Answer:
Short term interest rates are more volatile (or change more often) because the FED uses them to control inflation and the money supply. Generally, when the FED engages in either expansionary or contractionary monetary policies, they will use short term interest rates. Even if they change more often, their nominal rates are generally very low, and a small change does the job. So they change more often, but in a very small proportion.
On the other hand, long term securities yield much more volatile returns because they last much longer and any small change in interests rates will result in a larger proportional change of returns in the long run. The longer the bonds, the larger the effect of any change in the market rates.
Answer:
5.139%
Explanation:
P(Xi) = Probability of event Xi
E(X) = Expected value of X
The expected value of this investment is the weighted average of the possible returns:
The standard deviation of this investment is:
This investment has a standard deviation of 5.139%.
Answer:
The only two jobs that deal with natural resources are:
- oil rig driller
- wind turbine engineer
Oil rig drillers work in the ocean completely surrounded by water, or maybe other oil rigs but they are never too close.
Wind turbine engineers work on open spaces, surrounded by very few things other than wind turbines. Wind turbines are HUGE and they are usually located on very isolated places.
Answer:
This variation in time management is an aspect of their _cultural____ environment.
Explanation:
The working environment of countries differ. This environment also dictates approaches to issues. For example, this Middle Eastern company operates in a cultural environment that does not take issues with time management serious unlike the American counterpart. The prevalent cultural environment may not be easy to overcome. For this reason, companies engaging in international relationships should factor in this consideration of differences in culture whenever they venture outside.
