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Report on internship as a commodity trading advisor

Introduction
In my term as a commodity trading advisor, I have come to the realization that the position involves managing other people’s money and thus each client should be treated as a new business venture. For every client, a commodity trading advisor should ideally write a comprehensive business plan for that client. A business plan for each client serves the important purpose of identifying the strengths and weaknesses that may be present to a given situation, and it serves as an important point of mitigation against potential losses that may arise as a result of weaknesses that are not dealt with on time.
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Introduction

There are several international alliances and organizations that countries may opt to be a member of. One of which is the ASEAN or Association of South East Asian Nations. The objective of this paper is to cover and discuss different key topics about the ASEAN and its member countries.
How does it operate as an international organization recognized by different countries? How do its member countries interact? What ties these countries together? Do the member countries actively participate in the discussions, forums, meetings and different projects and agenda of the organization? These are some of the questions that will ...

Introduction

The electricity industry is facing numerous challenges today including environmental pollution, increased demand, and aging infrastructure. Environmental issues are the primary concern of the power generation industry and have necessitated the inclusion of renewable energy sources in the generation of electricity. Renewable portfolio standard has set forth new requirements in the industry obligating electricity generation companies to generate a certain percentage of generated electricity to come from renewable sources. However, rapid integration of new energy sources on the old transmission and distribution infrastructure will cause quality, security and reliability challenges on the electric power supply. The good thing is ...

1.0 Introduction
Food safety refers to the science of handling, processing, storing and transporting food in such a manner to minimize chemical and pathogen contamination. The essence of this discipline is to protect man from food related health hazards. Food can be a culture for growth of pathogens and can very easily absorb and carry harmful chemicals used in production and processing. Thus, food has the ability to transmit disease causing microorganisms as well as hazardous chemicals. In addition to this continued use of genetically modified foods poses a health risk to the future generation and genetically degrades the environment. Despite ...

Introduction

The Toronto Stock Exchange provides a platform where companies’ stocks and other securities are traded. Listing of companies in the Canadian stock exchange makes it possible for the different stakeholders, that is, the shareholders, creditors, the government, competitors and the general public among others, to monitor performance of companies that are of interest to them. The Toronto stock exchange provides valuable information to both existing and potential investors enabling them to speculate and predict future market trends. Through this information investors are able to know which companies are best to invest in based on the expected returns.

The efficient market hypothesis

The widely known ...

Introduction

The Great Depression is the most economically debilitating event that has struck the United States (US). It resulted to the downfall of commercial activities, loss of employment and widespread poverty that has greatly affected much of the US populace. There is an understanding that the Great Depression has its roots on various causes, yet the most compelling reason lies on the implementation of the Smoot-Hawley Act.
The Smoot-Hawley Act involved the use of higher tariff rates on various imports, most notably those that are from China. Implemented in 1930, the Smoot-Hawley Act imposed ...

Definition of Binary Options

An option is a derivative contract where an investor possesses rights to purchase and sell assets such as commodities, foreign currencies, and common shares etc . There are two types of options like traditional, regular or vanilla options as well as binary or digital options. The market dynamics and mechanics for options contracts are same in every economy. The only difference relies in the manner in which options trading is regulated in each country.
In derivatives, binary option represents a trading form where traders or investors predict movement in the prices of underlying assets, commodities and securities etc. The word “ ...

Introduction

The exchange rate has become an integral component of modern economics. Its role stems from its far-reaching effects on the economy of a country, investments, the profitability of firms, and personal finances. Countries have become even more interdependent due to the rapid advancement in communication technologies and the expansion of global trade, which have significantly reduced the geographical distance between both individuals and countries. However, since nations use a broad range of domestic currencies with different values, trading partners must, therefore, rely on currency conversion methods to facilitate global transactions. This paper explores the importance of exchange rate and ...

Introduction

The Canadian labor market is abundant with skilled and qualified workers, and hence, the country’s labor market is becoming increasingly competitive. In this context, it is necessary for the government to ensure that all these candidates are employed and getting paid fairly. However, it is identified that Canada’s unemployment rate soared high during the recent recession and it has not yet recovered completely. Since Canada is a well-developed country, it is particularly important for the Canadian federal government to analyze the short-term as well as long-term costs of high unemployment rate to the country’s economy. This ...

