...Abstract Using the internet and all that’s available on the web today, an eight week stock simulation was conducted to investigate the effects of different trading strategies on outcome of investments in the stock market. The knowledge and experience received from this project would be helpful for people to become better investors in future real-life investments. 5 Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Goals of the Project: The main goal of this project is to learn about the stock market through practice with a short-term and long-term stock market simulation. I will start short-term trading with 10 stocks that I selected over the first few weeks. I have also selected 2 stocks which will I will trade in a long-term method over the next 8-week period. After investing in the selected stocks, I will be able to analyze the simulation and make conclusions based on my performance. I am beginning with $200,000, and then will scope over my profits and losses to understand which methods work best. Starting in Chapter 1, I will explain the history of the stock market and who is involved with it. In the following chapters I will show my results of the simulation and discuss them. I will conclude the simulation in the final chapter, which will cover all results and what I learned during the 8-week period. 1.2 History of the Stock Market: The stock market is a trading place where bonds and stocks can be traded, usually to gain some type of income. Basically, a stock is a piece of...
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...ECO 372 Entire Course (UOP Course) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com ECO 372 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 ECO 372 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 ECO 372 week 1 Individual Assignment Term Definition Paper ECO 372 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 ECO 372 Week 2 Group Discussion Question ECO 372 week 2 Team Assignment Industry Overview Paper ECO 372 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 ECO 372 Week 3 Group Discussion Question ECO 372 week 3 Individual Assignment Fiscal Policy Alternatives Simulation ECO 372 week 3 Team Assignment Economic Indicators Paper ECO 372 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 ECO 372 Week 4 Group Discussion Question ECO 372 week 4 Team Assignment Economic Indicator Forecast Paper ECO 372 week 5 Individual Assignment Applying International Trade Concepts Simulation ECO 372 week 5 Team Assignment Economic Project Paper ECO 372 Final Exam Guide ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ECO 372 Final Exam Guide (UOP Course) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com 1) The largest source of household income in the U.S. is obtained from 2) The market where business sell goods and services to households and the government is called the 3) Real gross domestic product is best defined as 4) Underemployment includes people A. who work "off-the-books" to avoid tax liabilities B. who are working part time, or not using all their...
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...JCT2 - Supply Chain Management This course supports the assessment for JCT2. The course covers 10 competencies and represents 3 competency units. Introduction Overview In this course, you will be challenged with learning about the integration of activities that comprise a supply chain, from manufacturing goods through retailer sales. Understanding and proactive management of a supply chain is a key skill set for today's business executive. This course focuses on supply chain and distribution channel decisions within a global environment. The Marketplace Business Fundamentals simulation will provide you with the opportunity to apply, in a setting that simulates a real-world environment, a variety of business decisions that must be made when managing a business as a component of a supply chain. Watch the following video for an introduction to this course: Note: View the video in full screen at 720p for best results. Competencies This course provides guidance to help you demonstrate the following 10 competencies: * Competency 326.1.5: Budgets The graduate utilizes budgets and a variety of pro-forma statements for planning and control purposes including analyzing cash flows to assure adequacy of funds for capitalizing on business opportunities. * Competency 327.3.1: Continuous Improvement and Quality Management The graduate applies quality management methods for continuous improvement and proposes various quality improvements in an organization. * Competency...
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...Overview From September 4, 2013 through November 13, 2013 I participated in an OANDA currency simulation game to enhance my knowledge on international currencies through currency trading. As an individual I started out with $100,000 US dollars, and I traded over $75,000 with more than five different foreign currencies. Also, during the simulation I made over 12 round-way transactions. This report is going to explain the currency concepts I learned over this simulation, my major transactions during the game, and information on the international financial market through this time period. Currency Concepts Before the currency trading began Professor Tang taught about the foreign exchange market. I learned how foreign exchange is an exchange of one currency to another currency, and we need foreign exchange for five major reasons. The five reasons consist of international traveling, international business, international investment and speculation, international financing, and cross-border activities. The foreign exchange market, like I participated in, is usually undertaken in over-the-counter markets, and is the largest financial market in the world with over $3.98 trillion USD turnover a day. This game taught me about why/how individuals participate in currency trading. In order to exchange the different currencies, I had to learn the quotations for them. A foreign exchange quotation is a statement of willingness to buy/sell at an announced rate. There is...
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...demand, profit maximization, market structure, macroeconomic measurement, money, trade, and foreign exchange. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. The discussion question points are now combined with the participation points for each week. You, as the instructor, may create a separate line item for discussion question points if you choose. Please note that some assignment points may have changed. Course Materials Ball, L. M. (2009). Money, banking, and financial markets. New York, NY: Worth Publishers. McConnell, C. R., Brue, S. L., & Flynn, S. M. (2009). Economics: Principles, problems, and policies (18th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill Irwin. Pugel, T. A. (2009). International economics (14th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill Irwin. All electronic materials are available on the student website. Week One: Increasing Revenue | | Details | Due | Points | Objectives...
