According to the books context, it covers some of the real issues affecting common people. The rural black residents are isolated especially in the coastal region of Georgia. They sustain low-quality life in the region whereby they lack some of the basics of the municipal services. The content of the book indicates that these group of people do not access to employment after a long establishment of the civil rights movement over a decade. The group of the resident seems to lack education, making…
After our independence and the drafting of the constitution, it became necessary to conduct a census. The census was necessary to determine the number of seats a state was allowed in the House of Representatives according to the U.S. Constitution. The first census counted “the number of free white males age 16 and over, free white females, all other free persons, and how many slaves there were” (United States Census Bureau). The first census took more than a year to complete. The results were…
Given a level of fiscal stimulus one can wonder how to allocate that optimally to reduce as much as possible inequalities in a population. We can rewrite the Gini coefficient formula to make it simpler to analyse. We will now consider that the X suite is sorted in such a way that X is increasing (not necessarily strictly). Also, suppose that the first N terms of X are equals. (Since N can be equal to 1, that is if only the first term is equal to itself, the case we are considering is still the…
1. What are municipal bonds? Describe two different types of municipal bonds. Municipal bonds are of or related to a town or city or its local government. 2. What is asset allocation? Why is this used? An asset allocation is the implementation of an investment strategy that attempts to balance risks. It is used to sort out better opinions and avoid risks. 3. What are common stocks? What are the advantages and disadvantages of common stocks? Common stocks are shares entitling their holder to…
salary amount. As you aware, addition of Mammoth Mart will almost double the number of insured lives Sensible covers. In view of the above, I recommend a conservative portfolio for Sensible with the strategic asset allocation for investment as table below. Table 1 – Strategic Asset Allocation No Investment Type Weight Expected Return Weighted Expected Return 1 Short-Term Treasury Bills 40% 4.9% 2.0% 2 Long-Term Treasury Bond 20% 6.3% 1.3% 3 Long-Term Corporate Bond 20% 6.8% 1.4% 4 Stocks 20%…
Adam Smith was not exception in this case. He was influenced by developments in the physical sciences. That’s why he believed that using hard analysis is the way to discover the laws of the economy. In his analysis of products prices and resource allocation, he called long-run prices ‘natural prices’ and short-run prices ‘market prices’. He found out with a great accuracy that in the long run prices resulting from competition would equal the cost of production. He mostly focused on natural…
the financial allocation depends on how well the country invests their funds and what it seeks to accomplish with the allocated…
There is something to be said about with whom a person goes into business. In the 1980’s, my brother and two friends formed a partnership doing surveying in Colorado. Shortly after getting established, the two friends ousted my brother and took all of the money. There was an IRS audit in which a gain was determined, and my brother was included in the assessment. He quietly paid it, then one day, he received all of his money back; his “friends” paid the assessment not knowing it was paid. We…
The production process is more complex than the fulfillment and procurement processes. The production process includes all the steps necessary to make the finished goods from components that can be from inside or outside sources. The process can include assembling or manufacturing. Assembling is basically collecting components for outside sources to make up your product. On the other spectrum is manufacturing, where the company makes everything from scratch, from beginning to end. There are also…
8. Chair the ASEOU Elections Committee. 9. Chair the Senate Allocations Committee. 10. Serve as a student representative on the University Council. 11. Create Senate Allocation request forms and make those forms available to clubs. 12. Keep orderly records of all information pertinent to elections, appointments of student government officers, and committee members. 13…