Ponzi scheme. Why do we fall for it over and over again? What is a Ponzi scheme? A Ponzi scheme is an investment fraud that involves the payment of purported returns to existing investors from funds contributed by new investors. Ponzi scheme organizers often solicit new investors by promising to invest funds in opportunities claimed to generate high returns with little or no risk. In many Ponzi schemes‚ the fraudsters focus on attracting new money to make promised payments
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The term Ponzi scheme was named after Charles Ponzi‚ a con man from the 1920s. Ponzi began his “business” by buying and selling international reply coupons. He was able to persuade some friends to invest in this endeavor‚ by telling them that he could double their investments. Essentially‚ Ponzi made no profit off of this scheme because the circulation of money from new investors is what sustained his “business”. Unfortunately for Ponzi‚ many investors and the media began to question the legitimacy
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* Difference between self esteem and self confidence Self confidence and self confidence are linked but they are not the same thing. Your self esteem is how much you like yourself‚ how you see yourself. What we see when we look in the mirror. Self esteem is somewhat passive and isn’t something others can observer in you. While‚ if we look at‚ self confidence. It is something more active‚ and describes our abilities and willingness to interact with the world around us. By comparison‚ we can see
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Statistics for Managers using Microsoft Excel 6th Edition Module 4 Sampling & Confidence Interval Estimation Copyright ©2012 Pearson Education Chap 8-1 Chapter Outline Confidence Intervals for the Population Mean‚ μ when Population Standard Deviation σ is Known when Population Standard Deviation σ is Unknown Confidence Intervals for the Population Proportion‚ p Determining the Required Sample Size Copyright ©2012 Pearson Education Chap 8-2 Introduction Copyright ©2012 Pearson
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1007/s10979-009-9192-x ORIGINAL ARTICLE The Effect of Retention Interval on the Confidence–Accuracy Relationship for Eyewitness Identification James Sauer Æ Neil Brewer Æ Tick Zweck Æ Nathan Weber Published online: 22 July 2009 Ó American Psychology-Law Society/Division 41 of the American Psychological Association 2009 Abstract Recent research using a calibration approach indicates that eyewitness confidence assessments obtained immediately after a positive identification decision provide a
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Sample sizes and confidence intervals for proportions Chong Chun Wie Ext: 2768 ChongChunWie@imu.edu.my Content • Sampling distribution of sample means (SDSM) • Normality Test • Estimating a population mean: σ known • Estimating a population mean: σ unknown • Standard deviation of proportion • Confidence interval of proportion • Hypothesis testing with proportion Population and Sample Samples Populations Sampling distribution of sample means (SDSM) Sampling distribution • Example – Select
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WORKING PAPER # 06/2007 BUSINESS CONFIDENCE INDEX: A REFLECTION OF BUSINESS SENTIMENT IN BANGLADESH Selim Raihan and A K Iftekharul Haque December 2007 SHAMUNNAY 2/E/1-B Mymensingh Road‚ Shahbag‚ Dhaka 1000‚ BANGLADESH Phone: +088-02-8610332‚ 8622320‚ 8650015‚ Fax: +088-02-8622320 E-mail: shamunnay@sdnbd.org‚ shamunnay@gmail.com Website: http://www.shamunnaybd.org Business Confidence Index: A Reflection of Business Sentiment in Bangladesh Selim Raihan1 and A K Iftekharul Haque2
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Tricks...................... To Create syskey password which ask before the user account password. Run->syskey->update->create a new password Creating user using command prompt Net user username /add Deleting user use /delete instead of /add Obtaining command prompt in the user login Steps: 1.goto c->windows->system32-> Delete or move the sethc.exe file anywhere. Cut and paste the cmd.exe file in desktop and rename this file from cmd.exe to sethc.exe And again
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2013 Cartoon Argument Confidence‚ Overconfidence‚ and Arrogance This cartoon drawing is a prominent example of a person who possesses overconfidence‚ confidence‚ and arrogance. I reassure you that I love people with confidence. I trust that the person who produced this cartoon feels the same way. Although confidence is a good trait to gain‚ there is a difference between confidence‚ overconfidence‚ and arrogance. Confidence is astounding. If a person acquires confidence then they are more likely
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CONSUMER CONFIDENCE ConCerns and spending intentions around the World QUARTER 1‚ 2013 2013 CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SERIES | 1ST EDITION CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REbOUNDS IN kEy ECONOMIES IN Q1 2013 Global consumer confidence indexed at 93 in Q1 2013‚ a two-point increase from the previous quarter (Q4 2012)‚ according to consumer confidence findings from Nielsen‚ a leading global provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy. The increase was driven by the positive performance
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