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Write a 1500 word module report on your learning and participation in the Exploring Strategic Management module. The work should be divided into three sections, each of which must be approximately 500 words long. And the work should have a short introduction (50 words, at most 100 words) and a little conclusion. The sections ought to cover the following: 1. What is strategy? In the opening section the discussion should focus on a brief discussion of what strategy is, and how this links to your conceptualisation of strategic management. You should think in depth and from different perspectives and explain what you have learnt with reference to appropriate models and theories from the subject. Emphasis should be placed on demonstrating and evaluating your teams core approach to strategic management in the simulation game, linking to the next section. 2. Strategy and the simulation game In this section emphasis should be placed on discussing how the experience of participating in the simulation changed your thinking about strategy from a theoretical and practical perspective. Your discussion should evaluate the approach you chose as well as refer to alternate approaches, possibly discussing why you rejected them. This section may also provide the opportunity to discuss divergent viewpoints expressed by other members of your team, and how you came to an agreement. This element of the work can be used to link to the following section, reflecting on the experience of teamwork. 3. Reflection This section should include an analysis of what you will take away from this module as a developing practitioner, from both an academic and professional viewpoint. The discussion should be based around your experience of the module, undertaking the simulation game, working with other team members, and your developing understanding of strategic management theory. You should also discuss what you would do differently in similar situations in the future, and how this experience links to future management studies and future work. You should make use of suitable academic material to support and critically reflect upon your use and understanding of strategic management theory and practice. A good essay will draw on material beyond the text book set for the module, and will provide a critical focus on one core approach to strategy (Resource Based View) discussed in the taught sessions and applied to experiences from the simulation game. Sufficient analysis should also be incorporated, moving beyond a descriptive narrative of experiences from the module.
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Include an example to support your answer. Reflecting upon your example, describe the relationship between project risk management and cost estimation. 2. “The New Beginning and Prototyping” Give your opinion on what Thomas L. Friedman is referring to with the words, Now the real IT revolution is about to begin. Discuss how the beginning, referred to by Friedman, is different from the last couple of decades. Evaluate prototyping as a technique for gathering quality business requirements. Determine the approach to prototyping that would be better suited for emerging technology projects. Determine if a combination of prototyping approaches would be more efficient. Explain your answer.

What is the critical conversation that the rhetor is engaged in? What is the writer trying to argue, and what is the other side of this argument? How does the writer build his/her argument? (Include discussion of appeals and arrangement.) What are the effects of the writers argument on society? (If the writer were successful or not, what might be the consequences, positive and negative, of that?) What is a proposal or plan that YOU might offer to address the ETHICAL PROBLEM that you have identified the writer is attempting to address? What might be some of the PRACTICAL challenges of your plan? (How would your plan be instituted, and what hurdles might need to be overcome in doing so? At least 2 quotes per page.

