Creating efficient frontiers using excel. Suppose we have 3 risky assets whose net return has the mean vector and variancecovariance matrix given below: Asset Mean VarianceCovariance Matrix 1 2 3 0.06 0.12 0.03 1 0.3 0.3 0.3 1 0.3 0.3 0.3 1 Weights Ones Mean Portfolio Return 1 1 1 0.176666122 Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Variance STD Constraint 2.42961 1.558721 1 0.079372 1.603166 -0.68254 To model the portfolio choice problem‚ I begin by highlighting the mean vector and giving
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and His American Dream The Great Gatsby novel is one of the famous books in the US. This book also have been made into the movie and became one of the greatest movies in 2013. But‚ this response paper will talk about the critical lens in the new historicism view from this novel. According to Merriam Webster online dictionary‚ new historicism is a method of literary criticism that emphasizes the historicity of a text by relating it to the configurations of powers‚ societies‚ events‚ or ideologies in
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The Colonies by 1763-A New Society? Between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the extension of British ideals far beyond the practice in England itself. The thirteen colonies throughout time all established themselves and soon developed their own identities. Colonies in different areas were known for different things and no one colony was like the other. These people began to see them selves as Carolinians
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In Opposition to the “American Dream” Throughout the history of the United States‚ the definition of the iconic tenet‚ the American dream‚ has remained a relative constant: that with hard work and determination‚ any American citizen‚ regardless of background or disadvantage‚ can achieve anything they truly desire. However‚ the outrageously exalted philosophy has been‚ and always will be‚ a tragically falsified and laughably chimerical image. With the passage of time‚ the American dream has become
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people wanted it to end. There were several reasons that people felt opposition towards the war‚ such as: the government was shady and was feeding people lies about the Vietnam‚ thousands of lives were lost and the people saw soldiers watched them do it all‚ and lastly how much we spent and how much we are in debt. These were the last straw for the American people. One of the many reasons the American people were in opposition of the war was that the government was shady and feeding them lies about
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In 1964‚ Lyndon B. Johnson presented a speech about the Great Society. The Great Society represents the future. According to Johnson‚ “It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice‚ to which we are totally committed in our time”(Johnson‚ 1964). The Great Society gives people a chance in order to experience full equality. This generation has a chance to change this world for better or for worse. The purpose of this paper is to analyze two viewpoints‚ one being a pro and one being a con. “So‚ will
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Describe the impact of the New Deal on American government and society. In doing so‚ be sure to discuss the primary goal and basic overall characteristic of specific New Deal programs. FDR’s New Deal changed the face of American government. Never before and no one since has implemented so many government programs and agencies. FDR’s New Deal helped the US get out of the Great Depression. The new deal expanded the federal government’s power like never before and was designed to help Americans who
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along the American frontier? What Turner wants to point out here is that the American West is the most important feature of American history‚ and of the development of its society. He refers several times to a process of “Americanization” and we will see that the definition he gives of it is a very peculiar one. He gives a definition of the frontier: “it lies at the hither edge of free land”‚ meaning that he considers the Indian territory to be free land. According to him the frontier is the “meeting
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Lyndon Johnson was convinced that liberal nationalism and the power of the federal government could transform society. His faith grew out of his youthful experiences with poverty in Texas‚ his political apprenticeship during the New Deal‚ and his desire to surpass Roosevelt’s legacy. When he took office in November 1963‚ after John F. Kennedy’s death‚ Johnson inherited the early initiatives to address poverty that the Kennedy administration had under consideration. With characteristic enthusiasm
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established his conservative principles through The Conscience of a Conservative. Written at a time of great change in America with experiments in big government‚ the New Deal‚ and the climax of the Cold War‚ the views of Goldwater in the Conscience of a Conservative were looked at as revolutionary‚ yet controversial in the Republican eye. He believed and argued that freedom was the highest value in American society while also stating that compromising for something one does not believe in is unjust. In his
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