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The Handbook of News Analytics in Finance pptx

The Handbook of News Analytics in Finance pptx

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 08:20
... Exchange Commission Securities Industry Research Centre for Australasia Support Vector Machine ‘‘Scientific Wild Ass Guess’’ Thomson Reuters Business Classification Thomson Reuters News Analytics Coordinated ... software, and decision support systems Terrance Odean is the Rudd Family Foundation Professor of Finance at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley He is Chair of ... analysis of news events from multiple online sources Tagged news stories provide us with hundreds of different types of events, so that we can effectively use these stories We need to distinguish...
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International commercial law and private governance

International commercial law and private governance

Ngày tải lên : 01/11/2013, 08:20
... systems are closely related, as are civil law systems, and there are examples of cross-system similarities such as between England and Scotland.51 A common linguistic heritage (for example, of ... processes, contributing to the possibilities for self-impelled norms This legal order displays autonomy and a tendency for a useful universalism in its particular universe of crossborder transactions ... depends Harmonisation of law should perhaps be thought about in musical terms, suggests Patrick Glenn That is, just as some simultaneously different tones and pitches can produce aesthetic satisfaction,...
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Tài liệu TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES THEIR STUDY, DESCRIPTION AND DETERMINATION FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE STUDENTS doc

Tài liệu TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES THEIR STUDY, DESCRIPTION AND DETERMINATION FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE STUDENTS doc

Ngày tải lên : 13/02/2014, 12:20
... Evergreens, the Spruces especially, tend to shed their leaves after pressing Such kinds can in most cases be made to form good specimens without pressing Fasten the fresh specimens on pillars of plaster ... MODELS FOR TREE DESCRIPTION All pupils should be required to write some form of composition on the trees of the region As far as possible, these compositions should be the result of personal investigation ... Willowtwigs used for baskets are formed Adventitious buds form the clusters of curious thorns on the Honey-locust and the tufts of whip-like branches on the trunks and large limbs of the Elms In trees the...
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Tài liệu ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, BEHAVIORAL FINANCE, AND PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT pdf

Tài liệu ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, BEHAVIORAL FINANCE, AND PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT pdf

Ngày tải lên : 18/02/2014, 14:20
... 17 Study Session Cross-Reference to CFA Institute Assigned Readings #1 & 2- Standards of Practice Handbook STANDARDS oF PRoFESSIONAL CoNoucT I PROFESSIONALISM A Knowledge of the Law Members and ... each of the six provisions of the Code of Ethics and the seven Standards of Professional Conduct (page 85) b interpret the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct in situations involving ... 16 Study Session -Ethical and Professional Standards in Practice 85 Self -Test- Ethical and Professional Standards 127 Study Session - Behavioral Finance 150 Self -Test -...
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Ethical Journalism A Handbook of Values and Practices for the News and Editorial Departments pdf

Ethical Journalism A Handbook of Values and Practices for the News and Editorial Departments pdf

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 11:20
... writers, photographers, picture editors, art directors, artists, designers, graphics editors and researchers This group of professional journalists is what this text means by “staff ” or “staff ... Yankee star, where the kinship is of genuine news interest Sorting Out Family Ties 106 Disclosure of Possible Conflicts 108 Staff members must be sensitive to these possibilities Any staff member ... and to be seen to be doing so The reputation of The Times rests upon such perceptions, and so the professional reputations of its staff members Thus The Times and members of its news department...
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Book 1 – Ethical and Professional Standards, Behavioral Finance, and Private Wealth Management pptx

Book 1 – Ethical and Professional Standards, Behavioral Finance, and Private Wealth Management pptx

Ngày tải lên : 07/03/2014, 04:20
... categories of the Standards of Professional Conduct (page 86) b interpret the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct in situations involving issues of professional integrity and formulate ... 5:51:18 PM Study Session Cross-Reference to CFA Institute Assigned Readings #1 & – Standards of Practice Handbook Study Session B Priority of Transactions Investment transactions for clients and ... (CFA Institute, 2011) Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct Guidance for Standards I–VII page 17 page 17 Study Session Reading Assignments Ethical and Professional Standards in Practice,...
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Government Bonds and Their Investors: What Are the Facts and Do They Matter? ppt

