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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Johnnie Guilbert and Alex Dorame have been dating for two years now. They decided to go on vacation. They were planning where to go when Johnnie got a phone call that said he had won two plane tickets to Bora Bora that takes off at 8:00am. It was 7:00am when he got that call. They ran upstairs to grab everything and put it in a suitcase. When they were done packing it was 7:30am. The airport was five minutes away so they felt confident they would make it. They made it on time and the set off to Bora
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“I won’t play after next year. I’ve really enjoyed my time. For me, it is time to go home and be dad.”(Alex Rodriguez to ESPN in March 2016) Alex Rodriguez leaving the New York Yankees mid-season was a recent extremely difficult decision for him to make. Alex Rodriguez is not any average man. At one point he was the highest paid player in the MLB. I have to infer that deciding to opt out of his contract with the Yankees early must have been an earth shattering decision for him to make. I believe
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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 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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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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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 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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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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order to meet their necessities to survive. One of the people who have to struggle in this unfortunate event is a teenager named Alex Halprin in the novel Ashfall written by Mike Mullin. One friday evening, Alex was home alone playing video games like any typical teenager as his parents and younger sister went to visit his uncle and his family. When the volcano erupts, Alex is forced to temporarily live with his neighbors. At Alex’s stay with his neighbors’, he decides to go on a quest to find his family
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