are 16% and 24%‚ and the correlation between returns is 0.2.Let w1 be the proportion of wealth put into the first investment. (a). Calculate the expected return and the standard deviation for portfolio w1=0‚0.2‚0.4‚0.6. (b). Draw a picture of these risk and returns for w1. (c). What is it called? (d). Draw the picture of (c) when there is a riskless asset. (e). How should an investor choose the optimal investment? Solutions: (a) (b) Page 1 of 8 (c) It is called Efficient Frontier. An efficient
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TYPES OF PROJECT CONSTRAINTS Project constraints delay the start of project activities. Three project constraint need to be considered in scheduling. 1. Technological or Logical Constraints: These constraints show the sequence in which project activities must occur. A project network framing a house might how three activities i-e (1) pour foundation‚ (2) build frame‚ (3) cover roof. All of thee three activities are in sequence because each activity depend on previous one. We can say that
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“Conversational Ballgames” NANCY MASTERSON SAKAMOTO American-born Sakamoto (b. 1931) lived with her Japanese hus band in Osaka and taught English to Japanese students. She is currently a professor at Shitennoji Gakuen University in Hawaii. “Conversational Ballgames” is a chapter from her text book on conversational English‚ Polite Fictions‚ published in 1982. Her contrasts of English and Japanese styles of conversa tion and her strategy for developing that contrast make us aware of the effect
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ABC Chemicals NT Risk Management Procedure ABC Chemicals NT recognises that to ensure a safe workplace‚ risks must be identified‚ assessed and eliminated or controlled. To achieve this there are a number of measures which will be implemented to manage all identified health and safety risks. These include:- Setting up a well documented system for identifying‚ reporting and responding to actual and potential hazards Implementing a risk management program that involves regular workplace inspections
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Enterprise Risk Management In the 21st Century‚ the news of corporate scandals involving corruption enormously spread across not only the country but across the globe also. Accounting firms‚ investors‚ lenders‚ corporate managers and innocent bystanders were all embroiled in the chaos with the extent of corporate malfeasance being indeterminable. Collateral damage inflicted by scandals involving corporations such as Enron‚ Arthur Andersen LLP‚ WorldCom‚ Adelphia Communications‚ etc‚ was shocking
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Any project must be well planned especially if a number of people and activities will be involved. It is the task of the project management to ensure that various tasks required in the project are completed in time. Operational researchers developed a method of scheduling complex projects shortly after the Second World War. This scheduling is called network analysis and is usually known as Critical Path Analysis (CPA). While Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) will analyze the involved
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Enterprise risk management ERM Enhanced corporate governance document to effectively identify‚ assess and manage risk so organizations could improve the risk management process. Expands on internal control‚ providing a more robust and extensive focus on the broader subject of ERM Does not replace the internal control framework but it incorporates the internal control framework within it. Helps management set a strategy and objectives in order to effectively deal with uncertainty and
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– SD3043 Risk management - security 1. What is risk management? Answer: Risk management is the process of discovering and assessing the risks to an organization’s operations and determining how those risks can be controlled or mitigated. 2. List and describe the key areas of concern for risk management. Answer: Risk identification‚ risk assessment‚ and risk control. 3. Which community of interest usually provides the resources used when undertaking information asset risk management? Answer: The
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Satellite communication‚ in telecommunications‚ is the use of artificial satellites to provide communication links between various points on Earth. Satellite communications play a vital role in the global telecommunications system. Approximately 2‚000 artificial satellites orbiting Earth relay analog and digital signals carrying voice‚ video‚ and data to and from one or many locations worldwide. Satellite communication has two main components: the ground segment‚ which consists of fixed or mobile
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ABSTRACT This paper seeks to discuss an activity from a project programme that allowed the Project Manager to plan for risk reduction in the construction of a Medical Centre for the Mfantseman Municipality in the Central Region of Ghana. The paper focuses on the preliminary/site preparation stage of the construction and highlights an identified risk‚ with the view to reducing its impact on the project. In analyzing and assessing the activity the following were considered; 1. One Quantitative
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