Archive for July, 2007

Jul
30

Taiwan Capitalization Weighted Stock Index (加權指數) is a stock market index for companies traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
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Jul
29

Stock image

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Stock image can mean the following:

A stock image in publishing is an image that is commercially available (see stock photography).

A stock image in finance is a stock valuation coefficient based on the “stock profile” (growth, defensive, emerging, cyclical, distressed, turnaround…), as it is really or as investors perceive it (market-based valuation). This concept […]

Jul
27

Coming to Power - Writing and graphics on Lesbian S/M ISBN 0-932870-28-7) was a 1981 book edited by members of the lesbian/feminist S/M organisation SAMOIS.

It reached a world-wide audience the following year when it was reprinted by Alyson Publications. The book alternates short stories with advice on techniques, a model that has been used by […]

Jul
27

An investor profile or style defines an individual’s preferences in investment decisions, for example:

Short term trading (active management) or long term holding (buy and hold)

Risk averse or risk tolerant / seeker

All classes of assets or just one (stocks for example)

Value stock or growth stocks, defensive or cyclical stocks…

Big cap or […]

Jul
27

Warmonger

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A warmonger is, pejoratively, someone who is anxious to encourage a people or nation to go to war. It is often used to describe militaristic leaders, or mercenaries, commonly with the implication that they either may have selfish motives for encouraging war, or may actually enjoy war. Some may even admit that their selfishness […]

Jul
26

In BDSM, the term power exchange is associated with a submissive exchanging his or her authority to make decisions (whether just for a scene, or for his or her entire life), for the Dominant’s agreement to take responsibility for his/her happiness and health.

On a psychological level, much BDSM “play” involves power and dominance, in particular […]

Jul
26

Profitability is a technical analysis term used to compare performances of different trading systems or different investments within one system. The following definition was published in the journal Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities Magazine:<ref></ref>

Profitability = nProfits/nTrades - 1/(1+aveProfit/aveLoss)

This is computed for each system or investment being compared over the same period long enough to […]

Jul
26

MSCI World

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The MSCI World is a stock market index of ‘world’ stocks.

It is maintained by Morgan Stanley Capital International.

The index includes a selection of stocks of all the developed markets in the world, as defined by MSCI. This index includes securities from 23 countries, and has been calculated since December 31, 1969.

It is a common benchmark […]

Jul
26

In game design, variation is the process whereby the community of players, rather than any officiating authority, adapts the rules for informal play. If a variant becomes popular, it will often be published in a rules document like Hoyle’s Rules of Games. It may supplant the original game. For example, Hearts is usually played […]

Jul
25

The Straits Times Index (STI) is a market value-weighted stock market index based on the stocks of 50 representative companies listed on the Singapore Exchange.

Launched in the wake of a major sectoral re-classification of listed companies by the Singapore Exchange, which saw the removal of the “industrials” category, the STI replaced the Straits Times Industrials […]

Jul
24

Souko Ban Deluxe (倉庫番 DELUXE) is an arcade game released by Namco in 1990. It is based on the Sokoban game series by Thinking Rabbit.

Gameplay
The player must push the blocks onto the gray dots. The game starts out rather easy but it becomes more difficult later on.

Trivia
The game was renamed Boxy Boy for English-speaking territories.

References

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Jul
23

In economics, the distinction is often made between stock magnitudes and flow magnitudes. A “stock” is something one and has on hand at a point of time (say December 31), which may have been accumulated in the past. It would be measured in units (such as dollars or tons). On the other hand, a […]

Jul
23

The S&P/TOPIX 150 index is a stock market index of Japanese stocks from Standard & Poor’s.

It is a part of the S&P Global 1200.

See also the iShares S&P/TOPIX 150.

External links

S&P Page

References

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Jul
23

The San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor, given by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle, honors the finest achievements in filmmaking.

Winners

2000s

2002: Chris Cooper

for his role as “John Laroche” in Adaptation.

2003: Peter Sarsgaard

for his role as Charles Lane in Shattered Glass

2004: Thomas Haden Church

for his role as “Jack” in Sideways

2005: Kevin Costner

for […]

Jul
22

The Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) is now a defunct stock exchange having been acquired by the TSX Group in 2001 and renamed the TSX Venture Exchange.

History of the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX)
The Canadian Venture Exchange was created in Canada on November 29, 1999 as a result of an agreement between the Vancouver, Alberta, […]

Jul
21

L’Illusion Comique is a comedic play by Pierre Corneille, written in 1636. In its use of meta-theatricality (plays-within-the-play), it is far ahead of its time.

The play has enjoyed renewed popularity in recent years, since Tony Kushner adapted it as The Illusion.

When Corneille wrote this play at the age of 29, he had already written […]

Jul
20

The African Stock Exchanges Association (ASEA) was incorporated in 1993 in the Republic of Kenya. ASEA’s aim is to provide a formal framework for the mutual co-operation of stock exchanges in the African region. Its functions include the exchange of information and assistance in the development of member exchanges.

