates if it is to be borrowed. For example, interest rates may differ in urban and...
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...) No 2. Does the purchasing of merchandise make you feel more involved in your club? (Closer to the club? Part of something bigger?) Yes 3. If you are a supporter that purchases replica shirts or crested leisure wear, In what circumstances do you wear the product? 1) Matchday 2) At home 3) to the shops 4) to the gym A) 1 & 2 NOT FOR PARTICIPANTS NOTICE: if the indiviual wears the garment at leisure as well as at matches and at home, I can begin to determine whether there is a trend between people who purchase a new shirt every season and how often they wear it 4. Do you believe that the marketing techniques of your football club has ever persuaded you to purchase merchandise? (i.e. Kit Unveilings, advertising, sales?) No 5. When purchasing club merchandise, how often is the product for your personal use? A) Never B) Rarely C) Sometimes D) Most of the time 6. Have you ever bought Club Merchandise as a gift for somebody other than yourself? If Yes: When/why do you buy it? A) Football Club Merchandise is a ‘safe’ option B) I will only purchase products when an individual specifically asked for an item 7. Which type of fan do you see yourself as? * A) Temporary – committed only as long as the team is winning * B) Local – Support the team because it represents your town/city * C) Devoted (a sense of self) – Significantly more loyal than the two above....
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...Introduction Real Madrid received the award of the world’s most successful soccer club due to its multiple wins: thirty one national leagues, nine European Cups and sixty other championships. Although Real Madrid is currently ranked forth of top fifteen professional soccer clubs in 2003, followed by Manchester united (1st place), Juventus (2nd place), AC Milan (3rd place). (See Appendix: Figure 1) To catch up with competitors, Real Madrid set three interrelated goals: (1) increase financial flexibility; (2) assemble a team of top players; and (3) expand Real Madrid brand across a variety of channels. This paper will address the goals of developing local players to save the enormous forward fees and to soften financial bills, and enhancing mobile & social media to expand internationally and to increase number of Real Madrid fans as well as revenue. SWOT Analysis The club recognition, number of fans and number of victories are the most important strengths of Real Madrid. On the other hand, the team strategy of acquiring the top soccer players can be seen as a weakness in that the club spends millions of euro to focus on team’s performance. However, the team should maintain this acquisition strategy but also focus on developing in a more efficient way as Brazilians and Argentina soccer teams do. The development of new talents and extension of the recognized brand to other soccer-related activities are opportunities for Real Madrid that could improve their revenue. The balance...
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...Summary of the article about “NIKE-marketing strategies” The World’s largest seller of athletic footwear and athletic apparel is NIKE. NIKE sells it’s products in over 200 countries and they keep the lead by being always a step ahead of the competition when it comes to technology, advertising and sponsorship. Since the crisis of the 1990’s the Revenue Performance of NIKE had a persistent rise every year until nowadays. The business model of NIKE was developed by Phil Knight in the early 1960’s. He was inspired by the Japanese lower-cost and high-quality products. Since it’s creation, the company is based on innovative design, quality and durability. NIKE focuses on Design, Marketing and Distribution: the company comes up new products before the competitors, creates demand and makes sure that they sell the most innovative products. NIKE has spent a large amount of money on promoting their brand so the costumers want to by the symbol and they are willing to pay a higher price regardless of the actual value of the product. NIKE runs various campaigns to stay in touch with their customers. Position Paper For my position paper I wanted to discuss in particular the advertising and the selling strategies of NIKE. The article praises, (by giving many stats and percentages) the ability that NIKE has to get close with the customers and with their communities with successful campaigns and with well planned advertising. Personally I agree with the article, the decision making...
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...‘Stomp is not just theater or dance, nor is it as rarefied as that amorphous genre known as performance art. Instead, it is a mix of all three forms.’ (Breslauer 1994). STOMP is a group of artists, who uses simple building blocks and every-day objects to create something complex, a strong effect performance which involves music and movements. Through sinks, stiff-bristle brooms and garbage bins as percussions they give rise to intense rhythms and energetic choreography. The idea behind ‘Stomp’ is universality. The show has no words, no traditional melody. They communicates through rhythms and energetic movements. Although the set, the costumes and “instruments” used in the show suggest a messy scene, the rhythms result clear and well-articulated. Everything is thoroughly studied in details. Each artist, each movement is perfectly coordinated with each other. The use of everyday items makes the show even closer to the audience. ‘Household and industrial tools become percussion instruments as everyday life is enjoyed and explored in this wordless musical.’(Lynch 2012) “Walkers” it is a little part of their show where three artists walking with aluminum bins under their feet. They give rise to a really intense rhythms stomping and drumming on them in a thoroughly coordinated order. It has both a strong visual-impact and a great sound effect. I found it well-related with the performance which I have been working on. We decided to not have music as a background because we wanted...