For this paper, you will discuss a specific social problem that has recently received attention in the media or scholarly research. Please choose one from below: 1. Are transracially adopted children at great psychological risk than children adopted by families of their same race? 2. Should gay and lesbian couples be eligible to adopt children? 3. Is single parenting naturally inferior to raising children with two parents? 4. Are children of divorce at psychological risk? 5. Should parents raise their children to be gender neutral? 6. Briefly describe the major political stances on this problem, if its a politically controversial issue. How do each of the theoretical perspectives address this social problem? (Structural functionalism is optional, but you must discuss conflict theory, feminist theory, intersectionality, and symbolic interactionism. If one theoretical perspective truly does not apply, explain why it doesnt.) What are the major scientific findings on the topic? The second part of your paper should discuss a recent example of this social problem and offer solutions to the social problem. For instance, if you were covering the topic of minimum wage, you could discuss Walmarts treatment of its employees. Apply sociological theory (at least one of the theoretical perspectives listed above is required) and scientific findings to your example. Do you think a solution is possible? If not, why? If yes, what concrete steps can be taken to improve or solve this problem? (E.g., legislation to protect the rights of certain groups, programs set up to train certain skills, etc.) Is your solution an ongoing process or is it a relatively quick fix? For sources, I expect you to use scholarly sources as much as possible. While you can obviously use news articles as sources to describe your example or public debate on a particular issue Be extremely careful if you use any sources that are independent research agencies publishing work that is not peer-reviewed. That is, if youre using a source that doesnt pop up in Google Scholar, you need to take a long, hard look at whether thats a reputable agency. You wont be using reports from these agencies as anything more than a source of statistics on current trends. Reports from government agencies are fine. The Pew Research Center is fine. The Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute are right-wing think tanks that are unacceptable because they have been known to publish false and inaccurate data. If youre unsure about the reputation of a source, ask me Unacceptable sources: Wikipedia (kind of ok as a starting point to find links to academic sources, but you need to go to the original sources for this paper), Dictionary.com, About.com, Boundless, Investopedia (seriously, dont go here for a definition of conflict theory; this source is wrong), or other online summaries not published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

In your essay, you will first trace back the history of slavery in the West, from the Romans to its abolition in the nineteenth century. Ensure you present the following time eras (Roman Empire; Middle Ages; Renaissance (200-300 words). Explain how and why slavery in the Atlantic World became so oppressive (assess the economy; the labor system; slaves life conditions; and the ideology supporting slavery) (150-250 words). Finally, reflect on how and why modern-day societies like ours (which did not have chattel slavery) are affected by this history of (in)human bondage (100-125 words.)

these sources must be credible: mainly from the library or refereed journals you have accessed from the library databases, but also from credible newspapers, magazines, or pamphlets, etc. You also must include at least one primary source

https://journals.openedition.org/aof/7429 ^Link to a book summary Review of ethnography: Black, Rachael E. 2014 Porta Plazzo: The Anthropology of an Italian Market. Due 12 November at 11:55 PM
Worth 25%
To be submitted via the electronic Dropbox on Courselink
Total length: ~2,000 words, not including bibliography Guidelines
The central aim of the paper is to review an ethnography of a contemporary food market. Porta Plazzo is one of the largest food markets in Europe and anthropologist Rachael Black presents her study of the market.
She presents her Tieldwork and qualitative approach to studying food markets ethnographically. Ethnography is not an exact science (although it is systematic, and its methods of reporting can vary widely from researcher to researcher). Ethnographic texts are arguments. Consider the following questions when reading the ethnography:
What is the central argument of the book? of each chapter? of the conclusion?
What is the nature of the description?
Is it accessible and easily understood? What does the author do best? What is she not so good at achieving? How long was she in the field? What were her research questions? How did she gather her data? Who did she talk to and why? What was the adequacy of evidence reported? Was it easily understood? In your opinion, what was the strongest chapter? Weakest chapter? Why? What about the organizational structure of the book? What was the texture of authorial voice in the ethnography? What social theories did she draw on to analyze her data? You will develop an argument of your choice that demonstrates critical thought. Critical thinking requires that you use quality evidence to support an analytical position on the topic you have chosen. Your paper should NOT just be descriptive of the text, nor should it be based on preference (i.e. what you find interesting, appealing, or what you believe to be true without evidence). Students are to draw on the ethnographic text as evidence to support their argument and claims. Be sure to be explicit in stating your choice of topic, and be sure to clearly state the argument that you will make in your paper. You will be assessed on your ability to describe the context of the ethnographic text and analyze the merits and drawbacks of the ethnography. Your review paper should develop an understanding and elaboration of major themes that we have discussed in class. Please feel free to speak with me if you would like guidance in developing your topic or argument. For this review essay students are to read the ethnography (yes, the whole ethnography). In your paper, you are to choose an aspect (or a few aspects) from the text that you would like to present, analyze and discuss in your paper.

Read and comprehend financial market quotes.
Record basic financial transactions.
Activities
Read the following material under the heading How to Make Transactions and turn to Appendix A at the end of this course manual for an example of this project.
