Investment Article Reviews Samples For Students

Summary

Trading investment is growing at a faster rate and the market structure is changing fundamentally such that business people have indicated presence of low frequency trading opportunities (Maureen, 2014). The chances to purchase are not limited but buyers are few and this has tempted most investors to look for fatter gains. Consequently, this has created the need for implimenting smarter ideas inorder to survive in the market. In fact, by adopting business strategies which are appropriate for the better frequency in business world, investors can get reasonable gains. Otherwise most investments involve some degree of risks like the ...

Realist theory arose by way of reaction to the shortcomings of utopian philosophy and the utopianism underlying the post-World War I peace-building process. What is the realist critique of utopianism in relation to the League of Nations? Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Woodrow Wilson was the most prominent advocate of the utopian approach underlying the post-World War I peace-building process. His concept of international world order was based on two important prerequisites: first, he envisaged a new world order governed by an international framework of “collective security” (Carr, p. 8) between nations which he considered essential for the ...

Gass (2002), in his article ‘The First Linear-Programming Shoppe’, traces the early history of linear programming pertaining to the solution of linear equations, its interrelationship with computing, and its foundation within the federal government. This article focusses mainly on the first linear-programming shoppe, whose research contributions include the successful development, testing and verification of the simplex model. This article is significant given that the results obtained from operational research have greatly revolutionized decision-making, a managerial practice that cuts across all modern entities, including businesses and government operations. However, due to the exceedingly technical nature of its analysis, the article ...

Nafta crown Mexico a super power in production. However, some of the developing economies should not follow suit because some of the policies did not work. For instance the application of free trade, which is referred to as neoliberalism in Mexico needs to be scraped out due to the few tariffs. This will give way to better growth and development strategies for the economy. Compared to the nations that did not follow the same economic directions, Nafta was declared a total economic failure. Jobs in the production sector in Mexico increased in number. The only problem was that the jobs could ...

Morgan, Jana, Rosario Espinal, and Jonathan Hartlyn. 2008. “Gender politics in the Dominican Republic: Advances for women, ambivalence from men.” Politics & Gender 4 (January): 35-63.
Article by Morgan and Hartlyn analyzes the political participation of women in the Dominican Republic between1994-2004 and explains the gender gap. Authors presented two concepts such as traditional and modern gender gap. Four national public surveys of 1994, 1997, 2001, and 2004 were used as the main source of data. Authors analyzed the gender gap by surveying the public opinion on interest in politics, civic engagement and whether the women are supported ...

Article Review on Financial Econometrics

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Article Review on Financial Econometrics
For the article review assignment, I have chosen the article ‘Inflation and Real Stock Returns Revisited’ by Shu-Chin Lin, published in the refereed journal Economic Inquiry in 2009. The article addresses the topic of relationship between real stock returns and inflation, aiming to obtain the empirical evidence of the effect of different dimensions of inflation (including anticipated inflation, unexpected inflation, and inflation uncertainty) on the real stock returns.
The motivation for the study arises from the inconsistencies between the generalized Fisher hypothesis and the empirical findings of the previous ...

Introduction

Financial markets are subject to market factors including those that affect demand and supply for money. In that respect, this discussion refers to an article on US debt crisis to demonstrate the effect of such factors by analyzing the effect of US debt ceiling crisis that include foreign financial institutions hoarding funds and their refusal to accept US treasuries as collateral.

Body

- Financial market’s debt ceiling impact on interest rate and private investments without an agreement that US was no longer able to borrow.
With a debt ceiling but lack of an agreement that the US government could ...

ARTICLE REVIEW

This article deals with an important topic in finance. The article is related to increase in earnings for Australian companies and how this affects the sentiments of investors ,which in turn affect the value of the stock index. The major finding of this article is that ASX 200 index , that is an index made up of the 200 of the biggest companies in Australia by market capitalization has increased in value.
The major sectors which have experienced increased in earnings are the resource sector and the banking sector. Specifically amongst the resource sector Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, ...

