Excess Course Works Samples For Students

Introduction:

The analysis was conducted so as to study the behavior of two stocks i.e Commonwealth Bank of Australia and ABM resources. We began our analysis using various financial and government websites. For Instance, the risk free rate was derived from RBA, Australia using 30 Day Bank Accepted Bill as a proxy. On the other hand, all the stock related and market index(S&P 500-APX 200)information was derived from Yahoo Finance. We concluded the report by conducting a regression analysis between the excess return of each stock over risk free rate and excess return of market index over risk free rate

Stocks Analyzed

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The Horizontal Analysis

In the horizontal analysis of the company, one considers the various line items in the income statements and the balance sheet with similar items in the previous years. Looking at the year 2008, the company did not perform well. In terms of sales, there was a decrease in the sales compared to the year 2007. There was a decrease of $ 897,000 which is 15% of the sales revenue.
As a result of the low sales, the company suffered a loss in the gross profit. The profit reduced from $1.6M to $1.4M. When analysing the expenses, the website creation and maintenance is a ...

- Limitations of the use of police force. The procedure in the use of police force.
- Advantages of using police force.
- Enables the police carry out their duties effectively.
- Scare criminals from engaging in criminal activities.
- They can deal with criminals with sophisticated weapons.
- Disadvantages of using police force.
- Police have misused the use of force.
- Has increased discrimination in relation to race and sex.
- Damaged relationship between the police and the public.
- Conclusion.
- The police force should be ...

4-10. The various trophic levels present in the diagram are first, second and third trophic levels. Producers form the base of the first trophic level. The second trophic level contains the herbivores or the grazers that consume food from the first level, while the third trophic level contains the carnivores, which feed on the second level for their food . Producers are the organisms that convert the energy received from light into chemical energy, such as food and sugar through the process of photosynthesis. The common examples of producers are plants, algae, rice, wheat and corn. The first-order consumers or ...

Question one

There are excess of suspicious persons in one area than the other. The suspicious the excess of suspicious persons in one area was reported. The reported areas, which had suspicious persons in excess, were the Northwestern part and the North Eastern part. The excess of suspected persons in the Northern East area may be because of the reason that the area is endowed with to do people. People of higher standard live in this area. Criminals like this area, as they know that if they go to robe in this area they will at least get something as compared ...

A market is the interaction of buyers and sellers to exchange goods and services. It can also be defined as a system that is used to allocate scarce resources based on the interaction of forces of demand and supply. Market economies range from free market economies where prices are purely determined by market forces to mixed economies where the state controls the price mechanism[ CITATION Duf06 \l 1033 ].
In perfectly competitive markets, prices are only determined by forces of demand and supply. In these markets, prices adjust downwards and upwards to achieve equilibrium between in-coming goods and services for ...

Formation of bone during foetal development occurs through the process of ossification. This process is extremely important to proper bone length, density, and uniform skeletal formation. It is driven by a complex network of genes that code for signalling proteins whose function is to turn the ossification process on, off, or slow it down. Defects in these genes can cause problems with the ossification process, and can lead to conditions of skeletal dysplasia (improper formation of bone). One such condition is Achondroplasia, one of the most common forms of dwarfism, or congenital short stature (Lister Hill National Centre for Biomedical ...

Incentives to Conserve Marine Biodiversity

Practitioners of marine biodiversity conservation are progressively turning to approaches based on incentives. They hope it is going to persuade people to modify behaviors that negatively affect natural habitat and marine biodiversity. The government took too long to get involved, but now they are. More hope is visible as far as saving marine life is the discussion. The essay discusses incentives to conserve marine biodiversity within the framework of impure public goods by analyzing externalities, technology and economic incentives involved.

Impure Public Goods

Goods that are consumed by everyone in society or no one at all are referred to as public goods. ...

Introduction

Currently, coal-fired power plants account for more than 80% of carbon dioxide emissions in the electric power industry of the United States and 33% of all the carbon dioxide emissions in the United States. Consequently, reducing carbon dioxide emissions that come from the coal plants is the focus of most proposals that intend to cut on the greenhouse gas emission. The options to do this include capturing and sequestering carbon dioxide that emitted by the coal power plants, replacing the coal power plants with the low or zero carbon dioxide sources of power like the nuclear and wind energy.