Spend at least ten to fifteen minutes reviewing The Wall Street Journal. Begin checking the Credit Markets Report each day (check the index at the bottom of page 1 in the WSJ for a quick reference to the page on which it appears).
3. Buy at least one T-bill, one Treasury note, and one long-term Treasury bond. You may buy a corporate bond, but emphasize treasury securities. Find the page or pages in Section C of the WSJ which list(s) Treasury notes, bonds, and bills. You will need this information to select a beginning portfolio in Treasury securities. For additional information, refer to pages 84 through 105 in the paperback supplement titled Guide to Understanding Money and Investing, to Chapter 4 in the textbook, and to the material in Appendix A of this course manual. Maintain short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term bonds in your portfolio so you can learn about the yield curve over time. Also, think about how diversification can reduce risk in a portfolio.
4. Refer to the financial pages of the WSJ, and make at least one options transaction and one futures transaction.
5. Buy at least one foreign currency and at least one foreign bond.
6. Add at least one put, one call (options) and one future in derivative markets.
7. Add at least one foreign and one domestic stock.
8. At the conclusion of your course work, sell all of your investments and do a brief analysis of your results and reasons for these results. Check the accuracy of your calculations. Comment on the economic and market factors that may have influenced the outcome of your decisions. This analysis should be typed, and double-spaced. You must submit both a sheet of your investments and a written analysis/report. You will not receive credit for the project without both parts of this assignment.Please Note: Many of the needed quotes can also be found online through the following link: http://markets.wsj.com/usHOW TO MAKE TRANSACTIONS
You are allotted an initial (imaginary) sum of $5 million. Be sure not to go over this limit. Assume no transaction costs, fees, etc., and do not worry about taxes or coupon/dividend payments. If you wish to allocate all your funds ($5 M) among all the required markets at the start, go ahead and do so if you know how to make the transactions. Dont worry about making the right transactions or about whether you made your calculations correctly. This is a learning exercise; just keep working at it and continue refining what you know. Keep referring to your investments in the coming days or weeks, and you will likely catch any errors you have made.(Note: I have received numerous questions from students over the years asking how they get the funds to invest. These are only imaginary investments. We do not fund real investment projects.)Select your investment choices, track their performance and determine how wisely you invested. You will be graded on the write-up and analysis and how well you followed directions and tracked your investment. Your grade will not depend upon whether you closed with a gain or a loss.You will not submit your portfolio until the end of the course, but dont wait until the end and then go back and reconstruct a portfolio after the fact! Put yourself on the honor system. The more transactions you make, the more you will learn, and the more fun you will have with the project. The number of weeks that you use to monitor your portfolio will depend on how long it takes you to complete the course. As a minimum, you should monitor your portfolio and make entries once a week for at least a month. Most students will take several months to complete the course; if you take about three to four months, plan to monitor your portfolio at least every other week selling all of your investments before you turn the assignment in so you can calculate gains and losses. However, if you want to keep track of your investments for a longer period, you may. You will learn more and have more fun doing it.There is no set form for the portfolio, other than to make the minimum transactions listed. Other than those transactions, you have free reign to do whatever you want to and to go wherever your intuition in the markets leads you. Just remember, this is a learning process and is designed to simply get you to learn how to do these transactions and enjoy it in the process. See what kind of investor you are. Are you a risk taker? How good of an investor are you? Did you make wise choices? What factors do you think influenced your returns?US TREASURY BILLS
of Columns
The first column gives the maturity date.
The second gives the number of days to maturity.
The third gives the price the dealer will pay for the bill.
The fourth gives the price the dealer will sell the bill for.
The fifth is the change in the asked price from the previous days close.
The sixth gives the yield you would receive if you held the bill until maturity.Steps to Buying a T-bill:
1. Select the bill you would like to buy (reasons for purchase may vary and are not even necessary).
2. Copy the information about this bill into your worksheet from left to right so you can find the bill later when you wish to sell it (buy date, instrument type, issuer, maturity date).
3. Decide on how much you want to invest in this bill (increments of $10,000 only) and write this in the Face Value column ($110,000 in the example).
