In this chapter, we've learned about strategies through which one can profit as a function of one's directional and volatility views. In your opinion, how can you go about forming directional and volatility views? In what ways might your directional view interact with your volatility view? A directional view is a belief about whether the underlying asset price will increase or decrease in the future. Directional views can be one of the following: Directionally bullish: The speculator believes that the underlying asset price will increase. Directionally bearish: The speculator believes that the underlying asset price will decrease. Directionally neutral: The speculator does not know whether the underlying asset price will increase or decrease, or whether it will change at all. A volatility view is a belief about whether the volatility of the underlying asset will increase or decrease in the future.

Roi analysis using dupont model. charlie? s furniture store has been in business for several years. the firm? s owners have described the store as a ? high-price, highservice? operation that provides lots of assistance to its customers. margin has averaged a relatively high 32% per year for several years, but turnover has been a relatively low 0.4 based on average total assets of $800,000. a discount furniture store is about to open in the area served by charlie? s, and management is considering lowering prices in order to compete effectively. required: a. calculate current sales and roi for charlie? s furniture store. b. assuming that the new strategy would reduce margin to 20%, and assuming that average total assets would stay the same, calculate the sales that would be required to have the same roi as they currently earned. c. suppose that you presented the results of your analysis in parts a and b of this problem to charlie, and he replied, ? what

Ajewelry direct sales company pays its consultants based on recruiting new members. question 1 options: the company is running a pyramid scheme, which is illegal. the company is running a pyramid scheme, which is legal. the company has implemented a legal and ethical plan for growth. the company uses this method of compensation to reduce the fee for the product sample kit.

U. s. internet advertising revenue grew at the rate of r(t) = 0.82t + 1.14 (0 ≤ t ≤ 4) billion dollars/year between 2002 (t = 0) and 2006 (t = 4). the advertising revenue in 2002 was $5.9 billion.† (a) find an expression f(t) giving the advertising revenue in year t.