Introduction

The case is about the development issues related with the new real estate project named Downtown. It was not having very good reputation among the citizens nearby the construction site, which was the reason behind the worry of top management of the Downtown Dayton Partnership firm. Now company was seeking a plan to take an action on to it. The company had an strategy to make the property more user friendly by eliminating the problems existed in the project. Now the top management of the Partnership firm wanted to have a vision for the downtown project to make it more suitable ...

Jaarat (15) says that human resource is a vital entity in every business entity since it controls and directs other resources. The accounting department recognizes the human resource as an important asset in stating the financial position. Whenever there is, a lack of measurement in the use of the financial resource, the human resource in the company is accountable. According to Jaarat (15), a model for measuring and recognizing human resource in the statement of financial position can better the organization.
Jaarat (16) confirms that human resource is the most expensive resource in every business entity. This resource applies directly through ...

The article by Ameriprise financial institute states that the goal of any investor is to minimize losses and maximize profits. It further states that investment and business management involves various risks that may occur from time to time. However, the article does not mention the types of risks that may occur in the course of business. Furthermore, it states that individuals should save enough income for their retirement benefits, mortgages and funds to cater for their health at old age. Ominously, it fails to elucidate health insurance that is known to be the most important constituent of the business ...

Synopsis

Features, facts and highlights
The first issue the author emphasizes on is the connection between poverty and inequality. Adam Smith was of the view that poverty cannot be divorced from inequality. The author suggests that this could be the missing link in formulating policies that effectively eradicate poverty. The author also mentions the idea of ‘prodigals and projectors’ who Jeremy Bentham dismissed as innovators. Adam Smith warned that since these people are often left to their own devices, they could disrupt market operations. The author avers that such persons could have led to the global financial crisis.
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“Walmart Warns about Holiday Earnings’

This article discusses the issue of decreased earnings from major retailers like Walmart and Target. The author examines holiday earnings and finds that they are a bit up from last year but not enough to combat the loss over the last three months. Retailers blame the cut back on food stamps and the unusually cold winter for causing economic distress upon their main customer base. The government’s cut back on government programs, while seen as a cause of distress for retailers, is considered essential to managing the government’s own economic problems. While I can see both sides of the ...

Rewards and Risks in Stock Markets

The study involves insights into returns provided as well as a summary of South Asia’s stock exchange risk behavior. The article aims at establishing whether there has been a significant difference on the risk and returns associated with the stock market over time. The study finally attempts to make a suggestion regarding the stock market that provides profitable avenue among the SAARC nations. The study also makes use of descriptive statistics such as average annual return, mean percent return, standard deviation, maximum and minimum return, skewness, Jarque Bera statistic and Kurtosis for the six series stock exchanges, namely: Dhaka Stock Exchange ( ...

White collar crimes are financially motivated and non-violent crimes majorly committed by people of high social status. The term “white collar crime” was coined in 1939 by Edwin Sutherland in his speech to the American Sociological Society.White collar crimes are difficult to detect and prosecute. Perpetrators employ highly sophisticated methods to commit crimes and hide the heinous activities through a chain of complex financial transactions. Punishment for these crimes involve: incarceration, restitution, community service, probation, criminal forfeiture, fines or disgorgement.

Bernie Madoff's $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme-Forbes Magazine

This prominent investor was involved in a Ponzi investment scam with the Madoff’s Hedge Fund. A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent ...

A survey on America’s best companies in the book In Search for Excellence identified the best managed and also the “unexcellent” companies. The survey came up with two results that were striking. One, there was evident reversion in the mean whereby the growth and lucrativeness of the best companies did slow down after long time periods. Secondly, the “unexcellent” companies outperformed the S&P 500 by over 12%. In the 1988- 1992 period, there was a domination by reversion in the price/ earnings and price to book ratios (Clayman, 1994). Large capitalization stocks vividly outdid the smaller capitalization stocks. There ...

Most management experts profess the efficacy of decision making in groups as compared to individuals. This review, however, would focus on certain Group Decision making concepts in the article by Jason Zweig by analyzing the positives and negatives of group decision making and applying these concepts to illustrations in the article.
This paper will begin by highlighting the positive aspects of decision making in a group. The most obvious aspects of group based decision making include a greater combined pool of knowledge, different perspectives that people within the group bring to the table, greater understanding of the rationale behind decisions, ...

