Eternal return

I believe that time is money and learning how to manage one’s time goes a long way into bringing about a society in which people are responsible and good time managers, on a macro scale. I believe that the society should incorporate a culture in which children, from a young age are taught to manage their time not just in the learning environment, but in other areas of their lives too outside the school. A person who can properly manage time implies one who can be trusted with responsibilities…

Portals in literature have made it possible to enter many magical or fantastical lands. Indeed, there are many different places in the world of literature that we on solid Earth have been able to explore. Not by ourselves, but accompanied by one or more fictional characters and their adventures shared through the written word. Using the literary works of: “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by Frank Baum, “His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife” by Philip Pullman,…

is that discount rates almost usually change significantly over a period of time, and the IRR method is solely based upon one internal rate of return. Not only that, the basic IRR calculation is completely ineffective when it is evaluating a project with a mixture of multiple positive and negative cash flows. In this case, a single internal rate of return [IRR] cannot possibly be used. IRR is the discount rate that makes a project break even, in the first place. If the market changes its…

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% 9.2% 1.8% 5 Commodities 0% 9.8% 0.0% Portfolio Expected Return 6.4% Portfolio Variance 0.2% Portfolio Standard Deviation 3.9% Portfolio Coefficient of Variation…

The research objectives this research aims to accomplish are: 1. To determine the possible behavioural factors affecting the investment decisions of individual investors in Bursa Malaysia. 2. To determine the impact levels of behavioural factors on investment decisions of individual investors in Bursa Malaysia. To achieve the research objectives, research questions are raised. The analysis is done by answering these research questions: 1. What are the possible behavioural factors affecting the…

“Weekly Activity Summary” Flip chart Markers 10 minutes IV. Benefits of Personal Time Management What are some benefits of personal time management? Record responses on the flip chart. According to Gerard Blair, author of “Personal Time Management for Busy Managers,” personal time management is a tool that can provide you with the following benefits: 1. Eliminate waste. Better evaluate what is needed to do and nice to do. If you have too much on your plate, the nice thing to do might have…

Can Brunei Darussalam economy withstand until the year 2035 or even 2020 with the current economic situation? Every country must have or face problems either social, political or economic issues. Not to mention, Brunei Darussalam also faces these issues. One of the issue that can be seen is economic issues where it can be seen to have effects on the country and also the people. Economic issue is the problem of having limited resources or revenue to satisfy the endless needs of the people and…

The newsvendor problem is a mathematical model which is used to determine the optimal stock under uncertainty. In the following, the newsvendor context under cost minimization will be introduced. Let h be the unit holding cost respectively the unit overage cost (as we regard the pure cost context) and b the unit penalty of not serving demand (or unit backorder cost) respectively the unit underage cost. Then, the target inventory B is equal to the mean demand µ plus safety stock SS. The safety…

Kisan Vikas Patra was relaunched later in 2014, with certain reforms that addressed the loopholes in the earlier version. It is expected to be beneficial for investors as it is a government-backed investment option that offers definite and safe returns.…

Motivation Would you ever do something without getting something in return? If so, will you do it to the best of your capabilities? If you had to run a mile in a minute for $5, wouldn’t you try harder if you were offered $10? People who have experienced a great deal of success are described as ‘driven’. Your drive is what motivates you to do the things you do, and persuade you into taking risks. The thing is, we can not assume a person is only motivated by one thing. We also can’t assume that a…