This paper will cover oil price dynamics for the period starting from 2005 until the present moment of time. Exact price dynamics will be considered as well as a variety of factors influencing the oil price through the above mentioned period of time. The chart showing the dynamics of crude oil barrel price since 2001 is presented in fig. 1.
Figure 1. Dynamics of crude oil price per barrel for the period between January 1, 2001 and April 19, 2016 (Trading Economics, 2016).
Before the period, which is the subject of this paper, the oil price had been nearly ...

Investment Summary

Being an avid stock market enthusiast, I knew that stock trading can be cherishingly profitable and can also be painfully unprofitable. Therefore, being a short-term trader, I was aware about the risk-return pool I am going to swim in. However, I ensured that none of my trades should be influenced by mere market rumors, and any long-short trade should be backed by a valid market information.
As for the reasons of selection of the stocks in my portfolio, as I disclosed in the preceding section, each of the stock in my portfolio was backed by either strong fundamentals or ...

After the Great Wars that shook the status quo in the 1900s up to the late 90s, many believed that peace would no longer be threatened by worldwide conflict. However, this relief had been shattered when a group had decided to attack several key installations of the world’s only superpower on September 11, 2001, returning the fear that was once felt in the time of the Great Wars. With a group known as Al Qaeda taking responsibility over the crime, the US and its allies have declared “The War on Terror” against groups such as Al Qaeda across the globe. ...

Introduction

Revenue recognition is an accounting principle which stipulates the exact time on which revenues from an activity can be recognized in the financial statements of a company. According to this principle, the appropriate time for revenue recognition is when the service has been rendered, as opposed to when the revenue is collected from the client. Explained in practical terms, Trackon ltd, company that sells consumer goods and commits to a transaction in the last month of an accounting year, whereas the revenues are collected in the next accounting period, in the books of account Trackon ltd will record the income in ...

Introduction

Our environment of late has become a scarce resource. Economics being a discipline concerned about effective utilisation and distribution of scarce resources is therefore vital when addressing environmental problems. When formulating environmental policy, economics comes into play with the aim of balancing the costs and benefits of the environmental measures. In this essay, I will discuss air pollution as an environmental problem and the economics involved in addressing it.

Air pollution and Trends in the last 20 years

According to EPA there are six major pollutants that determine air quality. They include: lead, carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NOx), sulphur dioxide (SOx), particulate matter, and ozone.

Figure 1: Percentage of Primary Air Pollutants

Since measures of controlling ...

Introduction

Failure to regulate the derivatives market during President Bill Clinton’s and President Bush eras contributed to the economic crisis that hit the U.S in the year 2008. “The Warning” is a documentary that was aired on PBS Frontline in 2009.In the documentary, a former Chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Mr. Brooksley Born talks of her attempts to control the derivatives market while she was at the helm of the CFTC. She says that these attempts failed and legislation was passed to prevent her and the CFTC from regulating the derivatives markets. The passing of this ...

A RELIC OF THE PAST

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More than two thousand years ago, Chinese emperors began constructing massive walls of defense to protect their northern frontiers. Nowadays, the remains of these ancient ramparts and towers still scar China’s borderlands. Hundreds of thousands of men both young and old performed Corvée labor in order to pay their taxes to the emperor. They pounded this gigantic, winding edifice out of the Earth’s soil. Finally in the 16th century, the Chinese people built greater fortifications that ran across the steppe borders. A stone colossus that became the national emblem of China; the Great Wall. ...

Abstract

Culture and personality are two ideologies that compliment and supplement each other. So several times, society has never failed to use culture in the process of convincing and influencing people to believe in the same beliefs as it have. This paper sought to justify the effect of each towards one another and to establish that several of these effects can be geared towards the positive or the negative side.
Keywords:Culture, personality, globalization

Consumer: Culprit to the Disintegration of Culture

The image the public have about a particular gender is dictated by the society. In other words, in a male-dominated culture male will always have the upper-hand and ...

Abstract

A vast contraction in world trade and the global economic environment leads to the financial crisis experienced today as countries fight for market share in the international trade. Most governments face pressure from their neighbors to create wealth and jobs creating a complex system governing commerce between states. The above situation creates desperate times that lead into desperate protectionist measures (Wyk 1). China fears protectionism having experienced the biggest ever financial crisis in 2009, and struggled over years to build its economy to its current position. China recorded 8% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2009, a situation attributed to falling ...

TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (TTEC)

TeleTech Holdings is a technology services company whose main business is the provision of telephony services to businesses. The company operates call centers and BPO centers through which it connects customers to their companies. Through the provision of the telephony services, it creates a lasting customer experience, which in turn results in growing revenues and profitability of the companies that it represents. The various industries that it serves include the automotive industry, financial services, healthcare, government agencies, e-commerce entities, and the hospitality industry among others (TeleTech Holdings, 2017).
In light of the above brief on TeleTech Holdings, the objective ...

Generally agriculture is the backbone of our country’s economy. The economy almost solely depends on our agricultural products which earns us a considerable income after exportation. Our major export earner in the agricultural sector is cotton. Cotton farming is practiced largely across the country and the country’s economy is majorly supported by the growth of this cash crop. It is, therefore, ideal that we proceed with caution and discretion when dealing with matters that relate to the production and sale of our cotton lest we end up destroying our own economy. We have to critically examine and clearly ...

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Virtual Currency

Introduction 3

Types Of Virtual Currency 4
Evolution of Virtual Currency 6
Crypto-Currency 7
BitCoin 7
Virtual Currency Ecosystem 11
Virtual Currency Exchange 11
Administrator 11
User 11
Miner 12
Virtual currency wallet 12
Benefits of Virtual Currency 13
Global cash transfer 13
Cost Saving 14
Universal Currency 14
Conclusions 14

Bibliography 16

Introduction
Virtual and digital currency are often confused and used interchangeably, when in reality virtual currency is a specialized kind of digital currency but not all ...

Kohl’s International Expansion

Before any company or organization proceed with plans to expand internationally, the management needs to assess the viability of doing so. Part of assessment is determining the advantages and potential contributions of international expansion to the organization (Hines & Bruce, 2007). The organization may also assess and plan expansion simultaneously. In this way, the management can determine where the organization will invest for foreign expansion and how the organization would do it. Practices in planning and assessment will be applied in this discussion in relation to Kohl’s. Kohl’s is a retail chain store based in the United States and ...

Both world wars I and II had huge impact on America both economy and political issues majority of which was negative as one would expect from any given wart in the world. In the year 1914 when world war I broke out America had no interest in joining the war, and the president by then Woodrow Wilson pleaded that his country would remain neutral, a decision that was well taken by majority of America citizens as well as the rest of the government officials. However this could not last for long since later in the year 1917 America decided to ...

The Punic Wars

In early world history, the Romans has been considered one of the most influential and powerful civilizations as they have revolutionized as to how society is organized and led. Like other civilizations, the Romans attempted to expand its territory outside its territories in order to sustain its people and also defeat possible threats that can challenge their ruling. One of the regions Rome had tried to conquer is the Mediterranean, which included the city of Carthage. Although both had respected their claims within the region, it was an inevitable occurrence that both would meet each other in the battlefield ...

Background

Amazon is the largest online trading company based in the US, a creation of its CEO Jeff Benzos in 1994 during the internet boom. It sells retail goods e.g. jewelry, consumer electronics e.g. e-books and digital content which include e-books, videos and mobile applications. With a market share of over 60 million customers, Amazon is the largest online retailer. Amazon has been most popularly known for its online bookstore where published materials are transacted.
Amazon has about 88,400 employees employed and working in care centers, offices and warehouses all over the world. Acquiring $61 billion in sales revenue and $ ...