Market condition is one of the driving variables proposed by Savitch and Kantor (2002). The driving variables offer cities and city leaders leverage when negotiating with businesses for development. Market condition variable is determined by the resources, jobs, and investment initiatives in the city. According to Savitch and Kantor (2002), favourable market conditions are determined by high investment, growing employment, successful economic conversion, sunk investments, high office rents and low vacancy rate, economic diversity, and well established market niches (Savitch & Kantor, 2002). In Baltimore City, market condition variable is advanced by different initiatives and programs initiated by the City ...

Article Review

The idea of art history represents a historical framework that is based in the inherent identity of the culture from which it is being expressed. In this way, there are numerous ways of characterizing the ways in which these various cultures can express themselves. By establishing a coherent representation of the historical importance of art in politics and culture, the establishment of this perspective is ultimately refocused into the framework from which it emerges.
In the essay “Whither Art History In a Globalizing World” by Parul Dave Mukherji discusses the subject of art history, its definition, and its place and importance ...

Jeremy Bentham’s Writings

Jeremy Bentham is most famously known for his writings on utilitarianism theory, although he was also a jurist and a social reformer. This essay will review Bentham’s article ‘The Psychology of Economic Man.’
The article by Bentham deals with the psychological aspects of man in relation to economic wants. He starts off with the foundational premise of his article by stating that one’s primary aim is happiness and for attaining this aim one would do any that that would satisfy this tendency of self-preference. He argues that others cannot look after one’s happiness and that one has ...

Expected stock return reefers to the amount expected to be received on an investment such as stock, which has diverse known rated of return. For instance, in a stock, which had 20% probability of producing 5% profit and a 20% probability of producing 2% loss, the expected return would be 0.1% (0.2* 0.05+0.2-0.02). This essay seeks to examine the two measureable variables, which are used to capture the cross sectional variation in average stock returns attributed with the market β, size, earning price, leverage and book-to market equity. The variables include are size and book to market equity.
As a point ...

The “Equity premium,” written by Eugene F. Fama and R. French (2002) describes how to estimate equality premium using both dividend and the growth rate of earning to predict the rates of expected capital gain. The equality premium is important in making decisions on portfolio allocation and in estimation of capital gain. The expected market return is estimated using the returns on portfolio of stocks. To estimate the stock return, the dividend and earnings are used along with other evidence to determine if the expected return is higher than the realized average. In this case, the average stock return ...

My impression is that the effort of USA towards the protection of the environment is not a bad thing, but it should be carried out in moderation. There are many people who accuse the environmental regulations for negatively impacting on the US economy. These people assume that efforts to protect the environment incur large costs. These costs need to be well defined so that people may stop making assumptions, and dismissing the idea of protecting the environment.
The money spent in protecting the environment is worth if the benefits outweighs the costs. Protection of the environment is a good investment ...

- There are quite a number of issues that need to be understood before implementing Business Sufficiency, Business Spheres and Decision Cockpits. First of all, implementing these systems would require a lot of investment. Since, the company is planning to implement these systems at the organization; it will require massive investment in terms of software, hardware, and overall system implementation. The second investment for organization will be in terms of human capital investment. All the personnel who are expected to use these systems will have to get training on how to use these systems. Later, they will have to be imparted ...

Lamborghini has toyed over the four-door concept car, the Lamborghini Estoque, since 2008. The first sedan sports car concept was unveiled in 2008 at the Paris auto show. This announcement raised interest among Lamborghini fans, but hopes of producing the four-door sedan has remained by the wayside. Since the late 1980s, Lamborghini has maintained the convertible corral and coupe formats. Increased consumer interest in the Aston Martin Rapid and Porsche Panamera sedans raised interest from Lamborghini company executives to venture into the sedan market. Unlike Gallardo, Murcielago, or Aventador two-seat supercars, the four-door Lamborghini was expected to have its ...

