Tag: USD
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How would the profit figure change if the Australian dollar continues to strengthen at the same rate as it has done over the previous year?
Question 1 A trader, who is considering uncovered interest arbitrage between the US dollar (USD) and Australian dollar (AUD), faces the following data: Funds available: 2 million USD Spot exchange rate: 0.94 AUD per USD Spot exchange rate one year ago: 1.00 AUD per USD USD 3-month interest rate: 0.12% per annum AUD 3-month interest…
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Do you think Goldman Sachs ought to be held more directly accountable for its role in the 1MDB corruption scandal?
In 2009, just four months after Najib Razak was elected Prime Minister of Malaysia, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) was created. The wealth fund was established for development projects to better serve the people of Malaysia, but it ultimately became a slush fund for the country’s leaders and their associates. Goldman Sachs, a Wall Street giant,…
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What are the strategic circumstances that need to be considered with respect to cultural, ethical, and political differences between the United States and the host country?
International Business in Narobi Kenya Part 1: Introduction and Project Outline Write a brief 1- to 2-page introduction (250 to 550 words) and draft a detailed outline for the following: Imagine you are the CEO of an international business in Nairobi Kenya and you are opening a new operation in a specific emerging economy in…
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What is the contract size (aka. contract unit) of 1 Euro FX futures contract? Is the British Pound futures contract size the same as Euro FX futures? How many Euro FX futures contracts do you need to long/short today?
Finance H.W The sample period for this project is from 10/25/2021 to 11/24/2021 (4.5 weeks). You will need to collect real-time financial data starting from 10/25/2021. On 10/25/2021, your company receives 3.75 million Euros for selling products in Germany. Currently, the EUR/USD exchange rate is 1.1613. So if you convert this 3.75 mil Euros to…
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Discuss the International Trade and Its Impact on Growth.
Discuss the International Trade and Its Impact on Growth The project is based on empirical analysis using econometric concepts in STATA. There has to be a regression equation used with the dependent being “growth rate of GDP”. The independent variable data to be researched and used needs to include multiple countries and time periods (at…
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Using the 1-rule method discussed in class, find the relevant sets of classification rules for the target variable by testing each of the input attributes Analytics Department, Age > 30, and Tenure > 5. Which of these three sets of rules has the lowest misclassification rate?
1. Decision Trees: A survey was sent to the employees of a large company to ask them the following questions: • Do you work in the data analytics department? (Y or N) • Are you above the age of 30? (Y or N) • Have you spent more than 5 years in this company? (Y…
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Analyze the pricing decision for the Undead Rising Kickstarter project: How much money will ABG make from each copy of the basic game?
Awesome Bits Games: Managing a Controversial Pricing Scheme case study Analyze the pricing decision for the Undead Rising Kickstarter project: How much money will ABG make from each copy of the basic game? Based on past projects and performance, how much total revenue will Undead Rising make through each method of distribution? What does this…
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Discuss differences in top death and disability reasons and explain how Public Health programs and other funding contribute to combating them.
TARGET: Assess public health issues, selecting relevant standards from one or more recognized public health assessment tools. PICK A COUNTRY: (UNITED STATES with a focus on PUERTO RICO) Using resources from the WHO (https://www.who.int/), OECD (https://www.oecd.org/health/country-health-profiles-eu.htm), IHME (https://www.healthdata.org/results/country-profiles), CDC (https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/index.html) research that country profile. It is important to understand that questions 1 through 10 below…
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Do you think the punitive fines the courts are ordering Goldman Sachs to pay are sufficient to make up for the wrongdoing?
In 2009, just four months after Najib Razak was elected Prime Minister of Malaysia, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) was created. The wealth fund was established for development projects to better serve the people of Malaysia, but it ultimately became a slush fund for the country’s leaders and their associates. Goldman Sachs, a Wall Street giant,…
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What would be a disadvantage if sales were denominated in USD, but costs were denominated in Japanese Yen?
General Questions 1) What could the company do to reduce variability in results (Hint: for example, think about operational leverage)? 2) What would be a disadvantage if sales were denominated in USD, but costs were denominated in Japanese Yen?