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Briefly describe the situation and the task of Michael Manning. Compare REITs and Commodities based on risks, returns and Sharpe ratios. Assume STP (return of 3.2%) is the risk-free asset.

Briefly describe the situation and the task of Michael Manning

1) Briefly describe the situation and the task of Michael Manning.

2) Compare REITs and Commodities based on risks, returns and Sharpe ratios. Assume STP (return of 3.2%) is the risk-free asset.

3) Recreate the efficient frontier of three assets in Exhibit 5b (i.e. to use risk and return of 12 portfolios in Exhibit 5a); and add the efficient frontier for four assets in Exhibit 6 (i.e. to use 12 portfolios in Exhibit 6) and the efficient frontier for four assets in Exhibit 7 (i.e. to use 12 portfolios in Exhibit 7). You can use Excel and then print out or use grid papers.

Firstly,  How REITs and Commodities improve the efficient frontier?

Secondly, Does the degree of improvement relates to the Sharpe ratios in question 2?

Thirdly, What factor determines the degree of improvement?

 

4) Now we will focus on the two efficient frontiers. Firstly, one of three assets in Exhibit 5 and one of five assets in Exhibit 8. We know (from our chapter 6), the optimal portfolios are the tangency portfolios given the risk-free asset is STP (return of 3.2%). For simplicity, let find the optimal portfolio of three assets as the portfolio that have the highest Sharpe ratio out of the 12 portfolios in Exhibit 5. Let call this optimal portfolio O3-asset. Similarly, find the optimal portfolio of five assets, portfolio O5-asset, based on Exhibit 8.

– Draw a graph with the two efficient frontiers and show the two optimal portfolios.
– Report (in an easy-to-compare format) the risks, returns, Sharpe ratios, and weight of each of five assets for portfolios O3-asset and O5-asset.

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5) Firstly, choose a number between 4% and 16% (round number only). Secondly, use this number as the target return for one hospital. Thirdly, you will create two compete portfolios to achieve your chosen target return. One allocating money using STP and O3-asset, and the other using STP and O5-asset.

– Report (in an easy-to-compare format) the risks, returns, and weight of each of six assets (now including STP) for the two complete portfolios. How much improvement (either in term of risk reduction or return increase) do REITs and Commodities bring?

6) Choose a number between 1% and 20% (round number only) and use this number as the maximum risk level (standard deviation) that one hospital can take. You will create two compete portfolios that have the chosen risk level: one allocating money using STP and O3-asset, and the other using STP and O5-asset.

Report (in an easy-to-compare format) the risks, returns, and weight of each of six assets for the two complete portfolios. How much improvement (either in term of risk reduction or return increase) do REITs and Commodities bring?

This is a paper that focuses on the leadership action on practical organizational and business experiences. The paper also describes the two parts for writing this assignment in detail.

Leadership action on practical organizational and business experiences

Prepare a 2000-word case study on leadership in action from your own practical organizational, business experience or from some personal experience of team leadership e.g. teacher, sporting club, parent etc. As a last resort you may interview a person from your networks, but a personal experience is preferred. It should consist of 3 parts.

•Part 1(approximately 200 words -maximum)
Brief outline of the chosen case selected. It should contain a brief summary of the leadership issues and context.

Part 2 (approximately 800 words x 2 = 1600 words)
Students to prepare two 800-word reports using two different leadership theories (to be chosen by the student) to analyse and problem solve the leadership issue described in part one. The objective is to show how the application of different leadership theories can have different outcomes. The two reports should outline and apply the chosen leadership theory, provide potential solutions to the leadership challenge and detail implications of the chosen approach.

USE THE FOLLOWING LEADERSHIP THEORIES
1.     Transformational
2.     LMX (Leader-member exchange)

Part 3 (approximately 200 words)
The last section should compare and contrast the outcomes and implications of the two chosen leadership theories, detailing insights and learnings. Students will challenge and critique the two theories and review how the chosen leadership framework may affect an organisation’s results or effectiveness – drawing from course knowledge, assigned readings as well as a broad range of academic literature.

Ensure that the paper should be at least 2000 words long excluding the cover page and also the reference page. Additionally, ensure that you include all the references from the sources you use. Finally, cite your assignment from the references that you will use in the assignment.

Analyze how business practices(i.e. visiting hours, easy access to their medical records, best practice policies, parking) regulatory requirements (i.e. joint commission, centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, or hospital quality initiatives like HCAHPS/core measures) and reimbursement (i.e. survey, Medicaid/ Medicare/ private, ability to help community?) impact patient-family-centered care within a healthcare organization. Part 2; Discuss how cultural diversity within the team supports patient-centered, culturally competent care.

