Annuities: Buy Or Not
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A 5 page paper. Are annuities a good investment for retirement or to build personal wealth? This is the question addressed in this essay. The writer explains annuities, their benefits and disadvantages and offers experts' opinions regarding this form of investment. The writer also offers a personal opinion on whether or not to invest in annuities. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGannui.rtf

Antitrust Issues Regarding the AOL/Time-Warner Merger
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This 7 page paper looks at the AOL/Time Warner deal that was approved at the end of 2000. Antitrust implications are assessed. The Sherman Act is discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA051AOL.wps

April 2001 in the Wall Street Journal
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This 6 page paper considers five articles written in the Wall Street Journal regarding different aspects of the economy. With two articles regarding the budget proposals, two considering the performance of the economy and if the country is entering a recession and one looking at the banana dispute between the EU and the US. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEwsj001.wps

Are Democracy And Capitalism Compatible
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A 7 page paper that begins with definitions of democracy and capitalism. The writer discusses if a democracy can exist without capitalism and if capitalism can exist in a form of government that is not democratic. The relationship between the two concepts is discussed with a conclusion. bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PGdmcp.rtf

Are Fuel Prices Correlated with Elections
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This 4 page paper explores the idea that there are lower fuel or gas prices just before an election. The paper performs an hypothesis test using primary data of gasoline (petrol) process in the US in election years to try prove, or disprove, that there is a correlation. The paper shows the data and the process of performing an hypothesis test. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEecogas.rtf

Are Smart Cards Smarter, and How Did the Debit Cards Gain Popularity?
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This nine page-paper presents a detailed discussion on the introduction and growing interest in smart cards. In addition the discussion compares and contrasts credit cards with debit cards including their limitations and benefits. Bibliography lists eight sources.
Filename: CWsmartc.wps

Argentina - Economy
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An 11 page paper. The first section discusses the current state of Argentina's economy, providing some historical information and data and progress since 2002. This also includes discussion of some of the actions taken by the new president. The next section discusses challenges the country faces and what they are doing to mitigate those. Finally, policy recommendations are made. 4 Tables are included. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PGargbdg.rtf

Article Critique
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This 14 page paper looks at an article entitled "Crunch time for bank audits? Questions of practice and the scope for dialogue", and considers the methodology that is used and critiques the way the paper uses that methodology. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEartcrit.rtf

Article Review
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This 5 page paper discusses an article provided by the student and shows how a decisions by the Federal Reserve to change interest rates may have consequences in the global economy. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEartglo.rtf

Assessing a Property Investment
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This 16 page paper examines a case study provided by a student looking at the potential return on a property investment and how the return may be calculated uses periodic return measures as well as multi-period measures such as Net Present t Vale (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR). The writer demonstrates how to undertake the calculations. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEpropty1.rtf

Assessing the 7E7 Project
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This 9 page paper is based on a case study supplied by the student with a range of financial data. The aim of the paper is to use the data to assess whether or not Boeing should go ahead with the 7E7 project. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TE7e7ass.rtf

Assessing the Likelihood of Impulse Purchases
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This 11 page paper considers the way impulse purchases are made. The paper begins with a consideration of purchase models and then uses data supplied by a the student to determine which groups of respondents to a survey are most likely to make an impulse purchase of a share. The result supplied by the student are in the form of a regression equation. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEimppur.rtf

Assessing the Real Value as Gold as an Investment
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This 50 page paper considers the use and value of gold as an investment. This in-depth paper puts forward the hypothesis that gold has a different role to play compared with other investments and due to the nature and longevity of the commodity, as well as the psychological association and international acceptance, gold is an investment that will prosper during times of uncertainty or recession. The writer considers the macro environmental influences, such as supply and demand and Kondratieff theory of credit creation and destruction. The writer also considers the gold standard and the interaction between gold and national currencies and the impact of the Bretton Woods agreement. The final part of the paper is an analysis of the performance of gold prices since the 1930’s depression to the current time, and how they compare to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The bibliography cites 35 sources.
Filename: TEingold.rtf

Assessing Two Sets of Data
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This 3 page paper analyses two sets of data provided by the student. Each is a data set of amounts of commission earned by sales teams. The two sets of data are analysed looking at the range, median, mode and mean with the standard deviation. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEsetsda.rtf

Asset Allocation and EMH
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This 10 page paper is written in two parts. The first part (2 pages) considers asset allocation, what it is and how it can be used. The second part of the paper looks at efficient market hypothesis and examines if brokers or investors use this theory to help with their investments. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Filename: TEassetemh.rtf