Government Bonds and Their Investors: What Are the Facts and Do They Matter? ppt

Ngày tải lên : 15/03/2014, 07:20
... curves of shortversus long-term bonds of otherwise similar characteristics Shifts in demand preferences (such as from pension funds looking for longer duration bonds) or supply (such as issuers substituting ... author 's estimate 14/ Includes public pensions 15/ Includes depository institutions, securities investment trusts and securities companies, and excludes Japan Post Bank 16/ Excludes Japan Post Insurance ... perception of homogenous credit risk has fostered investors’ desire to diversify, thereby increasing the share of cross-holdings by non-residents (De Santis and Gerard, 2006) While increased cross-holdings...
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The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world. potx

The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world. potx

Ngày tải lên : 22/03/2014, 09:20
... characteristics.” In many of the programs, effective coordination of services across providers rests as much on personal relationships as it does on specific structural characteristics Typically, close ... needs Lessons Learned from Promising National and Local Programs 25 Strong Relationships with Families and Across Programs Closely related to the use of specific strengths-based models for engaging ... family s service plan Members of treatment teams may be substance-abuse counselors, mental health counselors, early-intervention specialists, pediatricians or physicians, and, in some cases, emergency...
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NEWS AND INTEREST RATE EXPECTATIONS: A STUDY OF SIX CENTRAL BANKS pot

NEWS AND INTEREST RATE EXPECTATIONS: A STUDY OF SIX CENTRAL BANKS pot

Ngày tải lên : 22/03/2014, 23:20
... ‘intention’ of a speech on a consistent basis, especially in a cross-country study such as ours Moreover, some communication events such as speeches can include a question and answer session, which ... policy surprises, rising by around basis points in response to an unexpected cash rate increase of 10 basis points (Figure 1) This response falls steadily as the settlement date becomes more distant ... interest rate futures ∆ft with a range of factors, such as monetary policy surprises pst, domestic macroeconomic data surprises newsb,t, foreign data surprises ∆f OS, and different types of communication...
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SECLUSIONSAND RESTRAINTS: Selected Cases of Death and Abuse at Public and Private Schools and Treatment Centers pot

SECLUSIONSAND RESTRAINTS: Selected Cases of Death and Abuse at Public and Private Schools and Treatment Centers pot

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 03:20
... apply to selected schools in certain situations For example, seven states place some restrictions of the use of restraints, but not regulate seclusions Seventeen states require that selected staff ... the use of restraints and seclusions may have been necessary or beneficial To select our case studies, we searched for restraint and seclusion cases from the last two decades in which there was ... I: Summary of State Laws Related to the Use of Restraints and Seclusions in Public and Private Schools The following list provides an overview of laws related to the use of restraints or seclusions...
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Public risk for private gain? The public audit implications of risk transfer and private finance pptx

Public risk for private gain? The public audit implications of risk transfer and private finance pptx

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 04:20
... and Poor s give NHS trusts reduced creditworthiness because of the absence of legal guarantee thereby increasing the assessed risk and cost of finance in deals with trusts • Letters of comfort fulfil ... operation of public service infrastructure This class of events includes increases in construction costs or construction time (known respectively as cost and time overruns), or loss of benefits through ... used to off-set the costs of investment and therefore the riskiness of a venture There is a comparable subsidy for local authorities with PFI projects The subsidy is intended "to assist local...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "The Prevalence of Descriptive Referring Expressions in News and Narrative" potx

Báo cáo khoa học: "The Prevalence of Descriptive Referring Expressions in News and Narrative" potx

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 16:20
... different Results Table lists the primary results of the study We considered a referring expression descriptive if any of its constituents were descriptive Thus, 18% of the referring expressions in ... recommendations expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily reflect the views of the Of ce of Naval Research This research is also partially funded the Spanish Ministry of Education ... constituent was expressed using unusual or ostentatious word choice If either was true, the constituent was considered descriptive; otherwise, it was tagged as distinctive In cases where the constituent...
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Public and Private Partnerships: Accounting for the New Religion pot

Public and Private Partnerships: Accounting for the New Religion pot

Ngày tải lên : 29/03/2014, 20:20
... the tests.") 74 For example, many educators support the use of portfolio assessment in evaluation, which uses collections of student work rather than standardized tests Yet such assessments not ... 69 Parents are likely to rely on scores on standardized tests and pass rates on tests mandated by state and federal law Using these test results as a method for choosing among schools is problematic ... conform to professional standards Similar demands may come from others who oppose the use of religious practices in addressing poverty, substance abuse, or joblessness Although Zelman v Simmons-Harris...
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THE CONFLUENCE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW docx

