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Investment Strategy Diversify two stocks per industry to dampen the effects of industry specific crashes, while still maintaining a substantial amount of capital within each industry to benefit from industry specific rises. Our investment strategy would focus solely on capital growth, as such, the three industries of interest would be the Financial, Telecom Services, and Utilities sector as they are currently the top performing sectors with around +60% companies up 0% - 2%. TELECOM SERVICES 1.…

Peter Kropotkin- Mutual Aid Many people have heard the words mutual aid in their life at one time or another. Around the world countries and nations offer each other some form of mutual aid. For example, the United States sent mutual aid in the form of medicine and doctors when the Ebola virus broke out in Arica. Mutual aid consists of two different definitions. Mutual aid in reference to organizational theory means “voluntary trades of resources and service that will benefit each party”…

Introduction and Situational Analysis In today's society, there is a misconception that investing in the international stock market is only for utmost powerful e.g. Billionaires, International, and multi-billion companies. However, its untrue everyday people around the globe are able to participate in this movement and are able to benefit from it finically. Because of the lack of awareness and programs that encourage everyday people to invest in the international stock market has left many…

1791 1. The Whiskey Rebellion After the Revolutionary War, government tried to procure a steady source of revenue through taxing whiskey. In response, the government faced a small-scale revolution by some of its own citizens. Most of the country felt negatively toward taxing in general, much less taxing on whiskey. In 1974, a tax inspectors home was attacked by a group of whiskey rebels. The actions of the rebels turned head and the presence of the Whiskey Rebellion threatened to expand to…

I had a hard time deciding whether I agreed or disagreed with the above quote. On one hand, yes, America has succeeded in establishing a progressive political system and envisioned a new idea of what it means to be free, but on the other hand, I feel as though that the United States has departed from the ideas of freedom, responsible government, and human equality. In the end, I decided that I disagree with the idea of America is much more of a political and moral fact. What started as the…

The United States became a more democratic society after the Civil War through the liberation of African American slaves and development of racial equality and the increase of mobility and empowerment of women. Both of these aspects were previously treated with grave inequalities, and after the Civil War each group steadily gained more power and freedom. A democratic society must include freedoms for all citizens regardless of their origins. The definition of a democratic society is very…

The freedom and openness of media plays a central role in politics and it is often portrayed as a fourth branch of government in democratic systems, such as the United States (Choi, James, 2006). Ideally, the role of the media in a democratic state is to provide a voice for the marginalized in society. Therefore, a failure to ensure press freedom is a democratic failure. This essay will explore the way in which the negative portrayal of African Americans in the media has led to oppressive…

“Government is best which governs least” according to the article “Civil Disobedience,” by Henry David Thoreau. In this article, Thoreau also mentioned that he believes that government is best when it governs not at all. However when a government governs not at all, then there exist chaos and war. But a government that governs least is a government that many people will agree is the best type of government. This type of government allows people absolute freedom. Not freedom per say, but…

biases were even present here, in the state of Washington. After the attacks on Pearl Harbor, many viewed the Japanese- Americans as threats to the country and how they should be treated became a subject of debate in popular magazines at the time. Japanese, suppressed within the United States during WWII, still radiated hope of a bright future for them and their families even while facing many adversities. Prior to WWII Japanese immigrants in Washington state…

The health of society is greatly affected by the power of the government. When that power is too weak, the government cannot do its job, but when it is too strong, the leaders may abuse their power and oppress the citizens. In a perfect world citizens would monitor the actions of their government to prevent abuses of power. However, we all born to be free and every one is equal. As Thomas Paine argues in his “Common sense” that we should have control in government, instead of let them to control…