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...understanding about stock market and trading strategies was obtained. The knowledge and trading strategies were applied in the market in a stock market simulation to get real-time trading experience. Experiences learned from using trading methods in this simulation will help me to become a better investor in the future. 2 Acknowledgement First, I want to thank my parents who gave me the opportunity to study at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in USA. Second, I would like to thank my advisor, Dalin Tang, who gave me advices, and help me during this whole project time. Thirdly, I want to thank Worcester Polytechnic Institute for giving me opportunity to do this project, which made me to learn more things from outside of classes by myself. Finally, I would like to thank all the people who gave me some help when I needed it. 3 Table of contents Abstract ........................................................................................................................... 2 Acknowledgement ........................................................................................................ 3 Chapter I Introduction ........................................................................................... 8 1.1 The objective of this project............................................................................... 8 1.2 Basics of the stock...
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...security. Topics include the effects on information security of cyber-business regulation, doing business on the Internet, privacy laws, taxation, protection of intellectual property, electronic privacy, wiretapping, and cyber-squatting. In addition, students examine ethical issues, forensics, and evidence of cyber-crime. (No Prerequisite) | | | Terminal Course Objectives | DeVry University course content is constructed from curriculum guides developed for each course that are in alignment with specific Terminal Course Objectives (TCOs). The TCOs define the learning objectives that the student will be required to comprehend and demonstrate by course completion. The TCOs that will be covered in detail each week can be found in the Objectives section for that particular week. Whenever possible, a reference will be made from a particular assignment or discussion back to the TCO that it emphasizes. A | Given the importance of Law, Investigation, and Ethics in Computer Security, develop an understanding of the operation of the American legal system, including how the interpretation of statutes, judicial precedents, and legal reasoning affect information security. | B | Given the global nature of the Internet, evaluate how doing business on the Internet may subject you and your company to the laws, regulatory agencies, and judicial systems of multiple states and/or foreign countries. | C | Given that the Internet is owned by no one, consider how information security is affected...
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...University of Puget Sound School of Business and Leadership BUS 435 International Finance Professor Alva Wright Butcher Tues & Thurs 12:30-13:50 McIntyre 107 Spring Semester 2013 Office: McIntyre 111 I Office Hours: Phone: 253-879-3349 Tues and Thurs 2:00-3:00 FAX: 253-879-3156 Wed 9:30-10:30 And by appointment Note that I am always willing to schedule additional office hours by appointment. I check email frequently, so that is also a good way to communicate. If I do not respond to your email message, that means I did not receive it. Please send it again. Email: butcher@ups.edu Required Course Materials Text: Madura, International Financial Management, Abridged 10th Edition, South-Western, 2011 Book: Lewis Michael, Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, Norton, 2011 Calculator: A calculator is required. A financial calculator would be preferable, as it would have functions for bond valuation, net present valuation (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), present value (PV), and future value (FV). A suitable calculator, the HP10-B, is available in the bookstore for about $30. Harvard Business School Cases https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/17920074 The above is the URL for Harvard Business School so that you can obtain discounted student pricing for the cases: Group Ariel S.S.: Parity Conditions and Cross-Border...
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...international journal of production economics ELSEVIER Int. J. Production Economics 35 (1994) 107-l 14 Trends in inventory management M.C. Bonney Department qf’ Manyfacturing Engineering and Operations Management. Universit.v qf Nottingham, UK Abstract Inventory management is one of the success stories of recent years and it is changing rapidly in response to international competition and new technology. This paper examines some of these developments. Inventory is a major investment in most companies. It strongly influences the internal flexibility of a company, e.g. by allowing production levels to change easily and by providing good delivery performance to customers. Yet inventory ties up working capital and space and it can suffer from obsolescence, deterioration and shrinkage. It can also add to administrative complexity. In recent years attention in manufacturing industry has concentrated on an ‘inventory is waste’ philosophy using JIT production, usually accompanied by visible ‘pull’ or consumer demand driven systems. The approach is also very effective in supermarket retailing and, at its best, provides very high stock turn and high profits to the company at the same time as providing good service and fresh items to customers at low cost, Current changes in inventory management consider the total logistics chain under the term logistics management, place a greater emphasis on purchasing rather than producing in-house and use more international sourcing...
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...investors on. The Stock-Trac Simulation was a great educational tool which gives beginners in the online trading world basic knowledge and tools to help succeed in the “world’s largest casino”. Today’s world is globalized and what makes a smart investor is someone who knows all about the different and diverse markets and companies of the world. For this assignment we had to invest in different companies and exchanges from all around the globe. Since we were new to investing, this project seemed to be a little overwhelming at first glance and we knew we needed some assistance in researching domestic and international markets. By using Yahoo Finance and Google Finance, we got the help and resources needed to create a diversified portfolio investing in bonds, futures, and stocks. Everyday as we would do our research on certain stocks and other investments, we continued to notice frightening downward trends in world exchanges from NYSE to Shanghai Stock Exchange. We knew before we began trading that there was high volatility in today’s market and it seemed to be causing unpredictable changes in price. These trends were causing havoc on the markets and many companies ending up going bankrupt or were on their last life line. Since this was a short term investing project, this current market would force us to try and use different type of strategies such as fundamental analysis, technical analysis and top-down and bottom-up strategies. Before we began the simulation we knew the time to invest...