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Private placement is the sale of a company’s securities to a few, select investors as a means of raising the capital. The investors may include insurance companies, banks, pension funds, and mutual funds. Such a placement does not require registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This work appraises the market performance of a group of companies that announced their intention to sell private placement shares. The market considered herein is the NASDAQ Global Market. For this market, two companies (issuers) are considered -- NeurogesX, Inc. and Solar Capital Ltd. The information herein is current and is sourced from various sites including the ...

1. “A firm would prefer to be a monopoly, rather than be involved in a perfectly competitive market.” Discuss.
Every student attending economics class knows that perfect competition is ideal for any market, while monopoly is the worst possible situation due to a number of reasons. But at the same time, it is a well-known fact that since ancient times firms have strived to gain the status of monopoly. Why is it so? The matter lies in people’s nature – monopoly offers to a firm great power and control over market and requires practically no effort to get considerable income. At the same ...

- Put the following assets in order of liquidity: accounts receivable, inventory, cash, and marketable securities.

Current assets which include cash and other assets that could easily be converted into cash within the operating cycle of a business are usually listed in order of liquidity (Keown 4). All assets have the ability to generate some cash in some way but other assets are more liquid than others. The above mentioned assets would be listed in the following order:

- Cash- No other asset is more liquid than cash. Cash is how a business meets its obligations which range from ...

Virtue Theory

As a human being like Bernard Madoff, he is a businessperson with immoral business conduct. His immoral business conduct is a result of his defective character. He desired for power, fame, money, and abundant lifestyle. All his ambition became a vanity that created a trap and nothing left for him is the difficulty to break free. Moral philosophers categorized his character as vices. Vices are the perfect opposite of virtues. Vices are bad habits of character with its ...

- Factors in phenotypic variations
Factors in phenotypic variation consist of: Variation in phenotype (Vp); Variation in phenotypes caused by genetic variation (Vg); Variation of phenotype caused by environment (Ve); Variation in phenotype caused by interaction of genotype and environment (Vgxe). In addition to the above factors, phenotypic variation is also influenced by effects of genotype on phenotypes.

- Additive genetic variation formula shows that Va is influenced by phenotypes (p), additive (a) and dominance (d). As population evolves, the values of p, a, and d change. Consequently, Va value also changes. Based on the narrow sense heritability formula, change in Va ...

In this report, I have not been able to meet my target for fruit food group. This implies that there is deficiency with regard to certain nutrients that come from fruit. Vitamin C that comes from fruits is lacking. This requires a high intake of fruits in order to cover for this deficiency. As such, it is necessary to take fruits such as apples or banana after every meal in order to meet my target. It is necessary to plan for the fruit intake so that I can take fruits after every of the three daily meals . This will ensure ...

- It would be hard for Mr. Wilko to stop drinking given the kind of stress he has. His self-assessment that he can stop at any time is highly unlikely, unless he runs out of money to buy drinks.

- As his stress increases, Mr. Wilko will have no other option than increase his alcohol intake. This was one way he could mitigate his worries. He found the effects of alcohol to be a sophomore, and by consuming it, he was lost in the world of intoxication.

- If Mr. Wilko continues to drink large amounts of alcohol, the liver ...

Kudler Fine Foods is a company with three locations each overseen by a store manager. The resources in the company include laptops, scanner/printer/fax machine and are authorized to be used according to the following rules:

Desktops and laptops are authorized to be used by the store manager, President of the company Kathy Kudler, and the president’s administrative assistant.
Printers/scanner/fax machines can be used by all the employees wherever they are located plus the president and the president’s, administrative assistant

The director of store operations is authorized to use any equipment in any location

The following group objects implementing group policies can be implemented
Group Policies are essential in the current business ...

Question A

According to Gregory Mankiw (2011), trade balance reflects the difference between net worth of exports and imports in a given country. Consequently, positive trade balance suggests in monetary value country exports more than it imports, while negative trading balance (trade deficit) is associated with dominance of imports over exports. Economists argue that trade deficit is not always considered to have a negative impact on the national economy, however it often creates potential risks which may result in harsh economic consequences if they are not addressed properly. For example, if net exports are negative it is assumed that proceedings from exports are ...

- The many different expressions of death make people believe that death is everywhere and has to be survived.
- Philosophical and ethical dimension is concerned with the question of ethics and values. For example, patients with a terminal illness and excess pain may opt for euthanasia. Euthanasia brings about ethical debates regarding how appropriate it is. Psychological dimension is the emotional and mental impact of death on individuals. For example, if one’s friend dies, the person experiences sorrow and grief. Sociological dimension is concerned with how people come together to cater to the social problems and needs ...