The Punic Wars

In early world history, the Romans has been considered one of the most influential and powerful civilizations as they have revolutionized as to how society is organized and led. Like other civilizations, the Romans attempted to expand its territory outside its territories in order to sustain its people and also defeat possible threats that can challenge their ruling. One of the regions Rome had tried to conquer is the Mediterranean, which included the city of Carthage. Although both had respected their claims within the region, it was an inevitable occurrence that both would meet each other in the battlefield ...

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Imperialism is a subject which draws very strong opinions and emotions from historians and it offers a lot of scope for arguments and discussions. Today’s generation view imperialism to be inhumane and an arrogant activity undertaken by a strong nation to exploit the people and resources of a weaker nation. This is mostly true because the conquering European powers did utilize the mining and agricultural potentials of the African and Asian nations, to benefit the economy of their homeland rather than for the welfare of the countries they occupied. But one should not forget that, there were also a ...

CORPORATE CRIME

Corporate crimes are crimes that are caused by corporate bodies or crimes committed by person acting on behalf of corporate bodies. A corporate crime usually includes; corporate corruption, white collar frauds, environmental pollution, insider trading and tax evasion, misleading information to consumers and workers death. In the recent past corporate crimes have became very rampant in our societies, a day hardly pass without a story of investment frauds, corporate corruption and other forms of corporate crime being reported.1 And mainly these crimes are committed by big companies which are financially powerful and therefore the authorities involved fear to take action on ...

Abstract

In the past, the international financial markets have had diverse ways and means of achieving their financial satisfaction and objectives based on different operation platforms. For this reason, there arose challenges with integration of different financial systems without a common platform. This led to most countries modifying their models of international finance for them to remain competitive in the market as well as possibilities of investing in new markets and having investors from anywhere in the world invest in their financial system. For example, Japan’s - GAAP financial system has in the recent past been harmonized with that of ...

Neo-liberalism encourages economic liberalism, promoting the divide between the rich and the poor; it is active today, that is why it’s neo or new. However, it has lost dominance since the 1990s because of growing awareness of, and resistance to, its negative consequences. Peters and Bourdieu point out that The World Bank, the IMF, the WTO, the Asia Development Bank (ADB), the OEC, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the GATS have promoted neoliberal policies like privatisation, free trade, lowering labour costs and shrinking public expenditure (qtd. in Jiang 13). The neoliberal policies imposed by ...

Market Research Report for Tesla

Executive Summary
Tesla is currently considered as one of the global leaders when it comes to innovations and the production of electronic vehicles. Some of its famed products include the Tesla Roadster, Model S, Model X, and Model 3. The company under the leadership of Elon Husk, the CEO, ventures into external markets with the aim of maximizing profits. China has been one of the target markets that Tesla has already explored and now aims at ensuring that the company gains a competitive advantage over the existing electronic vehicle companies. This is after China was predicted to offer the ...

Term Paper

There are different types of societies around the world. Each of these societies has its unique economic and political structure and systems. The term economic structure is used to define the varying balance of output, income, trade and employment that is drawn from various sectors of the economy. These range from primary farming, mining, and fishing to secondary construction and processing industries and the tertiary sector. On the other hand, political structures are the groups or institutions and their associations with each other including the interaction patterns within political systems and regulations. Changes in economic and political structures bring ...

Introduction

Crime is a serious issue in the state of Texas in general and in the city of Houston in particular. Both the state and the city have one of the slowest crime reduction progressions nationwide, although some positive results have been achieved during the last decade (Maxwell, 2015). However, still Houston is ranked 46th most dangerous city in the United States of America (Texas Department of Public Safety, 2015). Despite the fact that in comparison with 2010 results the number of murders fell by 38% from January to July 2012, the city is still replete with dangers. The total ...

The Black Death: Europe's Most Notorious Plague

In the mid-14th century, Europe enjoyed robust trade with the Near East and the Far East. By the 1340s, sea trade routes had been established with faraway countries such as Syria, Egypt, Persia, China, and India (history.com, internet). Due to their trading interconnectedness, European port cities such as Messina (Sicily), Rome, Florence, Marseilles, and even the north African port of Tunis, were struck by what soon became known as "The Black Death" -- the plague (history.com, internet). Because of the confluence of factors that caused the rapid spread of The Black Death throughout an entire continent, and its high ...

