A comparative review of risk based portfolio allocations: An empirical study throughout rising yields

Since the financial crisis, risk based portfolio allocations have gained a great deal in popularity. This increase in popularity is primarily due to the fact that they make no assumptions as to the expected return of the assets in the portfolio. These portfolios implicitly put risk management at the heart of asset allocation and thus their recent appeal. This paper will serve as a comparison of four well-known risk based portfolio allocation methods; minimum variance, maximum diversification, inverse volatility and equally weighted risk contribution. Empirical backtests will be performed throughout rising interest rate periods from 1953 to 2015. Additionally, I will compare these portfolios to more simple allocation methods, such as equally weighted and a 60/40 asset-allocation mix. This paper will help to answer the question if these portfolios can survive in a rising interest rate environment.

Land of the rising soy an internationalization plan for nutre to the Japanese Soy milk market

The present work project studies the next step in the internationalization process of Shoyce, the soy milk products brand of Nutre. In order to select the best target market in the Asia-Pacific for Nutre to export, a sequential screening process was developed using two complementary approaches: preliminary country screening and country ranking, followed by an in-depth analysis of the country ranking first. The analysis revealed Japan as the most attractive country for Shoyce’s international expansion. Potential entry modes in the Japanese soy milk market were then evaluated, whereby direct exporting via a local distributor was found to be the most appropriate.

Trends in lung cancer among young European women: the rising epidemic in France and Spain.

Lung cancer mortality in young women in the European Union (EU) has steadily increased until the mid 1990 s and has levelled off thereafter, but trends have been heterogeneous in various countries. We analyzed therefore age-standardized trends in lung cancer mortality in young women (20-44) for the 6 major European countries, using joinpoint regression. In the early 1970s the highest lung cancer mortality in young women was in the UK (2.1/100,000). UK rates, however, steadily declined and in 2000-2004 they were the lowest of all 6 major EU countries (1.2/100,000). The second lowest rate in 2000-2002 was in Italy, whose rates remained around 1.1/100,000 between 1970 and 1994, and increased to 1.4 thereafter. In Germany and Poland, lung cancer rates in young women rose from 0.8-1.0/100,000 in the early 1970s to 1.7-1.9 in the mid 1990 s and levelled off during the last decade. Major rises over recent years were observed in France (from 0.8/100,000 in 1985-1989 to 2.2 in 2000-2003) and in Spain (from 0.8 in the 1985-1989 to 1.7 in 2000-2004). Thus, France showed both the highest rate observed over the last 3 decades and the largest rise over the last 2 decades. Since recent trends in the young give relevant information to the likely future trends in middle age, the female lung cancer epidemic is likely to expand in southern Europe from the current rates of 5.0/100,000 in Spain and 7.7 in France to approach 20/100,000 within the next 2-3 decades. Urgent interventions for smoking cessation in women are therefore required.

Welland Canal Survey of Lands Oliver Phelps 1826

Survey map and description of Oliver Phelp's land created by The Welland Canal Company. Included is a written description of the land along with a drawing of the land. Noteable features include; lock no.'s 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, concessions. Surveyor notes are seen in pencil on the map. This survey for the land was signed and submitted on August 23, 1826. The land totals 18 3/4 acres, 2 roads and 39 perches.

Welland Canal Survey of Lands Oliver Phelps, 1832

Survey map and description of Oliver Phelp's land created by The Welland Canal Company. Included is a written description of the land along with a drawing of the land. Noteable features include; Vanderburgh's land, hydraulic ditch, locks 15-20, lot divisions. The land totals 50 acres. The deed for the land is dated June 8th, 1832. Surveyor notes are seen in pencil on the map.See also page 161. Please note the measurments listed under "overall dimensions" are for the text only if the text appears on a seperate page from the drawing.

The rising prevalence of prescription opioid injection and its association with hepatitis C incidence among street-drug users

Ce manuscrit est une pré-publication d'un article paru dans Addiction 2012; 107(7): 1318-1327 url: http://www.addictionjournal.org/

Lluís Oliver i els components fonamentals de la matèria

Entrevista en Lluís Oliver, químic gironí

Mossèn Bartomeu Oliver i Amengual. 'Mosén Bartomeu Oliver i Amengual'.

Se trata de una aproximación a la figura y personalidad de Bartomeu Oliver i Amengual (Sencelles, 1903-1993) y un intento de profundizar en su condición de maestro, cura y agricultor. Además de ser un hombre activo e investigador de su realidad más cercana, su diaria tarea docente en las escuelas de Algaida y Sencelles se caracteriza por un pensamiento pedagógico moderno cargado de interés, curiosidad y diálogo. Sacando provecho de su entorno más cercano, desarrolló planteamientos pedagógicos de activismo, experimentación y contacto directo con la realidad en diversas áreas de conocimiento, como geografía, ciencias naturales, agricultura, matemáticas y trabajos manuales, y puso en práctica los modernos postulados de la evaluación como diagnóstico y proceso. Llegó a ser director de la Escuela Graduada de Sencelles, donde estuvo hasta su jubilación en 1965, y da nombre a uno de los premios 31 de Diciembre de la asociación nacionalista Obra Cultural Balear. El trabajo analiza su perfil personal, su pensamiento pedagógico y la actuación docente desarrollada, y su opinión sobre la cultura y lengua de las Islas.

L'Oliver : organitzaci?? i gesti?? d'una Zona Escolar Rural. 'L'Oliver : organizaci??n y gesti??n de una Zona Escolar Rural'

La ZER l'Oliver est?? formada por 3 CEIP, y desde sus inicios en 1994 se propuso, como objetivo prioritario, la gesti??n compartida y unificada, manteniendo el respeto a la identidad de cada centro y sus respectivas comunidades. Se explica c??mo fue necesario rehacer los proyectos prescriptivos de centro, con la intenci??n de definir de manera conjunta un marco de convivencia y una l??nea de trabajo comunes para el desarrollo del Proyecto de Zona.

Joan Oliver : l'escepticisme apassionat. 'Joan Oliver : el escepticismo apasionado'.

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Oliver y la gata.

Material elaborado por la Consejería de Sanidad y Consumo con el que se pretende reducir el consumo de tabaco y sus efectos. El material está dirigido a alumnos de quinto y sexto de Educación Primaria y pretende fomentar estilos y hábitos de vida saludables tanto en la familia como en la escuela.

Oliver, doscientos años después.

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High and steady or low and rising? : vocational versus general education in life-cycle earnings. 'Alto y estable o bajo y en alza? : formación profesional versus general en los ingresos del ciclo de vida'.

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