Related Organisations

Bolsa de Valores de Mozambique, Mozambique

Botswana […]

Jul
19

The “Foolish Four” is a discredited mechanical investing technique that, like the Dogs of the Dow, attempts to select the member stocks of the Dow Jones Industrial Average that will outperform the average in the near future.

To identify the “Foolish Four”, first determine the current dividend yield and current price for each of the 30 […]

Jul
18

Viscount Marchwood, of Penang and of Marchwood in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1945 for the businessman and Conservative politician Frederick George Penny. He had already been created a Baronet, of Marchwood in the County of Southampton, on 19 June 1933, and […]

Jul
18

The Poseidon bubble was a stock market bubble in which the price of Australian mining shares soared in late 1969, then crashed in early 1970. It was triggered by the Poseidon NL company’s discovery of a promising site for nickel mining in September 1969.

In the late 1960s, nickel was in high demand due to […]

Jul
18

SuperGun

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A SuperGun (or super gun) is a device used to play arcade games in lieu of requiring a full arcade cabinet. Arcade games typically are designed to be used in a universal cabinet design. The supergun provides this universal interface in a greatly reduced size, allowing arcade games to be tested or enjoyed without needing […]

Jul
15

Visual technology is the engineering discipline dealing with visual representation. It includes:

Photography

Printing

Video

References

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Jul
15

Equity market neutral is a hedge fund strategy that seeks to exploit investment opportunities unique to some specific group of stocks while maintaining a neutral exposure to broad groups of stocks defined for example by sector, industry, market capitalization, country or region.

The strategy holds Long / short equity positions, with long positions hedged with short […]

Jul
15

The 9th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was a mounted infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents

1 Service
2 Total strength and casualties
3 Commanders
4 See also
5 Notes
6 References

Service
The 9th Illinois Infantry was converted to the 9th Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment on March 15, 1863. The regiment fought in […]

Jul
14

A navigation mesh is an abstract data structure used in artificial intelligence applications to aid agents in path-finding through large spaces. Meshes that do not map to static obstacles in the environment they model offer the additional advantage that agents with access to the mesh will not consider these obstacles in path-finding, reducing computational effort […]

Jul
14

Simple English usually refers to a simplified form of English such as:

Basic English — a constructed language with a small number of words created by Charles Kay Ogden

Simplified English — a controlled language originally developed for aerospace industry maintenance manuals

Special English — a simplified form of English used by broadcasting service Voice […]

Jul
12

Jimmy Stafford is the lead guitarist and founding member of the Grammy award winning band Train. Born in Morris, Illinois on April 26th 1964, Jimmy is the proud father of a young daughter. He resides in Las Vegas and Chicago.

Jimmy Stafford is currently writing his first book, a novel, titled “The Guitar on the […]

Jul
11

Issen gorin

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issen gorin which translated means “penny postcard” is a term associated with a value placed upon Japanese draftees in World War II. This term roughly meant that the individual was only worth the amount on the letter to draft them.

More specifically, “Issen Gorin” translates to “one yen, five rin”, the cost of mailing a […]

Jul
09

The Stock Exchange (in German: Die Börse) is a book written by Maximilian Weber, a German economist and sociologist in 1896. Note that the original edition was in German and the title can be translated as “The Stock Exchange”.

During the 1890s the stock exchange in Germany had become the symbol of capitalism. During 1894-1896 Weber […]

Jul
08

The Bovespa Index (Índice Bovespa) is an index of about 50 stocks that are traded on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa: BOlsa de Valores dE São PAulo).

The index is composed by a theoretical portfolio with the stocks that accounted for 80% of the volume traded in the last 12 months and that were traded […]

Jul
08

Skånings härad, was a hundred of Västergötland in Sweden.

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Jul
07

Edmonton Meadowlark is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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Jul
06

An architect’s scale is a specialized ruler. It is used in making or measuring from reduced scale drawings, such as blueprints and floor plans . It is marked with a range of calibrated scales (ratios).

The scale was traditionally made of wood but for accuracy and longevity the material used should be dimensionally stable […]

Jul
06

Egodystonic

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Egodystonic is a psychological term referring to behaviors, (e.g., dreams,
impulses, compulsions, desires, etc.), that are in conflict, or dissonant, with the needs and goals of the ego, or, further, in conflict with a person’s ideal self-image.

The concept is studied in detail in abnormal psychology, and is the opposite of egosyntonic. Obessive compulsive disorder is considered […]

Jul
05

Vartofta Hundred, or Vartofta härad, was a hundred divided between Småland and Västergötland in Sweden.

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Jul
04

This is a list of arcade games sorted by name which were ported to the Amiga platform.

Arcade Games & Series

Amiga Ports

Notes

1. Arkanoid (1986)
2. Arkanoid II - Revenge of DOH 1987
3. Arkanoid Returns (1997)

Arkanoid II - Revenge of DOH

no difference

1. Golden Axe
2. Golden Axe - The Revenge of Death Adder

Golden […]

Jul
03

Hong Kong Basic Law Article 45 () is a controversial article in the Basic Law (constitution) of Hong Kong. It states that the chief executive should be chosen by universal suffrage as an eventual goal. Its speedy implementation is advocated by the Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group.

The controversy exists due to the law stipulates […]