4. Calculate the price you must pay per $100 to buy the face value of the bill (i.e., $110,000) using the following formula, write this in the Price Paid column (i.e., $97.36). Use Ask column. Note: I = bid or ask as a decimal (5.22 = .0522).
5. Divide the face value by 100 (to get number of 100s) and multiply the result by the price per hundred derived above and write the result in the Total Investment column. This is the total cost of the investment.Steps to Selling a T-bill:
1. Using the information you recorded at the time of purchase (maturity date, etc.), locate the bill in the WSJ or on Bloomberg.
2. Use the formula above to calculate the price received (per $100) with the number from the bid column (i.e., .0524).
3. Divide the face value by 100 and multiply the result by the price received and write the answer in the Total Received column.
4. Calculate gain or loss by subtracting the Total Investment column from the Total Received column.How to Find a Specific T bill on Bloomberg:
1. To display functions available in government sector, press the yellow [GOVT] key and hit [GO].
2. To see a listing of all U.S. T bills:

A. Choose number 1 (Ticker Symbol Look Up) from the Government Market Sector menu.
B. From the Government Bond Ticker Symbol menu, choose number 14 (U.S.A.)
C. From the U.S. Government Bond Ticker Symbol menu, choose number 1 (U.S. T bill).3. To display a menu of functions for a specific T bill, type the number of the T bill followed by the [GOVT] and [GO].U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes
Record basic bond transactions on a worksheet by referring to quotations in the WSJ. Two copies of a blank worksheet for making portfolio entries are found in Appendix B at the end of this course manual. If you record entries by hand, you should make a number of photo copies of the form so you will have extra copies as you go along. You may want to use a computer spreadsheet instead, in fact, I recommend doing so. You can use the form in Appendix B as a guide for organizing your spreadsheet. However, a spreadsheet is not required in case you dont have a computer. of Columns:
The first column gives the coupon rate.
The second gives the month and year of maturity (n=note).
The third gives the price the dealer will pay for the security.
The fourth gives the price the dealer will sell the security for.
The fifth gives the change in the ask price from the previous day.
The sixth gives the yield you would receive if you held the security to maturity.Steps to Buying a T-note or a T-bond:
1. Select the note or bond you would like to buy (reasons for purchase may vary).
2. Copy the information about the security into your worksheet from left to right so you can find it later when you wish to sell it (buy date, instrument type, issuer, maturity date, coupon rate).
3. Decide on how much you want to invest in this note or bond (increments of $1,000 only) and write this in the Face Value column ($50,000/$100,000 in the example).
4. Calculate the price per $100. Using the numbers from the Ask column, divide the number after the colon by 32 and add this to the number before the colon. 5.Write the result in the Price Paid column.
6. Divide the face value by 100 (to get the number of 100s) and multiply the result by the price per hundred derived above and write the result in the Total Investment column. This is the total cost of the investment.Steps to Selling a T-note or a T-bond:
1. Using the information you recorded at the time of purchase (maturity date, coupon rate, etc.), locate the note or bond in the
WSJ or on Bloomberg.
2. Use the formula above to calculate the price received (per $100) with the number from the bid column (i.e., .0524).
3. Divide the face value by 100 and multiply the result by the price received and write the answer in the Total Received column.
4. Calculate gain or loss by subtracting the Total Investment column from the Total Received column.How to Find a Specific T-note or T-bond on Bloomberg:
1. To display functions available in government sector, press the yellow [GOVT] key and hit [GO].
2. To see a listing of all U.S. T bonds:
A. Choose number 1 (Ticker Symbol Look Up) from the Government Market Sector menu.
B. From the Government Bond Ticker Symbol menu, choose number 14 (USA).
C. From the U.S. Government Bond Ticker Symbol menu, choose number 10 (U.S. T note / T bond).
3. To display a menu of functions for a specific security, type its number followed by [GOVT] and [GO].CORPORATE AND HIGH YIELD BONDS
of Columns:
-The first columns give the name of the company who issued the bond, the coupon rate, and year.