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...Set Operations and Venn Diagrams " Please respond to the following: QUES: Create a story problem that demonstrates how a Venn diagram could be used to illustrate combined operation with sets. ANS: Use a Venn diagram to illustrate the following scenario: There are 40 people in a drum corp. Of the 40 people, 20 play the snare drum; 10 play the trumpet; 5 plays the cymbals. There are 5 people that play both the snare drum and cymbals; and 3 play all three instruments. How many people don’t play any instruments? QUES: Give two reasons why Venn diagrams can be useful in explaining relationships. Provide an example in which you have used a Venn diagram to study a relationship between two items or sets. ANS: The two reason I believe that a Venn diagram might be useful are in the following circumstances: 1. To illustrate two (2) groups that have different preferences, such as, Football and Basketball and; also the combination of the two (2) for the ones that prefers both. 2. To show the similarities and differences of particular concepts, objects or groups. An example where I have used a Venn diagram to study a relationship between two items has to do with a representing the similarities of two overlapping circles. “Cats” and “Animals in Africa,” where the area in which the circles overlapped provided the results for “Cats in Africa.” QUES: Imagine you are talking about your college math class over the family dinner table with your father, and he asks, “What are...
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...BSOP 209 Week 2 Homework Assignment To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/bsop-209/bsop-209-week-2-homework-assignment 4.24 Howard Weiss, owner of a musical instrument distributorship, thinks that demand for bass drums may be related to the number of television appearances by the popular group Stone Temple Pilots during the previous month. Weiss has collected the data shown in the following table: Stone Temple Pilot’s TV Appearances | Demand for Bass Drums | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 7 | a) Graph these data to see whether a linear equation might describe the relationship between the group’s television shows and bass drum sales. b) Use the least-squares regression method to derive a forecasting equation. c) What is your estimate for bass drum sales if the Stone Temple Pilots performed on TV nine times last month? d) What are the correlation coefficient (r) and the coefficient of determination (r2) for this model, and what do they mean? 4.46 Thirteen students entered the business program at Hillcrest College 2 years ago. The following table indicates what each student scored on the high school SAT math exam and their grade-point averages (GPAs) after students were in the Hillcrest program for 2 years. Student | SAT Score | GPA | A | 421 | 2.90 | B | 377 | 2.93 | C | 585 | 3.00 | D | 690 | 3.45 | E | 608 | 3.66 | F | 390 | 2.88 | G | 415 | 2.15 | H | 481 | 2.53 | I | 729 | 3.22 | J...
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...Purple Rain Section | Lyrics | Musical Features | Sonic Features | Introduction | | Electric Guitar begin the song of with a solo introduction for the first 12 seconds of the song and is then joined on 13 seconds Drums | Drums sound is Reverbed | Verse 1 | I never meant to cause you any sorrow I never meant to cause you any pain I only wanted one time to see you laughing I only want to see you laughing in the purple rain | 18 Seconds into the song the Verse 1 starts.Bass Guitar | Sonic features that is added to the verse is Echo.The drum is reverbed throughout the chorusAt the end of when Prince sings purple rain all instruments stop playing for 2 seconds at 48seconds into the song, while prince still sings. | Chorus 1 | Purple rain, purple rain Purple rain, purple rain Purple rain, purple rain I only want to see you laughing in the purple rain | Electric Guitar chords change and so does its volume.Electric Piano are introduced in the 3 saying of ‘Purple rain’Same Notes are held for 7 secondsHard hit on the Hi –high cymbalShort Pause | Continuation of Reverb of the drums throughout the background.Electronic synthesizer effectsVocals echoes are shortened compared to the chorus. | Verse 2 | I never wanted to be your weekend lover I only wanted to be some kind of friend, hey Baby, I could never steal you from another It's such a shame our friendship had to end | Drum comes in again along with the crash cymbal | The note is on the...
