Joshua Zemsky Inside Job Extra Credit First of all, I think it is extremely comical that man with a net worth of $65 million (Matt Damon) is going to narrate a film that claims that the smartest men in the world are too greedy and are over-compensated. I do not believe I have ever seen such a closed minded, uneducated propagandas film before. This film was really just a way to bash Wall Street. It was not very viable and many “facts” were skewed. It was made in a very intelligent
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ANALYSIS: Niche markets key to HTC's road to revival: analysts 2012/09/02 15:23:12 | | | | | | | | | | | | By Jeffrey Wu and James Lee, CNA staff reporters Taiwanese smartphone vendor HTC Corp. still has a chance to regain its previously strong position in the increasing competitive mobile phone market if it can tap into niche content and segments, according to industry analysts. "HTC has some serious problems within the company," said C.W. Chen, chief researcher of
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Nominal interest rate-the growth rate of your money. Real interest rate- the growth rate of your purchasing power. the real rate of interest is the nominal rate reduced by the loss of purchasing power resulting from inflation. the approximation rule overstates .The approximation rule is more exact for small inflation rates and is perfectly exact for continuously compounded rates. rr=rn-i ;rr=(rn-i)/1+i; conventional certificates of deposit offer a fuaranteed nominal rate of interest; Because future
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liquidity characteristic increases the likelihood that “herding” will be observed and reduces the impact of entering and exiting positions. We gathered all the returns from 2010-2014 for these 30 companies including American Express, Dupont and Goldman Sachs and data of the four factors from 2010-2014. We ran simple linear regressions of daily stock returns within one calendar year against the daily metrics of the four factors and selected the companies that were significantly correlated with the
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Tutorial 2: What do you understand by the term Global Economic Crisis of 2008? Identify and explain some of the causes. Global Economic Crisis of 2008 was known as the biggest financial crisis after the Great Depression of 1930s. In September 2008, one of the most venerable and biggest investment bank, Lehman Brothers was forced to declare itself bankrupt, and the world’s largest insurance company, AIG collapsed. The financial collapses of these companies triggered the global economic crisis
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Across the world, humankind is synonymous about the fear of the big F-word: feminism. This fear generally emanates from the misconception about the true definition about the people supporting this movement. The definition of feminism has been distorted over the years, molded to fit the stereotype of a “feminist”. Feminist: A person who believes in the social, political, economic, equality of the sexes. A feminist is often associated with the stereotype of an irate, manipulating man-hater although
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ACC 557 Week 3 Assignment 1 Assignment 1: Review of Accounting Ethics Due Week 3 and worth 200 points Many organizations have been in the news over the past few years due to accounting ethical breaches that have affected their customers, employees, or the general public. Search the Internet or the Strayer Library to locate a story in the news that depicts an accounting ethical breach. You may select from any type of organization about which you have information or a curiosity. Write a
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Finance | The Rise of the Sukuk in Indonesia’s Islamic Finance Industry Islamic banking is one of the fastest-growing segments in international finance. Indonesia is home to the world's largest Muslim population (around 210 million), yet its share in Islamic finance is still low. Neighbouring Malaysia, with less than a tenth of Indonesia's population, has effectively turned itself into a global leader for sharia-compliant banking. But Indonesia's new Financial Services Authority (OJK) looks determined
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The nonprofit organization Autism Speaks is perhaps one of the most well-known in the realm of disability charity and welfare promotion for autistic people. Oftentimes, when working with disabled youth and adults, autistic people will frequently be seen as part of the patient population. As I am looking to become a social worker, I will be working closely with these patients and need to familiarize myself with the organizations that are commonly and frequently pointed to when it comes to looking
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Investment banks Services 1. Making an acquisition/ effecting a buyout (mergers and acquisition): With increasing competitive pressures being placed on businesses and the trend towards globalization, companies are engaging more and more in M&A activity. Many companies looking to expand or streamline their business will use investment banks for advice on potential targets and/or buyers. This normally will include a full valuation and recommended tactics. The investment bank's role in mergers
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