USING BOND AND INDEX FUTURES FOR ASSET ALLOCATION

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The main purpose of this study is to assess forest fire susceptibility maps (FFSMs)
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(MAHP) and Mamdani fuzzy logic (MFL) models in a geographic information
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Knowing a brand’s value enables the CEO, investors, and other stakeholders to make better, more informed decisions. The return on investment in marketing initiatives, for example, can be more
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Bond valuation is the determination of the fair price of a bond. As with any security or capital investment, the theoretical fair value of a bond is the present value of the stream of cash flows it is expected to generate. Hence, the value of a bond is obtained by discounting the bonds expected cash[r]

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BINARY INDEXED TREE
Introduction
We often need some sort of data structure to make our algorithms faster. In this article we will discuss the Binary Indexed Trees structure. According to Peter M. Fenwick, this structure was first used for data compression. Now it is often used for storing frequencie[r]

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Abstract
The transmission of monetary policy is the center of economic studies, this field was
renewed in light of the 2008 global financial crisis with arguments about the
effectiveness and the determinants of transmission channels especially in emerging
markets such as Vietnam which may have[r]

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