Article summary The article by Roberts Michael and John Davis emphasizes the importance of entrepreneurship in the management of family businesses. Roberts and John argues that for family businesses to grow and become successful, the families must embrace entrepreneurship. They support their argument by stating that it is entrepreneurs and not managers who identify opportunities, generate ideas and drive the implementation of new business lines. As a result, business grows, diversify and build assets. The article provides two main reasons why families should encourage entrepreneurship in the family business in order to stay in business. According to Roberts and John, ...

Every business operates with contracts. In an outsourcing, the contract is the most critical arrangement between the outsourced vendor and the client. Thus, creating contracts require very much thinking and planning before being signed. Contracts should have provisions such as conditions for termination to give the company some leverage and to make sure that service providers live up to its commitments. White (2006) states that contract termination provisions should be such that both the client and the vendor can get out of it without having too much burden. Moreover, he discusses other provisions and clauses a contract must contain in ...

Executive Summary

Company A and company B have very similar as well as very different financial statements. Both the companies are showing positive sales growth. While company A seems to be growing at a very high pace, company B is growing at a steady but slow pace. However, even upon growing at a higher pace company A’s profit has declined due to not being able to manage the input cost for production appropriately (cost of goods sold). On the other hand company B is also feeling the impact of the increasing input cost but it has managed it better than Company A and ...

The study of multiparty negotiations in the field of organizational research played an important role in the context of sustainable organizational development. The research present numerous guidelines to be adopted as a principle and support the effective negotiations over the principles of win win bargaining. The purpose behind is to attain the mutual gain of the organization rather than exclusive benefits of negotiators. On the contrary, inability to do the same may end into destructive impact on the organization faced by mismanagement of continuous issues. The article presented in the journal of the European Journal of operational research indicates the ...

In the stock market, calendar anomalies involving day of the week, weekend and January effects have gained considerable significance and interest among investors. Recently, studies have been conducted in an attempt to examine the association and effect that the day of the week phenomenon has on large equity bourses like London stock exchange. Essentially, evidence reveals that low stock returns have been obtained during the first day of the week as opposed to the rest of the days. In fact, the application of efficient market theory has different impacts on the returns in the stock market because it has ...

Situations that might lead to unethical practices and behavior in accounting

Opportunity is one aspect that may lead to unethical practice in accounting. Accountants normally encounter or are involved in transactions that have large sums of money changing hands. As such, the constant access to this money may provide the best opportunity for an individual to start siphoning small amounts of money, which cannot be easily recognized since the transactions deal with huge amounts of money. For instance, in transactions that involve billions, an accountant may decide to be siphoning as little as 100 dollars. Increasing financial needs make people to seek opportunities that may lead to unethical practices.
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Introduction

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) registered significant economic growth for past few years. This economic growth made UAE an attractive destination for investment. UAE comprises several Emirates and all contributes towards economic growth in different ways. Sheikh Zayed, first president of UAE planned the economic growth of UAE. Revenue, generated by exportation of oil, diverted into various sectors such as education, infrastructure and healthcare. Oil and gas reserves of Emirates are at seventh position in the world which makes UAE one of most advanced economies with highest per capita GDP (Gross Domestic Product). High capital inflow into commerce makes ...

Draft 1

The general structure of the draft is impressive. The information provided in the essay is quite informative. The writer does use the in-text citations to support the assertions. As such, although the writer expresses opinions in some parts, the same are well-informed and supported by the citations. Further, the fact that the text is in the narrative form makes it captivating as the reader becomes more interested in the unfolding story and the eventual conclusion.
The writer uses complex words and phrases thus making the reader struggle to understand some of the phrases. The use of complex words ...

There are many foreigners who own property in the US. The current property law in the US does not tax foreigners who acquire property in the US. However, foreign investors are expected to fill in survey documents that are filled by all foreign investors. The information that is provided in the survey depends on the aggregate property that an individual owns in the US real property market.
Taxation on source income is determined by the nature of the income, al income that is received from the owners of real property is considered to be income to the US, ...