Introduction

Nowadays Mexico is mostly known as one of the world’s largest consumer economics and moreover, as one of the biggest drug producers and sellers. Rapid growing number of criminal cartels in the country priory benefit from drug trading. Unfortunately, Mexico has a weak judicial system and police institutions. Hereby, the government cannot neither diminish the cartels’ activity, nor control them. Definitely, many actions both inside the country and within the international cooperation were made in order to change the situation. In order to understand the reason of social deviance and inactivity of native civilians in such circumstances a Theory of ...

Company Analysis: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Limited

About the paper
The paper is commissioned to provide an extensive discussion about the liquidity, profitability and debt situation of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Limited. While the liquidity analysis shall be sourced for unearthing the trend analysis for the past three years, the discussion on the debt situation, and how the bonds of the company are performing, is mechanized to assist the potential investors in taking an investment decision, i.e. whether the ongoing performance of the bond justifies investment in the bonds of the company or not.

About the company

Founded in the year 1969, Advanced Micro Devices is an American ...

Introduction

Financial markets in the economy have a role of linking the demanders and also the suppliers of funds. They enable firms and individuals to access capital and invest any surpluses. These are the markets that allow the financial sectors of the economy to run smoothly. However, many individuals do not understand these markets despite their crucial role in the economy. They have varied reasons for their failure to comprehend these markets and these reasons limit their understanding of the markets. This serves as the foundation for the thesis of this paper that is – accountants have a role to play to enhance ...

Introduction

The human species are claimed to have existed for hundreds of thousands of years. According to history, years ago people used to be nomadic pastoralist who moved from one place to another thus did not have a permanent home. A transition occurred, which caused the people to change their nomadic lifestyle where they used to hunt and gather fruits and began doing agriculture. This transition caused them to change and start staying in one place. The transition from the old ways of nomadic movement to the point where the people are actually staying in one place is what is described ...

JetBlue Airways Corporation is an American airline which provides low cost, but high quality services by imposing advance technology and effective customer service. The airline was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Long Island City nearer to New York City (JetBlue Airways).
The fundamental business strategy is cost leadership and differentiation. JetBlue Airways has aggressively cut down the cost without neglecting the quality and comforts that customers want. Company aimed to develop efficient cost structure which supported low fare rates with standard quality services. The fares offered by company are almost 50% lower than other airlines. For ...

eBusiness: EBay

EBay and Target market profile

EBay is an online auction industry that was founded in 1995 and has since grown dramatically. Similar to its competitors, it does not produce any tangible or physical goods. The firm’s model of business is to make income from facilitating information movement through the internet. It provides the services of connecting independent buyers, suppliers and sellers together. It makes cash through charging sellers fees and commissions. Its mission is to offer a global trading platform where nearly everyone can trade nearly anything (mis.kent.edu, 2010). The achievement of this mission would only be probable through the help of ...

Background

During the World War I, United States and European countries economies had forged an intimate and unique relationship and owing to this, the Great Depression spread to these countries. After the World War I, United States emerged as a major financier and creditor of postwar Europe. The national economies of European countries were greatly weakened by World War I and the war debts (McNeese, 2010). In particular Germany and other countries that were defeated were expected to finance war reparations. The United States Economy slowly slumped after the World War I and the American investment credits flow to the European ...

“We changed the way people live their lives, what they do when they get up in the morning, how they reward themselves, and where they meet.” (Orin Smith, Starbucks ex-CEO) For many Americans Starbucks coffee shop has become a very popular place, and more often than in it, they happen to be at the home and at a workplace. The product range represented in Starbucks is quite wide, such as hot and cold drinks, sandwiches, snacks, cakes, and of course coffee. All the reasons of such a deep public love to a usual coffee chain is of course coffee itself, as Starbucks is ...