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... Elective-1 3 Elective-2 3 Elective-2 3 Grand Project-1 3 Grand Project-2 3 Principles of Management Basic Building Blocks Autumn Break Executive Skills Organisational Behavior Human Resources Management 3 Marketing Management 1 3 Marketing Management -2 3 Understanding Financial Statements 3 Financial Mgt 3 Operation Management Management Domain 3 3 Basics of Business Planning 2 Electives Credits Autumn Break credit SUMMER INTERNSHIP Course S 1 22 S 2 24 Total Credits 2 8 S 3 21 S 4 20 95 Index Sr.No Subject Faculty Credits 1 Written Analysis & Communication Prof. Dhriti Banerjee @ 2 Soft Skills Prof. Dhriti Banerjee @ 3 Computing Skills Dr. Nidhi Arora 2 8 4 Macro economics Prof. Nasheman Bandookwala 3 10 Dr. Vipul Patel...
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...Final Exam is provided as a resource to help familiarize students with the content areas and types of questions that they may encounter when they complete the comprehensive BUS/475 Final Exam in Week Five. The student version of the sample Final does not include the correct answers (as marked below in red). Please feel free to share the sample final questions and answers with your students. |Accounting | |Financial accounting | | |Conceptual foundations | | |Income statement and statement of retained | | |earnings | | |Balance sheet | | |Statement of cash flows | |Managerial accounting | | |Cost concepts | | |Product costing systems | | |Activities-based costing | | |Cost, volume, and profit analysis | | |Budgeting (except capital budgeting covered | | |under finance) | | |Standard costing | | |Non-routine decision-making | |International accounting* | 1. Which of the following is NOT an element of manufacturing overhead? a. Factory employee’s salary b. Depreciation on the factory c. ...
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...and a member of the team receiving the Hesburg Award for Educational Innovation TEACHING Teaching Role. My recent teaching has been in Rensselaer’s resident MBA program (both full and parttime), Professional and Distance Education Program and undergraduate programs. My research and teaching have made important contributions to efforts to build the marketing and management and technology curricula in the School of Management at Rensselaer and at other universities who have adopted our teaching materials. As a pioneer in interactive leaning material on product development and manufacturing, I have developed several interactive multimedia cases and collaborated on the development of simulations designed to teach marketing principles and bridge management and engineering disciplines. The simulations teach marketing, design and manufacturing concepts by exposing students to tradeoffs inherent in new product development. They help provide an understanding of design, manufacturing, and marketing decisions, as well as cash and investment flows, inventory management, and product planning. These materials have been used by several universities in the U.S. and abroad, as well as in the training...
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...Global Economy International Energy Agency May 2004 IEA/(2004) SUMMARY Oil prices still matter to the health of the world economy. Higher oil prices since 1999 – partly the result of OPEC supply-management policies – contributed to the global economic downturn in 2000-2001 and are dampening the current cyclical upturn: world GDP growth may have been at least half a percentage point higher in the last two or three years had prices remained at mid-2001 levels. Fears of OPEC supply cuts, political tensions in Venezuela and tight stocks have driven up international crude oil and product prices even further in recent weeks. By March 2004, crude prices were well over $10 per barrel higher than three years before. Current market conditions are more unstable than normal, in part because of geopolitical uncertainties and because tight product markets – notably for gasoline in the United States – are reinforcing upward pressures on crude prices. Higher prices are contributing to stubbornly high levels of unemployment and exacerbating budget-deficit problems in many OECD and other oil-importing countries. The vulnerability of oil-importing countries to higher oil prices varies markedly depending on the degree to which they are net importers and the oil intensity of their economies. According to the results of a quantitative exercise carried out by the IEA in collaboration with the OECD Economics Department and with the assistance of the International Monetary Fund...
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...Preventive Maintenance and Replacement Scheduling: Models and Algorithms By Kamran S. Moghaddam B.S., University of Tehran, 2001 M.S., Tehran Polytechnic, 2003 A Dissertation Proposal Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Louisville in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Candidacy Department of Industrial Engineering University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky, USA November 2008 ©Copyright 2008 by Kamran S. Moghaddam All Rights Reserved ii Preventive Maintenance and Replacement Scheduling: Models and Algorithms By Kamran S. Moghaddam B.S., University of Tehran, 2001 M.S., Tehran Polytechnic, 2003 A Dissertation Proposal Approved on November 2008 By the following Dissertation Committee Professor John S. Usher, Committee Chair Professor Gerald W. Evans Professor Gail W. DePuy Professor Sunderesh S. Heragu Professor Ali M. Shahhosseini iii TABELE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................... vii LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................... viii 1. Introduction 1 1.1. Preventive Maintenance and Replacement Scheduling .................................. 1 1.2. Research Contributions .................................................................................... 2 1.3. Outline ................
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