1. Refer to the following information: Stock | E(r) | | Correlation Coefficients | 1 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 1 with 2: -0.10 | 2 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 1 with 3: +0.60 | 3 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 2 with 3: +0.05 | A portfolio is formed as follows: sell short $1‚000 of Stock 1; buy $1‚500 of Stock 2; buy $1‚500 of Stock 3. The investor uses $1‚000 of his own equity‚ with the remaining amount borrowed at a risk-free interest rate of 4% (with continuous compounding). (a) Assuming that there are no restrictions
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ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS Threats: Comcast should focus on knowing our customer profitability. For example‚ Comcast and AT&T Broadband acquisitions are done for the customers‚ the buyers of Comcast saw a profit in obtaining more customers. Our executives must understand even at the local level that some customers are more profitable than others. Most time we are more focused on the products‚ such as home networking‚ CHSI speeds‚ ect. If we focus our attention on the demopgraphic‚ economical locations
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Text Discussion Questions and Exercises: • Chapter 15: Discussion Question 9. How do variable costs and fixed costs differ? Give an example of each. Fixed costs are costs that will be the same for the next year. In my Construction Business fixed costs are office rent‚ office utilities‚ advertising costs‚ etc. In a year‚ these costs can be known ahead of time and won’t need to change even if my company does more work. Variable costs are costs that can rise or fall depending on how much work I
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Having the correct individual to complete an important project is very significant. Since‚ a manager would want an individual who has the skills‚ high ethical practices and who is dedicated to complete the tasks of the job. In addition‚ J.B.‚ Sandy‚ and Pat has different skills‚ personalities‚ and ethical practices. However‚ each individual is willing to complete the tasks of their job. Moreover‚ this paper will discuss the justification of why Sandy would be the best to complete the project. Sandy
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This file of IT 242 Week 3 DQ 2 shows the solutions to the following problems: Post your response to the following: You are a consultant who has been hired to design a WAN for a startup business. How would you explain sub-netting in a way your non-technical client would understand? Business - General Business NTC 242 Entire Course Though most people realize the potential value in acquiring a college education‚ not everyone knows how to begin the process of pursuing one
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As you know‚ eight months ago we entered into a contract with Citizen-Schwarz AG to create custom e-banking software. The agreed contract outlined the details of the arrangement‚ including on-schedule delivery and quality of the deliverables‚ strong communication between both parties‚ procedures for any changes in the system requirements‚ intellectual property rights‚ and dispute management procedures. Depending on our performance‚ we were projecting to gain an additional contract with C-S’s larger
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1. Betty is married to Abel‚ a successful engineer. They have a joint account which gives them both an American Impress credit card‚ which they have had for years. They have always made the payments on time and over the years the credit limit has gone up and up. Abel has a skiing accident and dies. A month later‚ Betty gets a notice that her American Impress card has been cancelled. To make matters worse‚ the fact that her card has been cancelled is reported to a credit reporting company‚ which hurts
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Consider the situation where you are working under contract for another organization. If you are given a set of project specifications (detailed requirements)‚ to what degree should you attempt to understand the needs behind these requirements before or after starting the project? Ultimately I want my project to be a success. I want to run the project the client wants and drive to the business solution the client needs. In order to do that well‚ I think it’s very important to understand the needs
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Waits and Sons is a landscaping business operating as a family business since 2007 (Waits‚ 2012). Matt Waits has been the contracted landscaper for the residence at 411 N Wayman Street for the past three years. In a recent interview‚ Waits answered the following questions: • How and when would you determine the need to create a job position within your business? As contracts are signed and the demands for more maintenance visits grow‚ we will be looking to fill new positions. In fact‚ we are
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This assignment is based on an Earned Value analysis performed by a cost account manager‚ who has received a variance report (given below) from a performance measurement system. I have calculated the appropriate variances and included corrective measures for each of them. REPORT Variances are calculated as follows: CV (cost variance) = BCWP – ACWP SV (schedule variance) = BCWP - BCWS TASK A B C D E ACWP $22‚550 $32‚000 $16‚000 $10‚000 $23‚000 BCWP $25‚000 $30‚000 $15‚000 $17‚000 $24
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