Charles E. Lindblom, The Science Of “Muddling Through, 1959

THESIS: In the view of Charles E. Lindblom, limited policy analysis is used by the executive bureaucracy of U.S. The department uses rational approach to formulate the public policy. He also emphasize that the decision making process takes a long time to draw the conclusion. The decision making process includes three steps i.e. is addressing the policy issue, identifying and analyzing the alternatives, and implementation of the selected alternative. In the view of Charles E. Lindblom the enhancements and adjustments is the solution for speeding up the decision-making process for public administration policy.
A decision is considered as ‘correct’, ‘ ...

Context Analysis

"No, sir," he went on, "nothing nearly so fine. I am very fond of music, and as my business brought me in this direction, I thought I would stop at your city and take the opportunity of paying a visit to your grand cathedral. And I am delighted I came; so pleased, indeed, that I should like to leave some memorial of my visit behind me. I should like, sir, to do something for your choir."
The above passage depicts various tonal variations, which is seen by the reply the student gave to the fellow. It showed a sense of ...

Musical Lyrics

The title of the song is Walk Away and the man behind the song is a British singer Michele Monro known as Matt Monro. As an artist, Monro has a romantic voice, capable ofsensitively caressing the ballads, and he provides pleasant vocal interpretations of pop and Hollywood standards. The artist writes the song for reasons such as being happy and being sad. The title itself reflects a negative meaning but as you listen to the entire lyrics of the song it conveys positive emotions. It is full of love, compassion, and great concern. He sings from the heart and soul.
The ...

Introduction

As a teacher, it is essential to talk to students on issues related to plagiarism and how to avoid it. Therefore, prior to a writing assignment, I would first let my students know the exact meaning plagiarism. This is because studies show that some students lack a clear comprehension of plagiarism. , assert that teachers should let students understand the difference between cheating and collaborating. Secondly, I would set rules that have to be adhered to in order to avoid plagiarism. Anyone who breaks any rule would have to face dire consequences such as suspension or even expulsion. By so doing, I believe ...

Article 1: Marketing to Teenagers: The influence of Color, Ethnicity and Gender

Summary
The teenage market is an important customer segment in the US as well as global market. Teenagers usually don't have any financial responsibility on their shoulder and that gives them a significant buying power. Most of the teenagers spend their money on clothes, jewelry, food, entertainment and beauty products. Teenagers are usually more tech savvy than the previous generations and spend a considerable amount of time on the internet, video games, phones, television and social networking sites. They accrue money for spending by getting paid for jobs and receiving allowances and monetary gifts. Brand loyalty is very important for ...

Introduction

Threats occurring on organization’s assets are experienced daily due to change and improvement of technologies that are developed frequently. This paper will review an article on Building and Implementing a Successful Information Security Policy written by Danchev. The article was written to IT administrators to help them have understanding of how security policies should be implemented the document to be reviewed had the main aim of acting as a guide for the reader in matters of security, and also to give some benchmarks on how to implement security policies. The article has several aspects on information security such as assets ...

Evidence showing that RBA is justified in considering an interest rate fall

At the beginning of the month of May, the Australian cash rate was said to be at 2.75%. This statistic was achieved shortly after the May’s bank rates were cut by the Reserve bank of Australia. This marked the lowest cut level achieved in the last 53 fiscal years in this country. The RBA’s board should consider cutting the cash rate because of the prevailing economic conditions in Australia today. The country’s financial markets are currently trading at a 14% chance of suffering a 25 basis points reduction; this sentiment was echoed by Credit Suisse while advocating for ...

Introduction

In this article titled “Five Expected Outcomes from Global Business Cultural Analysis on Argentina’’, the author presents a series of expected outcomes from an analytical process of global business culture in Argentina that he conducted when he was back in school. The author states that this was particularly a very demanding project but that by the end of the paper, he was able a lot about Argentina and globalization.
The first thing that article explores is how countries such as Argentina that are already in possession of vast natural resources can leverage some of those resources to encourage business growth and ...

Article Review: Japan’s Growth Strategy is All Wrong

Abstract
The article Japan’s growth strategy is all wrong is about the policies implemented by the Japan government led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that is viewed to jeopardise the country’s low interest rate environment that is conducive for spending and investment. The purpose of the student in writing this paper is to present the economic problem faced by Japan as an implication of the policies executed by the government, applying the concepts and principles that I have learned in my Economics.
The article entitled Japan’s growth strategy is all wrong is about the ...