-The second columns give the yield to maturity or the rating.
-The third columns give volume traded or the coupon rate.
-The fourth columns give the closing price or the maturity date.
-The fifth columns give the net change in the closing price or the three oclock bid price.
-The sixth column gives the change from the three oclock bid price the previous day.
-The seventh column gives the yield to maturity.Steps to Buying Corporate or High Yield Bonds:
1. Select the bond you want to buy (based on issuing company or whatever).
2. Fill in the necessary information from left to right on the worksheet.
3. Decide how much you want to invest in this bond (increments of $1,000 only) and write the amount in the Face Value column.
4. Calculate the price per $100: Given in Closing or 3 p.m. bid columns as a whole number and fraction of a dollar. Fill in the amount in dollars and cents in the Price Paid column (i.e., $100.88 or $94.50).
5. Divide the Face Value by 100, multiply by the price per $100, and write the result in the Total Investment column.Steps to Selling a Corporate or High Yield Bond:
1. Using the information you recorded at the time of purchase (Maturity Date, Coupon Rate, etc.), locate the bond in the WSJ or on Bloomberg.
2. Calculate the price received (per $100) given in the bid column (i.e., $101.25 or $95.25).
3. Divide the Face Value by 100 and multiply the result by the Price Received and write the answer in the Total Received column.
4. Calculate gain or loss by subtracting the Total Investment column from the Total Received column.How to Find a Specific Corporate Bond on Bloomberg:
1. To display functions available in corporate market sector, press the yellow [CORP] key and hit [GO].
2. To see a listing of securities for a desired corporation:
A. Choose number 1 (Ticker Symbol Look Up) from the menu.
B. Enter partial issuer name (ex: AT for AT&T).FOREIGN CURRENCY
of Columns:
-The first column lists the country and the name of its currency.
-The second column lists the exchange rates as dollars per unit of foreign currency (U.S. point of view). Always use the second column for normal transactions.
-The third column lists the exchange rates as units of foreign currency per dollar (foreign point of view).
-These exchange rates are used for buying foreign currencies and foreign government bonds. Some columns on the worksheet are not used.
-Remember that once you have invested in a foreign currency or bond, you want the money to depreciate.Steps for Buying Foreign Currencies:
1. Select the currency you want to buy (British pounds and Swiss francs in the examples) and fill in the name of the country, date of purchase, etc.
2. Decide how much of the currency you want to buy and write the amount in the Face Value column.
3. Copy the exchange rate from column two into the Price Paid/Unit column. This tells you how many dollars it costs to buy one unit of the foreign currency.
4. Multiply the Face Value column by the Price Paid/Unit column to find the total investment.Steps to Selling Foreign Currencies:
1. Find the currency in the WSJ or on Bloomberg.
2. Copy the exchange rate from column two into the Price Received column. This tells you how many dollars you will receive for each unit of foreign currency.
3. Multiply the Face Value by the Price Received to find the Total Received.
4. Subtract the Total Investment from the Total Received to find your gain or loss.How to Find a Specific Currency on Bloomberg:
1. To display functions available in currency sector, press the yellow [CRNCY] key and hit [GO].
2. To find a currency of a particular country:
A. Choose number 3 (Ticker Symbol Look Up) from the menu.
B. Type the partial name of the country (ex: Bri. for Britain).
C. From the list of countries, choose the number of the desired country.
3. To display a menu of functions for a specific currency, type its number followed by [GO].
4. Note: Bloomberg quotes currencies as U.S. dollars per unit of foreign currency so no conversion is necessary.FOREIGN BONDS
of Columns:
-These bonds are listed in the currency of the issuing country.
-The first column gives the coupon rate in the foreign currency for the bond.
-The second column gives the month and year of maturity.
-The third column gives the price per 100 units of foreign currency you must pay to buy the bond. The same price is used when selling the bond.
-The fourth column gives the change in the price from the previous days close.
