Essays on Contrarian

A unit trust is a form of a collective investment scheme that allows investors to pool their money for the purpose of investing in the Malaysian stock market and other approved investment portfolios (Hassan, 2016). The unit consists of three parties, the fund manager, the trustee, and the unit holder (Hassan, 2016). A unit trust is governed by a trust deed that outlines the objectives of the fund, the investment style, and the relationship between the unit holders, the fund manager, and the trustees (Fabozzi and Markowitz, 2011). The fund manager is responsible of investing the funds of the ...

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The NBC has continuously posted its earnings in the recent financial years despite the fast-changing consumer preferences, conditions of the market, and technology. This success proves that the bank is focusing on the correct priorities, and pursuing appropriate policies. Similarly, the strong performance of the NBC also affirms to the leadership quality throughout the bank plus the dedication of about 20,000 employees. According to the bank’s profile, it is an integrated group of banking that provides a variety of services to consumers where all both small and medium sized companies are presented in Canada. An overview of ...

Maison Maria with a View of Chateau Noir, an 1895 painting by revered post- impressionist Paul Cezanne, is an oil on canvas painting that is 25 5/8" x 31 7/8" in size, and currently rests in the Kimbell Art Museum in Forth Worth, Texas. The painting depicts a scenescape of a group of ordinary-looking, yellow buildings resting around the corner of a hill, with a road leading to it bordered by dead trees. Instead of using typical artistic devices and notions of vanishing points and the like, Cezanne chose a more innovative approach for Maison Maria. The use of space in this particular painting is ...