Essays Tagged: "Sharpe"

The effects military has had on literature (with annotations)

e to their advantage. Britain's war against Napoleon's army laid the ground for the majority of the Sharpe series, written by Bernard Cornwell. His stories were based on the adventures of Richard Shar ... ll. His stories were based on the adventures of Richard Sharpe, an officer in the British army. The Sharpe series alone contains more than 15 books. World War II was a major contributor to literature. ...

(6 pages) 55 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe Series review

The Sharpe series have a range of useful and important themes from, loyalty, bravery, patriotism, friend ... takes a great risk and presents ferocity as one of his most significant themes. Such is depicted in Sharpe’s battle, where Captain Sharpe leads his men like fiends out of hell itself. This techni ... aordinary battle for the horribly outnumbered British.The theme of loyalty and bravery was shown in Sharpe’s Eagle. This was where Sharpe’s men were so loyal to him that they followed him bl ...

(2 pages) 1474 0 5.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Africans in America: The effects of African-American on 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s culture

ard of Prince Edward County resulted in a ruling for better building conditions. D.C.'s Bolling vs. Sharpe decision was that "segregation in D.C. is a denial of the due process of law guaranteed by th ...

(9 pages) 113 0 1.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Before 1640, parliament was no

osition and was not powerful has many followers with many of the recent historians, such as Loades, Sharpe and Russell. Their argument stands on shaky ground. The three reigns prior to the Civil war ( ...

(5 pages) 1091 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Risk and Return Tradeoff Memo

es to construct a portfolio. This memo will detail my decisions made in the simulation, discuss the Sharpe ratio and how it relates to investment decisions, and lastly, provide recommendations for cha ... nly between the four stocks which resulted in 20.45% portfolio risk, 12.74% portfolio return, and a Sharpe ratio of 38.46%. This was a good decision considering management would not approve of any ris ...

(4 pages) 158 0 4.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes

Risk and Return Trade off Memo

nds resulted in a portfolio risk rate of 20.45%, an expected portfolio return rate of 12.74%, and a Sharpe ratio of 38.46%. The Sharpe ratio is a formula that tells the portfolio manager or investor w ... stment if those higher returns do not come with too much additional risk. The greater a portfolio's Sharpe ratio, the better its risk-adjusted performance has been (Sharpe Ratio, n.d.). Therefore, our ...

(4 pages) 27 0 4.0 Feb/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Constructing and Managing a Portfolio Simulation - Memo

y and investment performance (UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, 2010). In addition, this memo will discuss the Sharpe ratio and how it relates to investment decisions.As the Treasury Analyst for Casa Bonita, my ... s manner offered an expected portfolio return of 11.41%, an expected portfolio risk of 17.16% and a Sharpe ratio of 38.08%.I chose to invest in three stocks with low risk and average returns, accordin ...

(4 pages) 43 0 0.0 May/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Equity research Bata

CASTING A RETURN RATE USING THE CAPM: �545.3.2. Measuring Performance of BATA Using Treynor, Sharpe and Jensen's Alpha �575.3.3. Forecasting Using Blooms Formula: �57RECOMMENDATIO ... ock using five years of monthly historical data of Bata stock. Additional Performance measures like Sharpe and Jensen's alpha are used. Bloom's formula is also used to forecast returns.Estimates and p ...

(45 pages) 3 0 0.0 Apr/2013

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers