Aim/Objective To compare the concentration of reducing sugars in three different types of canned soft-drinks available in the school canteen. Background information: Reducing sugars are any sugars that in basic solution forms some aldehyde or ketone. This allows the sugar to act as a reducing agent‚ for example in Benedict’s reaction. [1]Reducing sugars include glucose‚ fructose‚ glyceraldehyde‚ lactose‚ arabinose and maltose. All monosaccharides which contain ketone groups are known as ketoses
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Write an essay on the forward Currency Exchange Market explaining in detail why such a market exists and how it operates; its dealers its buyers‚ the purposes for which the foreign currency is used. In your answer refer to the forward and futures market instruments explaining how the current exchange rates are affected by movements in these market prices. Use a website to collect information on the forward rate between the US $ and the Euro. Explain what factors have influenced their movement over
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET Foreign Exchange – Any currency‚ other than the local currency‚ which is used in settling international transactions. Foreign Exchange Rate - the price for which one currency is exchanged for another Foreign Exchange Market - are the institutions or systems involved with changing one currency into another. * Exchange rates are determined on the basis of supply and demand in the foreign exchange market * Foreign currency dealers provide two quotes: Bid Price:
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VI FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET 6.1 Globally‚ operations in the foreign exchange market started in a major way after the breakdown of the Bretton Woods system in 1971‚ which also marked the beginning of floating exchange rate regimes in several countries. Over the years‚ the foreign exchange market has emerged as the largest market in the world. The decade of the 1990s witnessed a perceptible policy shift in many emerging markets towards reorientation of their financial markets in terms of new products
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instance‚ you want to buy some goods online‚ you have to provide some of your information to the website so that they can deliver them to you. Maybe your information is hacked and the hackers can use it for much bad purpose like buying other things using your account...Your e-mail box can receive some spam that you don’t want and you feel unsafe when you think that a person is following you in some ways. Furthermore‚ although we can use the Internet as a means of entertainment with a lot of interesting
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1. Introduction The use of first language or second language (L1/L2) is still used in teaching English classroom as a Foreign Language. Actually‚ the term of using L1/L2 in EFL classes is ongoing debates in some occasion by looking some consideration between pro and contra of using L1/L2 in EFL classes. In any cases‚ the term of first language is the first language that the students got from their mother and they may continue to use it in the rest of their life and second language is a language
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’Foreign Exchange Market’ The markets in which participants are able to buy‚ sell‚ exchange and speculate on currencies. Foreign exchange markets are made up of banks‚ commercial companies‚ central banks‚ investment management firms‚ hedge funds‚ and retail forex brokers and investors. The forex market is considered to be the largest financial market in the world. It is important to realize that the foreign exchange market is not a single exchange‚ but is constructed of a global network of computers
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and contrast foreign currency futures and options. Identify situations where you may choose one or the other. When Barings Bank‚ the oldest merchant bank in London‚ collapsed in 1995 after one of the bank’s employees lost £827 million due to speculative investing‚ primarily in futures contracts‚ it illustrated the extreme danger and volatility of derivatives. Options and futures can be used to eliminate‚ reduce‚ hedge and manage risk‚ but can also be highly speculative. Foreign currency futures
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stable foreign exchange rate. [8] For a knowledge and understanding of the influence of supply and demand in setting the foreign exchange rate. Up to 4 marks For application showing how a government can maintain a foreign exchange rate through intervention in the foreign exchange market. Up to 4 marks (6 marks maximum if no diagram provided A fixed exchange rate‚ sometimes called a pegged exchange rate‚ is also referred to as the Tag of particular Rate‚ which is a type of exchange rate regime
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INTRODUCTION 3 Definition 3 FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET OVERVIEW 3 Characteristics of Foreign Exchange Market 5 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISKS 6 Accounting Risk 6 Transaction Risk 6 Profitability Risk 6 DETERMINANTS OF EXCHANGE RATE 6 Inflation 6 Interest Rates 7 Current-Account Deficits 7 PARTICIPANTS IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET 7 Customers 8 Commercial Banks 8 Exchange Brokers 8 Overseas Forex Market 8 Speculators 9 ROLE OF SBP IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET 9 To manage the exchange rate mechanism 9 Regulate inter-bank
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