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Babies, Bonds and Learned Behavior, 2004.
This paper discusses the social control theory of social bonds.
2,034 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 49.95
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This article looks at the social control theory of social bonds. The writer studies the theory of social learning within the context of neglected babies. The writer examines how such a situation affects their behavior as teenagers and adults. In this paper, the writer also discusses sources of human behavior.
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"What is the source of human behavior? Why is it that when babies become children and children become teenagers their behaviors can differ so greatly from one another? The theories regarding the source of teenager behavior and the scope of their activities however acceptable or deviant they may be, have been central to the disciplines of juvenile psychology, sociology and criminology for decades. When babies are born and deprived from love and contact from loving ... "
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Bonds, 2005.
An overview of what bonds are, different types of bonds, and their uses in financial markets.
2,541 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 54.95
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Bonds are IOUs extended from one entity to another entity as money in exchange for a loan. This paper explains that the three major types of bonds are U.S. government bonds, corporate bonds, and zero coupon bonds. Within these three major categories exist many other, major subcategories. It shows how a secure U.S. Treasury may be appropriate for one kind of investor, while a high-risk, callable corporate bond might be appropriate for another. The writer points out that most investors will seek, ideally, a diverse portfolio among a variety of these different types of securities, with varying levels of risk; a high risk gives an investor a higher yield than a low risk. The paper explains that bonds can be purchased through brokers and are traded in the open market. It concludes that the value of the bond varies according to the interest rate, although in general, government bonds are less risky than corporate bonds.
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"According to economist Kevin Heckinger (2002), while the average investor in these MSNBC-happy watching times may feel that he or she knows about the basics of investing in the stock market, many people remain puzzled as to what bonds are and the ins and outs of investing in various forms of fixed income securities. The average investor may have been issued a bond as a present for graduation, or received a bond as a prize in a contest, or gotten a U.S. Savings Bond as a 'reward' or incentive for buying an appliance, perhaps. But the nature of what a bond means, as opposed to a share in a publicly traded company still remains obscure in public parlance."
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Bonds, 2004.
An exploration of different types of bonds and establishment of the right kind of bonds for different investors.
1,569 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 35.95
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This paper looks at bonds, a splitting of a very large loan into many easily transferable notes or units. It discusses how each bond is a long-term investment, which also bears an interest and how, after being issued, the bond is sold to the investing public with the result that there are multiple bondholders participating in one loan. Through an analysis of the different types of bonds available, it attempts to advise on the right bond for the right situation.
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Introduction
What are Bonds?
Issuance of Bonds
Liquidity of Bonds
U.S. Government Bonds
Municipal Bonds
Corporate Bonds
Zero-Coupon Bonds
Conclusion
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"Bonds have never been as attractive to investor as stocks, and in recent years bonds look plain and confusing. Who needs them? And while stocks have averaged 11% annual returns over time, bonds have dropped down to less than 6%. The happened in 1998, when bonds posted an 8.6% total return and stocks took 26.7%. It was the fourth straight year of 20%-plus gains for the S&P 500 index (Morgan Stanley). Well, don't be fooled. Stocks won't always give you such great returns. And it's often the case that when stocks go down, bonds go up, making them an excellent source for diversifying your portfolio. In the third quarter of 1998, the S&P 500 dropped by 11% due to fear of a global economic slowdown."
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Bonds and Shares, 2005.
An overview of the advantages and disadvantages in investing in bonds and shares.
1,308 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 17 sources, MLA, £ 31.95
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Investors require a return to compensate for any uncertainty associated with cash flows associated with investment. This paper examines how, in the world of investment, all investors walk the line between greed and fear and how stocks and bonds are suitable investments for most individuals.
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Advantages of Buying Different Types of Bonds
Rate of Return of the Bonds
Risk of Bonds
Interest Rates and Bonds
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"Most investors want to earn the highest possible yield and growth rate with the lowest possible risk. But maximum profit and low risk are not compatible attributes. As a bond investor, they must be aware of relationship between the risk and potential reward, or opportunity. Risk in its many forms will determine whether an investment is appropriate or not and will it earn the yield you wanted. The different kinds of bond risk are: (1) interest rate risk, (2) default risk, (3) business risk, (4) marketability risk, (5) inflation risk, and (6) event risk."
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Critical Review: "The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies", 2002.
This paper looks at the book "The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies", a complete guide for parents of premature babies.
793 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 19.95
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The paper gives a detailed report of the reference book, highlighting its strengths and the reasons why a parent of a premature baby would find it useful. The writer gives a table of contents from the book, outlining the subjects that are covered, and ends with a recommendation of the guide.
