Derivatives Securities

1. Individual
assignment (Word limit: 2,500 words ± 10%)

This
assessment aims to provide students with an opportunity to analyse various
investment alternatives based on the respective risk and return so as to choose
the most appropriate investment opportunity. You are expected to read beyond the
textbook and be able to apply the knowledge gained from real life examples
either from your working environment or/and case studies read, and are able to
demonstrate your competence in the areas indicated in the questions. You are
encouraged to provide specific in-depth comments instead of general comments.

You will need to write up to 2,500 words (± 10%) to address all the questions.

Individual assignment
Imagine it is 10 July 2020. A UK
company has a US$6.65m invoice to pay on 26 August 2020. They are concerned
that exchange rate fluctuations could increase the £ cost and, hence, seek to
effectively fix the £ cost using exchange traded futures. The current spot rate
is $/£1.71110.
£/$ futures, where the contract
size is denominated in £, are available on the CME Europe exchange:
September
expiry – 1.71035 December expiry – 1.70865
The contract size is £100,000 and
the futures are quoted in US$ per £1. The contract specification for the
futures states that the tick size is 0.00001$ and that the tick value is $1.
Outcome on
26 August:
On
26 August the following was true: Spot rate – $/£ 1.65770
September
futures price – $/£1.65750

In the scenario above the CME
contract specification for the £/$ futures states that an initial margin of
$1,375 per contract is required. The maintenance margin is $1,250 per contract.
The settlement prices for this future are:
Settlement price on 11 July (Friday) 1.70925
Settlement price on 14 July (Monday) 1.70805
Settlement price on 15 July
(Tuesday) 1.71350
Required:
a)
Determine the net cash flow using the futures hedge ignoring
the requirements of the initial margin and the maintenance margin.

For
part a:

1. Long or short futures
2. Which contract month
3. Determine no. of futures contract that will be
required (Note: amount of exposure is quoted in USD while the contract size of
future contracts is in GBP)
4. Calculate the profit/loss on futures position
5. Calculate the amount required in the spot market
6. Combine the answer in 4 and 5

b) Determine
the daily balance in the margin account. .
For
part b:
1. Obtain the no. of futures contract that will be
required from part (a) sno 3
2. Calculate the total amount of initial margin
required
3. Calculate the total amount of maintenance margin
4. Calculate profit/loss of future contract by marking-to-market
5. Determine the margin balance
6. Determine any margin call and top-up required

Using YouTube, Vimeo, or a similar video streaming website, select a video of contemporary ballet to observe, analyze, and discuss.

Contemporary Ballet
In this week’s reading, we learned about the qualities, choreographic elements, and style/aesthetic of contemporary ballet. For this discussion, please do the following:
1) Using YouTube, Vimeo, or a similar video streaming website, select a video of contemporary ballet to observe, analyze, and discuss.
2) Post your selected video, along with a description of the elements you observed. What makes this a contemporary style ballet piece? What elements (movement, theme, costume, music, etc.) make it non-traditional/different from romantic and classical ballet?

Describe some of the painful recollections and the conclusive accomplishments of any of the following women: Daisy Bates, Ella Baker, Brenda Saunders Hampden, and Fannie Lou Hamer.

C. Accomplishments of Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement
“Some of my recollections are still painful, particularly when viewed in the context of seemingly everyday experiences of racism, which frequently make me wonder whether the suffering I endured was worth it” (Saunders Hampden, 2010, 2). Describe some of the painful recollections and the conclusive accomplishments of any of the following women: Daisy Bates, Ella Baker, Brenda Saunders Hampden, and Fannie Lou Hamer.

After reading the course material, please choose a topic for your research paper. It is a short paper — only 2-3 pages, so please narrow your topic to something that is manageable. You can either make an argument, or simply present information. The purpose is to get you to practice integrating sources into a paper correctly.

After reading the course material, please choose a topic for your research paper. It is a short paper — only 2-3 pages, so please narrow your topic to something that is manageable. You can either make an argument, or simply present information. The purpose is to get you to practice integrating sources into a paper correctly.

For this discussion, please post your topic, as well as THREE reliable sources you might use for your paper.
Include BOTH a link to the source and the source formatted in APA format.
Please explain why each source is credible using the CRAPP test.

should embody the theory & concepts from these three chapters in particular, and from the rest of the course in general (particularly fiscal & monetary policies), to demonstrate the workings of macroeconomics in your choice country.

Complete your paper in a single MS-Word file or PDF document: ~ 5 full pages total, double-spaced, and with your two (2) primary sources listed at the end.
Focus on application of the concepts, principles, and policies which have been studied as opposed to statistical data. Your evaluation will be assessed on the ability to apply & critically analyze conditions meaningfully:

leadership and priority

1. The Law of Priorities
Write about your answers to the Three R Questions (include family, career, and other responsibilities)
What is REQUIRED of me?
What gives the greatest RETURN?
What brings the greatest REWARD?
2. The Law of Sacrifice
To become a more influential leader, are you willing to make sacrifices? Create two lists (include items such as your relationships, health, finances, etc.).
#1 – Things are you willing to give up in order to go up
#2 – Things you are NOT willing to sacrifice to advance

critique article review

To complete this assignment, you will appraise and critique this article Debate on Science and Faith.pdf using the Evidence-Based Practice Model then write a 1-page summative report in APA format (7th edition) addressing each step of the Evidence-Based Practice Model below:
ASK the answerable clinical question, not your question, but the authors.
ACQUIRE the most relevant and best evidence to answer the question.
APPRAISE the evidence critically for validity, relevance, and applicability.
APPLY the evidence, along with critical expertise and the patient’s preferences and values.
ASSESS the effectiveness and efficiency of the previous four steps and seek ways to improve one’s ability to ask, acquire, appraise, and apply.
REMEMBER…
The goal of this assignment is to discern if it is a credible article? Is it reliable? Is it truth? In this world, we are inundated with a plethora of information, all of the time, but what is truth? How do you know what you are thinking, seeing, and reading is truth? If we do not know truth ourselves, we will move all over the place, believing in this and that, swaying in our thought patterns and all the while being deceived!