-The fifth column gives the yield to maturity in the foreign currency.Steps to Buying a Foreign Bond in a Foreign Currency:
1. Select the bond you want to buy (based on issuing country or whatever).
2. Fill in the necessary information from left to right on the worksheet.
3. Decide how much you want to invest in this bond (increments of 1,000 units of foreign currency only) and write the amount in the Face Value column (i.e., 100,000DM).
4. Calculate the price per 100 units of foreign currency: 5. Given in Price column as whole numbers. Fill in the amount in the Price Paid column. (i.e., 101.721DM).
6. Divide the Face Value by 100 and multiply by the price per 100 units of foreign currency to find the total investment in units of the foreign currency. However, all values in the Total Investment column should be in U.S. dollars only! You must look up the appropriate exchange rate to convert the amount into U.S. dollar equivalent using the steps outlined in Buying Foreign Currencies. There is no space to write in the exchange rate used.Steps To Selling a Foreign Bond In A Foreign Currency:
1. Using the information you recorded at the time of purchase (Maturity Date, Coupon Rate, etc.), locate the Bond in the WSJ or on Bloomberg.
2. Calculate the Price Received (per 100 units of foreign currency) given in the Price column (i.e., 102.069DM).
3. Divide the Face Value by 100 and multiply the result by the Price Received to find the total received in the foreign currency and use the exchange rate to convert the sum into a dollar amount.
4. Calculate Gain or (Loss) by subtracting the Total Investment column from the Total Received column.How to Find a Specific Foreign Bond on Bloomberg:
1. To display functions available in government market sector, press the yellow [GOVT] and hit [GO].
2. To see a list of bonds for a desired country:
A. Choose number 1 (Ticker Symbol Look Up) from the Government Sector Menu.
B. From the Government Bond Ticker Symbol menu, choose number of desired country.
C. Choose number of desired bond type
3. To display a menu of functions for a specific international government bond, type the number of the bond followed by the [GOVT] and [GO] keys.FUTURES
of Columns:
-The italicized lines tell the commodity, the market its traded on, the units its measured in (bushels), the number of units per contract (5000), and the way prices are quoted below (cents per bushel).
-The first column gives the maturity date of the contract when it must be honored.
-The second column shows the price when the market opened.
-The third column gives the highest price of the day.
-The fourth column gives the lowest price.
-The fifth column gives the closing price.
-The sixth column gives the change in closing price from the previous day.
-The seventh and eighth columns give the most and least somebody has paid for a contract.
-The eighth column gives the number of contracts outstanding.How to Buy a Futures Contract:
1. Decide on a commodity or item to buy (corn).
2. Decide on the maturity date on which you want the contract to end (Sept).
3. Decide on how many contracts to buy (three).
4. Fill in all of the above information on the worksheet as in the example.
5. Multiply the number of contracts times the number of units per contract to find the total amount of units purchased and fill in the Face Value column (15,000 bu).
6. Multiply the Face Value times the cost per unit (settle price) and fill in the Total Investment ($46,150).How to Sell a Futures Contract:
1. Find the contract based on commodity and maturity date.
2. Multiply the number of units by the new settlement price and fill in the Total Received column.
3. Calculate your gain or loss by subtracting the Total Investment from the Total Received column.How to Find a Specific Futures Contract on Bloomberg:
1. To display functions available in the commodity market sector, hit [CMDTY] followed by [GO].
2. To display a menu of futures contracts grouped by exchange:
A. Choose number 2 (Futures Tickers by Exchange) from the Commodity Sector Menu.
B. Choose number of exchange.
3. To display a contract table for the desired commodity, choose the number of the commodity.
4. To display a menu of functions for the desired security, type the number of the security followed by the [CMDTY] and [GO] keys.FUTURE OPTIONS
of Columns:
-Remember that a call option gives you the right to buy a commodity and a Put gives you the right to sell.
-The bold lines give the name of the commodity, the market it trades on, the number of units per contract, and the way prices are quoted below.
-The first column gives the strike price, the price at which the contract will be executed at if the holder decides to exercise his or her right.