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"Even a parent with no medical knowledge or experience should have an easy time of understanding what is happening to their baby both in terms of problems and possible treatments. There are also a large number of diagrams and drawings that help to clarify the anatomy and physiological processes being discussed. At the same time, there is no attempt to oversimplify what are often complicated and complex procedures and issues. The book is organized in a way that will make it useful for readers who are at every stage of dealing with their premature child?s experience."
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Junk Bonds, 2002.
Discusses the possible risks and potential profits of junk bonds.
1,286 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 30.95
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This paper analyzes the concept of junk bonds. It looks at the inherent risk of junk bonds, what factors determine whether a bond will be labeled a junk bond or an investment-grade bond, why they must offer higher returns to entice customers, and their viability on the investment front. The paper concludes with an overall positive, but cautious, assessment of junk bonds.
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"The stock markets are the financial hubs of a country where businesses thrive on the value of their reputation and financial prowess. It is also a place where the investors are often duped by companies that try to create artificial value for themselves. Junk bonds are a consequence of this trend of many companies, which try to attract value to their bonds through false propaganda and enticing dividends. Similarly, the price of a share of even reputed companies depends on a variety of factors and hence, one cannot expect a steady price for a stock no matter how strong the credibility of the company is. This inherent unpredictability in the stock markets required for some kind of official standardization of the bonds so that investors could be forewarned about the performance and risk factors of a particular bond."
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The Junk Bonds, 2004.
An overview of the increasing phenomena and use of junk bonds.
1,289 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 30.95
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This paper examines how junk bonds are a consequence of the growing trend of many companies to attract value to their bonds through false propaganda and enticing dividends. It looks at how, although they carry a definite amount of risk associated with them, if invested wisely and prudently, they can also return profits that will be many time higher that the ?safer? bonds. It also shows how experts believe that stock market crashes and scams, which are often attributed to the junk bonds, are, in fact, due to the investor?s lack of concern for risk in the mad rush to make money.
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"The concept of junk bonds becomes relevant when we consider the inherent risk that the share market offers to the customer. According to financial statutes, every bond has what is called as the default risk associated with it. When an issuer of the bond is not able to pay timely dividends to the shareholders, there arises a situation where the company is said to be in default. The bonds that are issued by the US government or federal institutions are said to be relatively free of default risk since the government guarantees it and so the investor can be assured that his money is safe. On the contrary, for the shares of non-federal agencies or private companies, the inherent risk is gauged by what is known as credit ratings, which are issued by independent and competent companies."
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Learned Oppression, 2002.
Examines the concept of a "learned oppression" as presented in two books on social theory.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 2 sources, £ 43.95
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This paper compares the theme of a learned oppression as drawn from the books "The Bonds of Love" by Jessica Benjamin and "Black Skin, White Masks" by Frantz Fanon. These books suggest that society is exclusive due to learned oppression that is accepted by the oppressed as a way of life.
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Alcoholism as Learned Behavior, 2004.
Summary of a research proposal to determine what links exist between alcoholism as a learned behavior and self-esteem.
7,809 words (approx. 31.2 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 118.95
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This paper summarizes a research proposal to determine what links exist between alcoholism as a learned behavior (rather than as a condition arising from any genetic predisposition) and self-esteem. This research is based upon the assumption that there is a direct connection between self-esteem and learned behaviors. Drawing from the recent work of a number of other researchers, this research argues that because alcoholism is, in large measure, a learned behavior it has a substantial negative effect upon the self-esteem of alcoholics who blame themselves for their drinking and, understanding the harm that they are doing to themselves and to those around them, suffer from lowered self-esteem.
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"Our attitudes about alcoholism have changed dramatically over the last fifty years as our conception of the condition ? which causes so much harm and so much grief to so many people, including both the alcoholics themselves and to others ? as one that was a matter of complete free will to a question of genetics. That pendulum is slowly swinging back now to viewing alcoholism as a learned behavior, although there is little doubt that there is some element of genetic predisposition to the condition. This research proposes to answer the question of whether the learned aspects of alcoholism are more significant than the genetic elements of it and, if so, how this fact should affect the way in which social workers treat alcoholics and their families."
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Corporate Bonds and Preferred Stocks, 2006.
A thorough examination of corporate bonds, preferred stocks and common stocks and their advantages and disadvantages.
4,471 words (approx. 17.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 81.95
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This paper takes a look at corporate bonds and preferred stocks, defining both types of investments, how they differ and their strengths and weaknesses. The paper examines and explains the many factors that must be considered before one can wisely make a decision regarding an investment in corporate bonds and preferred stocks, but suggests that both bonds and preferred stocks are considered relatively safe investments and provide slow, steady growth for investors. Next, the paper describes common stocks and how they work as an investment as well as the advantages and disadvantages of this type of investment. Finally, the paper takes a look at the accounts receivable and inventory aspects of financial management and explains their importance to both the management process and to investors.