Analyze how business practices(i.e. visiting hours, easy access

Part 1)
This section should be at minimum 3 well-developed paragraphs, each thoroughly addressing each of the 3 parts, supporting citations must be included.
– Analyze how business practices(i.e. visiting hours, easy access to their medical records, best practice policies, parking) regulatory requirements (i.e. joint commission, centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, or hospital quality initiatives like HCAHPS/core measures) and reimbursement (i.e. survey, Medicaid/ Medicare/ private, ability to help community?) impact patient-family-centered care within a healthcare organization.

Part 2
1) Firstly, Discuss how cultural diversity within the team supports patient-centered, culturally competent care.
2) Secondly, Using one of the leadership theories below, discuss the leadership style you would utilize in developing a successful healthcare team: • transactional leadership, • transformational leadership, • emotional leadership, • traditional leadership
Additionally, this section should be at minimum 2 well-develop ed paragraphs, each thoroughly addressing each question, supporting citations must be include d.

Part 3
1) Firstly, Why would it be beneficial to healthcare organizations to allow patients/families to participate in interview teams/search committees?

2) Secondly, Create a strategy to increase patient-centeredness in the organization that will support the participation of patients/families on interview teams/search committees? Would you apply system theory or change theory in the development of your strategy? *2 paragraph for this*

3) Finally, Discuss how the team will work together to implement the strategy.
This section should be at minimum 4 well-developed paragraphs, each thoroughly addressing each part, supporting citations must be included.

This is an assignment that focuses on the investment management department trading strategy. The paper also provides further instructions to use in writing the paper.

The investment management department trading strategy

Assignment
The investment management department of your company has asked you to construct a speculative trading strategy using options.

You have been asked to invest £100,000 in options trading strategy for a single FTSE 100 or FTSE 250 non-bank, non-insurance company’s shares for the 35 working day period between Monday 9th March 2020 and also 28th April 2020 (inclusive).

a) For the company whose shares are to be the underlying for your options, set up an options-based trading strategy given your view of:

The company
Current market sentiment regarding the segment in which it operates
Likely market movements over the period.

Firstly, you must support your analysis using real market data (suitably evidenced) as well as suitable academic literature covering analysis methods such as, for instance, economic, fundamental, technical etc.

Secondly, you must include ‘screen shot’ evidence of the source of your options pricing in an appropriately referenced appendix

b) Thirdly, what is the annualised return that you are targeting based on your approach? Assess the risk that your strategy will not produce the returns you have anticipated. You must also assess the risks that the use of an options derivative instrument has introduced to the investment management department.

(500 Words: 10 Marks)

c) Fourthly, report on the actual profit and loss of your strategy over the period and analyse its actual performance relative to its forecast performance and analyse why your strategy achieved the results observed.

(500 Words: 15 Marks)

The assignment should be in word within the limit of 2,000 words (excluding appendices, tables, charts and also graphs). The word count must be stated in the assignment. References to relevant academic theory and research findings should be provided and referenced appropriately.

To gather information from a business contact about occupation and industry you are interested in, to help you make more informed decisions about your career.

Business contact about occupation and industry you are interested in

OBJECTIVE:
To gather information from a business contact about occupation and industry you are interest ed in, to help you make more informed decisions about your career

DIRECTIONS:
Conduct an information interview either via telephone or in-person (NOT via email) with a professional within the U.S. who is currently in the career field that you are considering. The purpose of this assignment is to learn more about a career area of interest by interpreting the answers yourself.

NOTE:

You should be processing the answers in your own words and from your own perspective. Simply having your interviewee complete the answers for you via e-mail will result in a 0 grade on the assignment. In addition, simply repeating answers in quotes only or confining answers to just the most basic regurgitation of interviewee responses will result in either reduced or 0 credit for specific answers or, in the most egregious cases, a 0 grade for the entire assignment.

List each of the items/questions in your paper and document the information you have uncovered concerning the following:

5) Why you selected this particular individual to interview.

6) Also, General background information concerning the interviewee: degree, years in current position, etc. (Do not ask about interviewee’s salary)

7) Additionally, What are the primary tasks perform ed for this position and what percentage of the day is spent in each of these primary tasks?

8) Further, What do you find to be the most rewarding and most difficult aspects of your job and why?

9) Also, What kinds of technical and people skills are necessary to do well in this career, and why are they necessary?

10) Moreover, What is the work environment like (i.e., hours, facilities, co-workers, and culture)?

11) Besides, If you could start all over again, would you change your career path in any way? Why or why not?

12) Consequently, Which professional journals (or any other written materials) and organizations would help me learn more about this field?

13) Additionally, Design your own question and provide the interviewee’s answer>

14) Finally, Design your own question and provide the interviewee’s answer>

15) Lastly, State what you learned from the interview>