-The second through fourth columns give the option premiums per unit you must pay to obtain a call contract.
-The fifth through seventh columns give the option premiums per unit you must pay to obtain a put contract.How to Buy an Option (Call or Put):
1.Decide which commodity to buy.
2. Decide whether you want a call or a put option (the call is used in example above, both shown on the sample worksheet).
3. Decide how long you want the option by choosing a maturity date (Oct. 1996).
4. Decide how many contracts you want (100).
5. Write all of the above information in the worksheet as shown in the sample at end of instructions.
6. Multiply the number of contracts (100) times the number of units per contract (100tr. oz.) and fill in the Face Value column.
7. Multiply the Face Value by the premium per unit ($2.70) and fill the Total Investment column.How to Sell an Option (Call or Put):
1. Find the option using the commodity, the strike price, and the maturity date.
2. Multiply the total investment by the new premium to find the total received.
3. Subtract the total investment from the total received to find your gain or loss.How to Find a Specific Option on Bloomberg:
1. To display functions available in the commodity market sector, hit [CMDTY] followed by [GO].
2. To display a menu of futures contracts grouped by exchange:
A. Choose number 4 (Options Tickers by Exchange) from the Commodity Sector menu.
B. Choose number of exchange.
3. To display a contract table for the desired commodity, choose the number of the commodity.
4. To display a menu of functions for the desired security, type the number of the security followed by the [CMDTY] and [GO] keys.Government Agency Notes:
See the sample worksheet.How to Record Transactions
Record transactions on a excel spreadsheet patterned after the worksheet found in Appendix B. You are expected to make a minimum of two transactions per week (buy or sell or both) for x number of weeks. Record the dates of your transactions. The more active you are in buying and selling, the more you will learn. All examples of the worksheet assume you are filling the worksheet in from left to right.How to Record Changes in Market Values
Keep a journal (either in a notebook or on your computer) where you note changes in prices and market values on your assets at least once per week, preferably on the same day, for example, every Monday. Think about the reasons for these changes. Dont worry if you lose money, or if you are not sure you have got it right. Just work it out the best you can!A Word of Caution
This outline provides only a streamlined review of financial market transactions. Numerous other requirements exist for making transactions in the real world, especially in derivative markets. We want you to see a broad overview of how markets work, without getting consumed by details that are beyond the scope of this course. Do not assume you have all the information you need to make actual transactions in the real world.Assignment Submission
You will submit your completed assignments electronically through the course. Please submit your analysis paper in PDF format and your Transaction worksheet in an excel spreadsheet. For information on saving and submitting your assignment, please see the syllabus.

b.Why did the court conclude that, “In this case, the evidence does notconclusively establishthat Hoke’s purse was taken forciblyfrom her. The evidence does,however, support an inference that she wasrobbed”?
Read For Purposes of Criminal Attempt, What Constitutes A Substantial Step Toward Commission of the Targeted Offense?, and answer the questions below.
a.Do you agree that the girls had taken a substantial step toward thecommission of a targetedoffense?
b.What test does the court establish for Tennessee to determine whethera substantial step has beentaken?
c. Would your answer be different if Tennessee used the last-step testor the physical proximitytest? If so, how?
d. Do you think that the court, in using common law rules ofconstruction, modifies the legislativeenactment?
e. Is the court using its judgment to replace that of the drafters ofthe statute? Explain youranswer.
3.Read Can a Private Corporation be Held Liable for the Crime ofHomicide?, and answer the questions below.
a. In this case, McIlwain School Bus Lines, Inc. argued that theoffense of homicide by vehicle couldnot be committed by a corporation. Onwhat grounds did the corporation base itsarguments?
b. Why did the court conclude that a corporation was a “person” forpurposes of the law? How was such aconclusion reached?
c. What are the potential legal ramifications of granting the status of”person” to a corporation?
Your essay will be a minimum of two pages in length, not counting thetitle and reference pages.
Your essay should contain a clear introductionand be well organized.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of control theories?