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Common Stocks
Accounts Receivable and Inventory
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"Preferred stocks, a class of a company's equity, are cheaper to buy and more liquid than corporate bonds. Companies issuing preferred stocks often yield 8 percent or more. Preferred stocks are closer in kin to bonds than to common stocks. They pay a fixed dividend, their price tends to stay near their par value and they usually have no voting rights. They are called preferred stocks because they stand in line ahead of common shares when it's time to pay out dividends or liquidate the company. However, preferred stockholders do not get their dividends until the bondholders have been paid. Because of this, preferred stocks are slightly more risky than bonds issued by the same company; the stockholder is paid a little extra for assuming that risk. Large corporations and banks encourage preferred stocks."
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Learned Helplessness, 2007.
This paper discusses the problem of learned helplessness when assessing elderly patients with arthritis.
780 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 19.95
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This paper describes the characteristics of learned helplessness as including behavioral and motivational passivity, giving up and procrastination. The paper indicates that this behavior is usually due to fear of pain or lack of perceived ability. The author points out that, when learned helplessness is a factor, the assessment and results may be skewed due to a lack of effort because the client may not have given his or her best. The paper states that society encourages learned helplessness because people are expected to help elderly and disabled individuals instead of allow them to be more independent by having them try things on their own.
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"Arthritis is a rheumatic disease that can be physically disabling because of inflammation of the joints that does not subside and damages healthy tissues; this generates more inflammation and more damage, causing a continuous pain cycle. Movements then become difficult and painful when the damage being done changes the shape of bones and other tissues surrounding joints. When assessing a client with arthritis, it is understandable how the concept of learned helplessness can be evident."
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Designer Babies, 2005.
This paper discusses the possibility and limitations of controlling the genetic composition of unborn babies.
1,170 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, £ 28.95
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This paper explains that today, science is close to having the ability to selectively choose which babies will be born based on their genetic characteristics; therefore, now is the time to decide the ethicacy of this action. The author points out that the first applications of genetic manipulation will likely be medical; embryos will be manipulated to treat some genetic illness, such as Huntington's Chorea, or will be chosen selectively based on the absence of the Huntington's gene. The paper relates that, already in 2002, a hospital in Scotland was issued a license by the British government not to create "designer babies" but only to allow parents, by the use of abortion of defective fetuses, to avoid babies who are doomed to have some serious genetic disorder.
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"The problem is that genetics is rarely that simple. Most of the time, genes only show a tendency, and experts cannot say whether the developing child will develop a specific illness or not. Even in identical twins, sometimes one develops a disease influenced by genetics, such as schizophrenia, while the other does not. Nevertheless, genetic researchers believe that eventually we will be able to screen embryos for combinations of genes that predispose people not only to life-threatening illnesses but for personality traits as well. However, people's personalities aren't as simple as a cluster of traits."
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Bonds vs Stocks, 2001.
Examines stocks & bonds in relation to a portfolio for a private or individual investor. Characteristics of asset demand, measures of interest rates, bond valuation, stock valuation models.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 7 sources, £ 61.95
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"Introduction
The contemporary economic literature is replete with discussions about the centuries-old apparent schism between stocks and bonds and the impact that they can have on the concept of asset demand and portfolio theory. This statement emphasizes that there are four main concept areas to be analyzed: a) Stocks, b) Bonds, c) Portfolio Theory, and d) Asset demand ratios. These four concepts will be the subject of the first part of the next section.
At this point in the paper, suffice it to say that the following simplistic definitions will be amplified in the theoretical sections.
A. Stock -- As it will be used in this paper, a ?stock? will.."
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Learned Helplessness, 2004.
An analysis of the phenomena of learned helplessness in college students.
2,600 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 54.95
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This paper analyzes the phenomena of learned helplessness in college-age students, with the goal of increasing the body of growing research on the subject and eliciting a greater understanding of its causes and possible solutions. The paper aims to serve as a first step to assist educators in developing a comprehensive guide to intervene in situations where learned helplessness may be present.
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"The phenomena of learned helplessness has been met by many theories and many myths about the learning ability of the student, garnered from the work professionals do with students. Some of the real reasons have been gleaned from the answers students themselves give for their failure to perform in test environments, possibly recounting historical failures, despite their possible or real competence with the material and some are observational for the instructor, such as competence on daily work, or in class work but failure on exams."
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