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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…

that the yield curve illustrates how the returns of bonds and maturity changes over time. There are four approaches that elaborates on the different shapes of the yield curve, they are the expectation, liquidity-premium, segment market and preferred habitat theory. These theories explain the different shapes the yield curve can take: upward, downward, inverted and humped yield, of which for example the upward slop yield states that there are higher returns when maturity increases.…

percentage of your contribution and between 3-6 percent of your gross wages, and you receive deferred tax. It is imperative that one starts saving immediately after working because of the compounding effect of the 401 k plan. The average annual return for investments is about eight percent, which means that every seven years your money would double. According to Practicalmoneyskills.com, assuming 5,000 dollars is saved for ten years, “If you started saving at age 25, stopping at age 35, when…

The Crime Lab recently reclassified and posted an opening for a Senior Executive Assistant, a grade 14. After an application process and interviewing three candidates, Director Ross Capps selected Kristi Hill to fill the position. Kristi Hill is currently a Senior Secretary II in the Warrants Division, a grade 14 position. Kristi’s current position in the Warrants Division was reclassified to a grade 14, from a grade 13, on August 17, 2014. Therefore, she has currently been in a grade 14…