Racism and mass

Racism and mass shootings
Details on your 7-page research paper

Details on your final 7-page research paper
Article Summaries—Academic journal article summaries will serve as the basis of the literature review for your final 5-page paper. A literature review is a compilation of what we already know about the topic you are researching. You will have 7 article summaries to complete and submit through Safe Assignment.
Most of you have conducted basic searches using Nexis Lexis, but Nexis Lexis draws from mostly newspapers and magazines and often omits much of the academic research literature published by professors. In this class, I’m teaching you how to write a basic research paper. To accomplish this, I’m introducing you to academic journal articles. For journal article summaries, I want you to find academic journal articles pertaining to your research question or hypothesis. Next read the article and summarize it in 600 words. Do not plagiarize. Tell me what the article says in your own words. Please pay close attention to the detailed instructions posted on Blackboard while completing your summary. Remember your summary must look exactly like the example posted on Blackboard (e.g. the source of the summary must be at the top of page 1). Do not include links for me to click in the summary. You may also use information from think tanks like the Pew Research Institute, the Rand Corporation and the CQ-Researcher.
Tips for article summaries
Use google chrome or google scholar. Enter “academic research on (enter your topic} and search.
This should yield many journal articles on your topic.
You can also use the LAGCC library (from home) to conduct searches for articles. If you use this technique, I recommend using JSTOR which will allow you access to the Columbia University library.
If you’re having trouble finding articles to summarize, email me and I’ll help you.
If you need my help, please include the section you are in and the topic you are researching.
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Below is the outline for your 7-page research paper.
I. Introduction
II. Methodology
III. Literature review
IV. Results
V. Conclusion
The introduction of your paper should include the topic definition in the first sentence with a citation at the end (source, date published). This is where you include background information and explain why it is important to study your topic. Make sure to take a look at the example posted on Blackboard on how to incorporate R1 & H1.
Methodology-The methodology section of your paper should explain how you conducted your research. I have posted “Methods” on Blackboard. Take a look at it and cut and paste it into your paper as the methodology section of your paper. Refer to the Introduction and Methodology example I have posted on Blackboard and do the same thing. It’s my work and you have my permission to use it in your paper. The combined Introduction and Methodology sections should be 3- pages in length.
Literature review-As explained in an earlier announcement, the literature review is a compilation of what we already know about your research topic. You may use material other than the 4 journal article summaries you are writing. This includes newspaper and magazine articles, web sites etc. Make sure all material used in your paper is listed in the bibliography. When putting your literature review together, do not simply insert all the summaries back to back, and consider it a literature review. You must identify the most significant parts of each summary and weave them into a concise coherent discussion of what we already know about your topic. Your literature review should be 1-2 pages in length.
Results-This is probably the most important part of your paper. As stated in an earlier announcement, your research paper is an exercise in hypothesis testing. In the results section you must clearly state one of the following results: 1) My hypothesis was accepted” (this means my initial dive into the literature, while preparing assignment 2, led me to the right conclusion on significant issues surrounding my topic. 2) “My hypothesis was partially accepted.” This means I inadvertently overlooked an important variable in conducting my research such as gender, social economic status or immigration status. This can vary depending on your topic. Finally, 3) “My hypothesis was rejected.” this means “I was flat out wrong with my hypothesis.” Any three of these result outcomes is perfectly acceptable and your final grade will not be affected. Even if your hypothesis is rejected, you learned something. Many students only read material that supports their hypothesis. This is not a good idea because I already know the answer to your hypothesis. If I don’t, I’ll conduct my own research. I’m impressed more by students who read both sides of issues. Students who do this demonstrate their ability to conduct research from a variety of sources and synthesize their finding using critical thinking skills.
Conclusion-In this section you should close out your paper and interject any personal opinions you have.

Middle Range theory article review

Research article review. Students will identify a current clinical problem in their nursing practice setting and conduct a literature search specifically looking for nursing research to examine the problem. Select a nursing research article that discusses the problem with application of a specific nursing theoretical framework. Use an article with a specific Middle Range Theory as its Theoretical Framework. Provide a critical analysis of the article and then brief application of the MRT to their identified problem. Refer to Polit & Beck as resource for critical analysis component of the paper.

Grading Rubric
Introduction and identification of clinical problem – 3 points
Nursing search process – identify search database and search terms used – 1 point
Nursing Research Article Critical Analysis: (Be sure to address the following in Critique.)
Peer reviewed journal within last 5 years – 2 point
Review purpose and problem statement – 2 points
Review of literature used in the study – 2 points
Theoretical Framework of the Study – a Middle Range Theory – 3 points
Sample 2 points
Ethical Considerations – 2 points
Research methods – data analysis, reliability and validity 2 points
Application of the MRT to the identified problem – 4 points
APA format – 2 points

An introduction to development psychology

Create and leaflet and each of the following subheadings should be addressed in the leaflet:

1. Provide a brief definition of Developmental Psychology in your own words
2. Discuss the significance of Nature vs. Nurture in child development
3. Discuss the importance of having knowledge and understanding the field of child development as an educator
4. Briefly discuss the history of developmental ideas