“Discussing Kenya’s business environment and the upcoming elections,” is an article by Mulupi Dinfin looking into the political environment of Kenya at general elections. In the article, Mulupi holds a discussion with Richard Kiplagat, a director at Consultancy Africa Practice East Africa, regarding what should be expected from the elections and its impact on business. According to Mulupi, Kiplagat forecasts that Kenya will not experience another political violence following another violence that occurred after the previous elections in 2007 (1). Kiplagat further explains his argument pointing out that there is no single political party that wishes to be associated with ...

Overview

The success of any business organizations largely depends on the quality and leadership style employed by managers. Ideally, this paper presents a critical review and analysis of the leadership styles applied by Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg in managing Apple Inc and Facebook respectively. The analysis is based on answering two critical questions.

Question 1

According to a critical examination of the two 60-minutes interview with the two CEOs, it is precise that there is a significant different between the leadership styles applied by Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. Steve‘s leadership style is regarded as relatively complex. For instance, Steve is seen as a ...

Article 1

Business strategies can be of many natures including mergers and acquisition. Acquisitions assist in attaining total control of the market and cost of production which is the main objective of Delta Air Lines. The management decided to acquire the Trainer refinery located in Philadelphia. This would cost the company about $ 150 million as initial cost and $ 100 million to make an overhaul of the refinery thus increasing the fuel extracted. This cost would be incomparable to the benefit acquired, which would be reduced cost of the fuel prices spent by the company. The escalating cost of fuel has driven ...

Business

It is ethically wrong for the LPS Company to employ improper fee structure which results to double-billing the mortgage investors for legal services which is related to the processing of the foreclosures and the bankruptcies. Timaraos (2013). this is actually ethically wrong.
The company’s ethical duty could have been to provide the right information to the clients rather than exploiting them on the basis of providing them with the improper fee structure which resulted to double-billing their mortgage for legal services which is related to the processing of the foreclosures and the bankruptcies. I therefore propose that ...

Summary

In the article M&A Needn’t be a Loser’s Game, which was published in the June, 2003 issue of the Harvard Business Review, the authors Larry Selden and Geoffrey Colvin (2003) described the results of their study where they identified some of the reasons behind the failure of most mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Based on their findings, they also provided recommendations on how to ensure the success of these endeavors.
Selden and Colvin (2003) cited that 70 to 80 percent of acquisitions failed, which meant that these acquisitions failed to create wealth for the acquiring company’s shareholders. ...

The privately held parent company of Nicolet National Bank, Nicolet Bankshares Inc., has announced that it will acquire the publicly traded Mid-Wisconsin Financial Services, the parent company of Mid-Wisconsin Bank. This merger will extend Nicolet’s control over Northern Wisconsin with a more diversified loan portfolio and will create the sixth-largest holding company headquartered in Wisconsin.
Mike Daniels, the president of Nicolet National Bank, revealed that Nicolet needed to grow to overcome the approaching regulatory burdens from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The acquisition of smaller community banks is one of several ways they can ...

Advertising as an intangible asset

The article Advertising as an Intangible Asset and the Value of a Multinational Corporation by Anse Balas and Halil Kaya is an investigation of if investors identify advertizing as an important intangible asset. The article set to expound on the effect of advertizing account change announcements and new account announcement on share holders’ wealth.
This article is mainly directed to the management of Multi National Corporation. It is especially targeting the advertizing departments of these Multi National Corporations. The managements of Multi National Corporations are responsible in ensuring that the value of stocks in the market remains stable to ...

I agree with by Paul Krugman that inflation is till considerably low. Therefore, Fed should worry more about unemployment than inflation. The level of inflation is relatively low than 2% therefore, Fed should concentrate on reducing unemployment. The economy is currently recovering and the aggregate demand is also increasing so Fed should continue to apply expansionary economic policies to help the economy to fully recover. This should be the way to go despite Phillips curve argument that unemployment decreases then inflation increases because little increase in inflation may be less harmful if it creates more employment opportunities by encouraging ...