Scenario Analysis

Businesses are made to earn economic profit and increasing the financial belongings. This particular provision could only be accomplished by a company, if it could bring cost efficiency and continuous development into account (Richard A. Bettis, p. 26). Cost efficiency is an important measure from the viewpoint of an organization and due to this particular aspect, an organization could increase its financial belongings accordingly.
Continuous development is an important for an organization to become economically and strategically strong as compared to other companies operating in the same line of business and that is the main thing, who companies always try ...

1. Singapore as a country and its tourism: the overview
1.1 Singapore country profile
Republic of Singapore is a Southeast Asian city-state located on 63 islands. It is separated from Malaysia and Indonesia by the straits of Johor and Singapore Strait respectively. The population of the country amounts to approximately 5.3 million and is constantly growing, and with total area of just 710 km2 Singapore is in the world top-3 by the density of population with 7,315 people per square kilometer, which implies that there is a need for land creation, which is being done through land reclamation.
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An analysis of Coinmach Strategic Planning

Executive Summary
According to various research works, Laundry and dry cleaning businesses across the world provide a huge revenue payback of up to $120 billion annually. Coinmach is the largest market player in the United States and its operational scope is hugely diverse as its work framework is based on the growing needs for commercial and industrial laundry services. Laundry service delivery provision is based on changing clientele needs and the core factors attributed to this are satisfaction, better link to the wider business array and improved convenience for a real market. In 65 years, Coinmach service provision has significantly ...

The ACMM Inc. is a firm that deals in stock exchange and foreign exchange trade dealings of currency. In the for front of dealing with these daily operations there is need for use of technology to implement a swift execution technique in formulation of trends and prediction of various outcomes in business transaction involving online money transactions and selling of stock market shares.
In such an environmental set up there is need for security to guarantee the safety of the currency that the various clients entrust with the company to perform the trading ops. Setting up policies have been a great ...

International business is the multi-lateral trade between different countries across the globe. International trade has various positive and negative effects to the participating countries. For example, in the recent past, the world has been rocked by various financial crises originating from different parts of the world. One of the major financial crises that greatly affected the world of commerce is the Greece debt crisis. In addition, there are other two financial crises that have caused negative impacts in both Europe and America. These crises are Spain and Portugal debt crisis (Duthel, 2011). It is evident that management of debt ...

FIRMS AND THE FINANCIAL MARKET

Financial markets play an important function of channeling funds from agents who have saved money and are willing to lend it out to agents who need funds and are also willing to borrow. Financial market is defined by Brigham E.F & Ehrhadt, M.C. (2011) as what brings together people and organizations needing money with those having surplus funds. There are many financial markets in a developed economy or a geographic location. In contrast to physical (real or tangible) asset markets where products like machine parts, automobiles, real estate, computers and machinery are sold, the financial asset market on the other hand is ...

Abstract

Since 2007, the European markets continued to experience a decline as several European nations had felt the consequences of applying the unstable Euro into their countries that had influenced the nation’s economic instability as seen in the case of Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. In recent news, the European debt crisis continues to prevail as the Eurozone reaches its all-time low for the past5 years as both strong and weak European markets now enter a state of recession that affects the entire world market. With the current European Debt Crisis continuing to influence the European markets, the United States may ...

Economic development and the IMF and the World Bank in the Caribbean

Introduction
Following the international standards, the Caribbean nations are not very rich in natural resources and this has affected their economies very much. A lot can be done so as to improve the economy in the Caribbean. The paper will discuss the history of the Caribbean economies and the experiences they have gone through in the development of their economies. It will also discuss how trade agreements with other countries, the World Bank and the IMF have helped to shape up the Caribbean economies.
Tourism and the sugarcane industry are also major contributions to the Caribbean economies ...

Historical Development of Global Regulations - Basel I & Basel II

In 1988, central bankers from different countries gathered in Basel, Switzerland to deliberate on banking regulations that would chat the way forward for providing minimum capital requirements for banks. Despite being enforced by law in 1992, the 1988 Basel Accord is currently regarded as outmoded. There have been numerous developments with regards to risk management, financial innovation, and financial conglomerate thus making the provisions of Basel 1 outmoded. In 2004, Basel II was published to supersede Basel I. The main aim was to create global standards for central banks. The banking regulators were required to control the capital that ...