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...10-05-15 Behran Kirkan 1.Æ Rendezvous Essay “Rendezvous” is a short story written by Daniel Ransom in 1985. In the story we follow two persons with different views on life that are trying to pursue different outcomes by acting in specifics ways, that is Kim and Payton. Kim is a fifteen year old girl who has run away from home. Though she dosen't see what she has done as running away from home, as told in the text “She dosen't think of it as running away. Merely proving a point”. She wants to teach her parents a lesson and show them that she can live her own life, without her parents help or them interfering. Payton is a young man who drinks a lot and like to listen to loud music while driving. As seen in the text “Shoved between his legs is a cold can of Budweiser that stains the crotch of his tight tan slacks”, “He opens a fresh of Bud” and “The saxophone solo is over now. The drums are back. He feels young, strong, invincible”. The fact that he drinks while driving kind of symbolises his carelesness. He loves the drums from his radio, it makes him feel alive. He has dirty long hair and a cobra tattoo on his left biceps. He's a man that dosen't care about other people's feelings and what consequences his actions are going to be. The atmosphere of the story is very tense, dark and heavy. Payton really fits this atmosphere, unlike a fifteen year old girl. While he is driving increasingly fast in the Interstate and listening to the beat of the drums, the tension raises and gets...
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...Alicia Wong is the Corporate Supply Manager for Thain Food Limited (TFL). She wants to give a proposal that expresses a valid reason to insource the mustard that the company is currently being bought from an outside supplier. She has one month to prepare a good proposal and present it to TFL’s CEO. TFL has been in business for 30 years and has a business network consisting of major food chains, hotels and restaurants in North America and Europe. It offers a variety of food products such as: wide range of syrups, fudges, cone dips, sauces, mayonnaise and salad dressings. For the past two years, the company has invested 2 million dollars to improve their new equipment and to implement improved processes. Currently, employing 120 people under a corporate structure. The current practice of purchasing the mustard consist of buying 500 drums or 100,000 liters of mustard, costing $72 per drum. ($64 per drum plus freight cost of $8 per drum). TFL runs three eight-hour shifts five days a week. Paying the workers $20 per hour and it takes 10 minutes to handle each drum. After the processes of handling the drums is completed, they are given to a contractor for proper disposal adding other costs of $0.02 per liter. Costing a total of $38,000/month excluding labor and overhaul. Alicia Wong’s new plan to insource the mustard notes that mustard is made with 60 percent solid, 20 percent water and 20 percent vinegar. The solid portions is mainly made up of mustard flour, salt and other spices...
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...COVER FEATURE 28 TRAPS TRAPSMAGAZINE.COM Boy Country BY CHRIS WELCH WITH ANDY DOERSCHUK JON COHAN JARED COBB & KAREN STACKPOLE autum 2007 TRAPS 29 City Man Country City THE JOHN BONHAM STORY JOHN BONHAM PREFACE A SLOW NIGHT AT THE MARQUEE As a Melody1960s, I Maker reporter during the The venue wasn’t full on the night of the Zeppelin show, so we could wander around and chat to other club goers. While Page and Plant dominated the stage, we edged over to the side to check out the drummer. Among those watching with me was Mark Ashton, curly haired stickman with the group Rare Bird. “He’s so fucking heavy!” Ashton shouted in my ear. We stared in disbelief at the aggressive, beefy guy who seemed intent on breaking the heads on his toms. 30 TRAPS TRAPSMAGAZINE.COM PREVIOUS PAGE PHOTO BY JAN PERSSONS/REDFERNS The first time I saw Bonham up close was in December 1968, at The Marquee Club on Soho’s Wardour Street. While The Marquee has long held a mythical status in the rich history of the London rock scene – hosting early appearances by such legendary bands as The Who and The Rolling Stones – it was actually a dark and rather cramped facility with a tiny stage that fronted an even stuffier dressing room. vividly remember the moment when a review copy of Led Zeppelin’s eponymous debut album arrived at the office. My colleague and fellow scribe Tony Wilson had secured the precious black vinyl LP and dropped it onto the turntable, awaiting...
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