Keeping a food intake journal can be a hard task thing to do especially when someone has a lot of things to do and have to eat in despite the tricky issue of observing a routine of what we consume, it is however recommendable that a person watch out for the nutritional value of all the food they consume so as to avoid the health risks caused by nutritional imbalances. The process of keeping a diary of the daily consumption also is helpful in assisting a person to avoid any instances of overconsumption of food in the future through reviewing how their past days food consumption ...

Introduction

Opportunity cost can be defined as the cost related to any activity calculated in respect of the worth of the subsequent alternative given up. The opportunity cost, associated with the second top choice, is a sacrifice that a group or someone makes, who has selected one of the choices among many. Opportunity cost, a "cost" of the scarified goods or commodity after a choice is made. Opportunity cost in economics is an important concept, and has also been explained as "the fundamental relationship between choice and scarcity ". The idea of the opportunity cost in business plays a vital role in order ...

While treating patients with chronic illnesses, the major challenge faced is developing a plan of care that addresses the specific needs of a patient and caregiver. One needs to be in close touch with the patients and make sure that they take medications as prescribed. The patients support group family and peers should come-up with an ideal plan to help the patient manage the illness and also to prevent further health complications. The chronic illness that I am going to discuss is hypertension. Hypertension also known as high blood pressure is a chronic medical illness whereby the blood pressure in the arteries ...

1) At the present time, I would not report this situation to anyone else.

2) I have already spoken to my Area Manager and to the company’s owner to report it, and I do not yet know what the company’s response will be. Even though Mr. Lord was fairly gruff in his response, it may be that a cleanup will follow. Mr. Rivieria’s answer is the most instructive – if I keep my area clean, then I should be able to avoid the hazard of an explosion. Even though wood dust can be explosive, I do not ...

Virtue Ethics highlight the principle of a person’s character rather than some other factors when it comes to determining his moral value and philosophy. Basically, virtue ethics is a person-based ethics. It focuses on what type of person one should become and what kind of life a person should live with. According to virtue ethics, certain ideals that are only discovered through reflection, such as dedication and excellence, must be attained to whole-heartedly experience humanity. A person chooses to be morally good solely because it is innate in his character.

Virtue ethics speaks of an individual’s character but it is ...

Introduction

Taekwondo is a sport which originated as a form of martial arts in the ancient Korean states which were divided into three. It was basically used as a means of combating fighting skills among the soldiers but it was later adopted as a sport. The sport usually employs heavy use of fist and foot as well as flexibility. There have been claims that this sport heavily impact on the physical fitness of a person as well as health of the person. The popularity of the sport has spreads to over 180 countries in the world with about 80 million people practicing it.

Following the ...

It was advised that i stat home and whenever it is important to eat out, the 'Eating Smart Restaurant Guide' should be my companion.

1 .Reduction in quantity of processed sugar, saturated fat and trans- fat consumed.
2 Increased consumption of vegetables.
3 I will have to increase the number of times I eat at home and reduce my visits to the restaurants.
The acceptable macronutrient distribution range for carbohydrates in adults is 45-65%, while for proteins it is 10-35% of the calories taken daily by the person. The acceptable macronutrient distribution range for fats is ...

Leading money center banks in the United States have accelerated their investment banking activities all over the world in recent years, purchasing corporate debt securities and stock from their business customers and reselling those securities to investors in the open market. Is this a desirable move by these organizations from a profit perspective? From a public interest point of view? If you were the CEO of a corporation that had placed large deposits with a bank that was engaged in those activities, would you be concerned about the risk? Why or why not?

In the mid 1960s, the United States the realised commercial advantages ...

The Life and Exploits of Kevin Mitnick.

Kevin Mitnick was born in 1963 and is famous for computer hacking. He started hacking when still very young. At the age of 12, he was avoiding to pay for bus rides in the Los Angeles area. He used unused transfer slips that he collected in rubbish bins which he punched with his own ticket punch. A friendly driver had told him where he could buy a ticket punch. At age 16, he gained unauthorized access to the first computer network he ever hacked into. He was part of a gang of computer hackers in Los Angeles. In 1979, he got ...