THE CONFLUENCE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW docx

Ngày tải lên : 30/03/2014, 10:20
... principle of ‘justice pluralism’ 1.4.1 Conflicts justice Part of the justness of any set of rules is its coherence and consistency The need for systemic coherence in private international law is usually ... and function of the courts This analysis suggests that the usual sense in which the word ‘justice’ is used is unable to help as a justification for choice of law rules The idea that ‘justice’ could ... commonality as part of a single system,5 but it is useful for the purposes of the following analysis 1.2.1 Justice and the application of foreign law A case in which an applicable law issue arises will...
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Which Money Is Smart? Mutual Fund Buys and Sells of Individual and Institutional Investors docx

Which Money Is Smart? Mutual Fund Buys and Sells of Individual and Institutional Investors docx

Ngày tải lên : 30/03/2014, 12:20
... against which to measure the success of these new investments is the performance of “old money,” that is, of assets already in place before the latest round of investments Our data allow us to ... the basis of the funds’ asset allocation, and the official IMA classification system is used by the funds themselves, by information providers, and by brokers.4 This reduces the potential for confusion ... Regression of Components of Money Flows on Lagged Flow and Performance Each row of this table summarizes the results of 96 (January 1993 to December 2000) monthly cross-sectional regressions of...
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Math Concept Reader MCR g3 a nose for news and numbers

Math Concept Reader MCR g3 a nose for news and numbers

Ngày tải lên : 24/05/2014, 07:30
... Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be addressed to Permissions Department, Gareth Stevens, Inc., 330 West Olive Street, Suite 100, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212 ... national park Sarah s mom says that she once visited Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone contains nearly 60% of the world s geysers A geyser is a spring that occasionally shoots water and steam into ... VOLCANOES Sarah reads more She learns that Yellowstone was the first national park President Ulysses S Grant set the land aside in 1872 It is located in three states– Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho Sequoia...
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studies in contemporary jewry public religion and private faith in america and israel

studies in contemporary jewry public religion and private faith in america and israel

Ngày tải lên : 03/06/2014, 00:44
... lives of so many American Jews) As we may infer from Silverstein, it is precisely this sort of contentiousness and demand for co-ownership that indicates just how far (religious) Judaism s stock ... bringing issues of religious consciousness to the fore Thus, in a postmodern twist to Ahad Ha’am s thesis, Jewish revival appears once again in the guise of demands to hand Judaism over to claimants ... Institute of Contemporary Jewry, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Papers presented at an annual symposium ISBN 0-19-514802-9 Judaism—Social aspects—United States—Congresses Judaism— Social aspects—Israel—Congresses...
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market efficiency and market anomalies three essays investigating the opinions and behavior of finance professors both as researchers and as investors

market efficiency and market anomalies three essays investigating the opinions and behavior of finance professors both as researchers and as investors

Ngày tải lên : 03/06/2014, 02:06
... professors from professors of other fields, such as business law and economics Because of this, the survey was sent to and completed by some professors of other disciplines 18 outliers, the respondents ... data set consists of 642 respondents Of the 642, 197 are assistant professors, 197 are associate professors, 171 are full professors, 71 are endowed chairs, and are eminent scholars Almost 15% of ... they did answer I also removed three professors whose responses contained glaringly inconsistent answers to questions Table presents the summary statistics on the responses to the survey The...
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harvard university press wittgenstein on rules and private language an elementary exposition jul 1984

harvard university press wittgenstein on rules and private language an elementary exposition jul 1984

Ngày tải lên : 11/06/2014, 15:00
... the philosophy of mathematics The connection of Wittgenstein 's discussions of mathematics with his discussions of sensations is another theme of the present essay [VII,  _ 88 The Solution ... these assertions the tests suggested in Philosophical Investigations, no such conclusion follows All that is needed to legitimize assertions that someone means something is that Wittgenstein 's ... meaning as stating facts), but als~ of many of its more special doctrines (such as that of a s~ e~I~1 real~ of 'simples').67 Wittgenstein 's contrast in these m~tlal sections between his new way oflooking...
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báo cáo sinh học:" Managerial competencies of hospital managers in South Africa: a survey of managers in the public and private sectors" docx

báo cáo sinh học:" Managerial competencies of hospital managers in South Africa: a survey of managers in the public and private sectors" docx

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 17:20
... nonresponders suggests that non response bias was minimal and the sample was therefore representative of all hospital managers in South Africa The professional background of the respondents suggests ... public sector managers felt more competent (p 0.009) Discussion Our response rate, though modest, is good given that response rates in studies of professionals using selfadministered questionnaires ... error of 5% Results Questionnaires were returned from 116 of 210 valid addresses of public sector managers and 87 of 179 valid addresses of private sector managers This represents a total response...
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