The orange county, a municipality in United States was declared bankrupt on 6th December 1994 after loosing about $1.6 billions due to risky investment strategies i.e. over leveraging purchases of structured notes and fixed income securities.

Robert Citron who was the county treasure gambled with $7.5 billion public pool with a strategy of borrowing short to go long. Being a star performer he wanted to raise higher income without increasing the taxes, as he believed that medium term investments had higher returns than short term investments. Citron entered into reverse repurchase agreement where he used the pool’s securities as collateral to ...

In this context, we shall look into the Roman Empire with primary source analysis book, ‘As the Roman did’, which is a great source book in Roman history. Other secondary sources are included in the bibliographies. Using these sources we shall mainly explore the origin of the Roman Empire, its territories and government, the lifestyle of its people, their skills and their trade investments.

Roman Empire was an ancient civilization of post-republican period, which was founded in 753 BC. It had an autocratic government that covered large territories around Northern Africa, the Mediterranean sea Islands, large areas of Western Asia ...

The financial market is ever changing and this requires all the individuals involved in the market to adapt to these changes. With the recent financial crisis, many rules and regulations have been put in place to regulate various financial sectors. The article “compliance update in plain English” evaluates the laws that have been put in place to control the investment advisors in the United States (Christina, 2012). The article then concludes by giving suggestions on what the investment advisors should do to ensure that they comply with the laws before the deadline is attained.
The article analyzes the ...

Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 is a law that was enacted in United States to set standards for all public companies, management and all accounting firms. It brought many changes to the regulation of corporate governance and financial practice in public companies. The act was named after senator Paul Sarbanes and Representative Michael Oxley who drafted the bill. The Act contains eleven sections. The act is applicable to all public companies in United States as well as multinational companies with registered securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The main aim of SOX was to improve accuracy and reliability ...

Discuss the risks associated with global investing.

There are various risks associated with global investing. First is the sovereign risk which involves the central bank making changes on its foreign exchange regulations. Failure to pay government debts is also a sovereign risk that may prevent a country from investing globally since it becomes difficult for the country to borrow funds to support its investments. In addition, is the interest rate risk which comes as a result of global investment. Interest rate risk involves the increase of interest rates by banks which in many cases come up during recession period. Central bank increases these rates as a strategy to control inflation ...

This article describes a study in which intrinsic motivation in students in regards to reading comprehension is studied. The study tested the idea that through presenting the students with situational interest, they would be able to create intrinsic motivation in the students, and therefore this would increase the students reading comprehension. For example, a student would do a simple lab experiment about chemical reactions and interest would be generated on this topic. The student would then read about the same types of chemical reactions. This student would then be able to form connections between the situation and the reading, and would gain ...

Many financial experts believe that international portfolio diversification substantially reduces the risk of an individual’s investment. Burhan Yavas gave this issue a critical look in his research entitled “Benefits of International Portfolio Diversification”. Yavas showed that foreign investment is a viable means to spreading the risk of investment. Although foreign investment is advantageous for diversification, investors should investigate underlying aspects that determine the success of international portfolio diversification.

The research carried out by Yavas rightly concludes that investors should consider foreign investment as a feasible means to diversifying their assets because foreign equities offer decent returns. Therefore, it is crucial for ...

The article Fun with Numbers: Disclosing Risk to Individual Investors by Cristian Weller discusses the topic of investors’ awareness of the risks associated with various investment opportunities and the challenges related to quantifying those risks. The author claims that information is key to making better investment decisions that is why it is important for the governments and financial institutions to provide more relevant, accessible and concise information. Unfortunately, in the majority of cases it is impossible to achieve all the three characteristics of information quality, therefore the decisions made based on imprecise information can be inferior to those made ...

In many instances in our lives, we come across conflicts with those around us. This usually results in sore relations in which we suffer emotionally, mentally or even physically. In an event of a conflict, each one of us has a personalized way of responding to the conflict. The way of responding to this situation may be referred to as personal conflict style. This style can be defined as personal response to conflict solution usually resulting in conflict resolution. So as to fully understand the styles, we shall consider the dual-concern model which has five conflict styles.

This model employs two ...