Tough new regulations forced lenders into high-risk areas where they had no choice but to lower lending standards to make the loans that sound business practices had previously guarded against making. It was either that or face stiff government penalties.

The untold story in this whole national crisis is that President Clinton put on steroids the Community Redevelopment Act, a well-intended Carter-era law designed to encourage minority homeownership. And in so doing, he helped create the market for the risky subprime loans that he and Democrats now decry as not only greedy but "predatory."
I will blame Bush for the war. The war took away his focus from these other matters being fixed?

Rs. 8,000 net cash inflow
Rs. 8,000 net cash inflow
Question No: 4 - Please choose one
SNT Company has a current ratio of 3:2. Current Liabilities reported by the
company are Rs. 30,000. What would be the Net Working Capital for the
company?
Rs. 45,000
Rs. 15,000
( Rs. 45,000)
( Rs. 15,000)
Question No: 5 - Please choose one
Which of the following would not improve the current ratio?
Borrow short-term to finance additional fixed assets
Issue long-term debt to buy inventory
Sell common stock to reduce current liabilities
Sell fixed assets to reduce accounts payable
Question No: 6 - Please choose one
Which of the following are incorporated into the calculation of the Du-Pont
Identity?
I. Return on assets
II. Equity Multiplier
III. Total Assets Turnover
IV. Profit Margin
I, II, and III only
I, III, and IV only

II, III and IV only
I, II, III, and IV
Question No: 7 - Please choose one
The concepts of present value and future value are:
Directly related to each other
Not related to each other
Proportionately related to each other
Inversely related to each other
Question No: 8 - Please choose one
Which of the following is a special case of annuity, where the stream of cash flows
continues forever?
Special Annuity
Ordinary Annuity
Annuity Due
Perpetuity
Question No: 9 - Please choose one
Which of the following is an unsecured bond for which no specific pledge of
property is made?
Mortgage
Debenture
Collateral
Note Payable

Question No: 10 - Please choose one
Which of the following type of return refers to the percentage change in the
amount of money you have?
Nominal return
Real return
Inflation return
None of the given option
Question No: 11 - Please choose one
When real rate is _____, all interest rates will tend to be _____.
Low; higher
High; lower
High; higher
None of the given options
Question No: 12 - Please choose one
Which of the following is the extra yield that investors demand on a taxable bond
as a compensation for the unfavorable tax treatment?
Interest rate risk premium
Inflation risk premium
Default risk premium
Taxability premium
Question No: 13 - Please choose one
In which type of the market, previously issued securities are traded among
investors ?

Primary Market
Secondary Market
Tertiary Market
None of the given options
Question No: 14 - Please choose one
Place the following items in the proper order of completion regarding the capital
budgeting process.
(I) Perform a post-audit for completed projects;
(II) Generate project proposals;
(III) Estimate appropriate cash flows;
(IV) Select value-maximizing projects;
(V) Evaluate projects.
II, V, III, IV, and I
III, II, V, IV, and I
II, III, V, IV, and I
II, III, IV, V, and I
Question No: 15 - Please choose one
An investment will be ___________ if the IRR doesn t exceeds the required return
and ___________ otherwise.
Accepted; rejected
Accepted; accepted
Rejected; rejected
Rejected; accepted
Question No: 16 - Please choose one

IRR and NPV rules always lead to identical decisions as long as :
Cash flows are conventional
Cash flows are independent
Cash flows are both conventional and independent
None of the given options
Question No: 17 - Please choose one
A project whose acceptance does not prevent or require the acceptance of one or
more alternative projects is referred to as :
A mutually exclusive project
An independent project
A dependent project
A contingent project
Question No: 18 - Please choose one
Finding Net Present Value comes under which type of capital budgeting criteria
?
Discounted Cash Flow Criteria
Accounting Criteria
Payback Criteria
None of the given options
Question No: 19 - Please choose one
___________ Cost is an outlay that has already occurred and hence is not affected
by the decision under consideration.

Sunk
Opportunity
Fixed
Variable
Question No: 20 - Please choose one
Which of the following is the overall return the firm must earn on its existing
assets to main

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< "What risks are we willing to take? The average homeowner probably has fire insurance. They don't expect a fire in their home [but] they are still willing to take out fire insurance because they don't want the risk and there's probably a much better chance of us seeing the middle to upper end of that temperature projection than a single person saying they'll have a fire in their home tomorrow morning," he (Prof Watson) said. > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/7849441/Michael-Mann-says-hockey-stick-should-not-have-become-climate-change-icon.html

Maybe I'm wrong but I think he is saying that anyone who owns an home and realizes fire insurance is a good idea shoiuld be completely on board with CO2 emission policies (i.e. for similar reasons). I find this analogy completely out the window.

The entire premise of this analogy is that even if the chance of occurence is very, very low, the cost of the occurence would be very high. This assumes several things: you are not wealthy enough to take such a sudden loss, the cost of the insurance makes sense compared to what could be lost, the insurance is covered for all scenarios and the loss would be complete, not partial.

And one of the most important aspects is this part of this statement: "...because they don't want the risk...". Except in cases of public liability and mortgages, people have a choice whether they want fire insurance or flood insurance or personal bellongings insurance. Nobody wants risk, but if you have it, you assess it vs cost and other criteria and make a decision. Well you know what, perhaps people are willing to accept the risk of climate change.

But why do alarmists need to make such analogies? Doesn't this guy sound like an insurance salesman?

Does Watson try to associate someone who is against CO2 policies with someone who is stupid enough not to get fire insurance on their home? Is this another guilt trip argument?
Oh and as an added "LOL", Mann admits "uncertainties in his work.
Trevor, you are right about sensible precautions. Right now I don't find CO2 cuts a sensible precaution and I hope my vote counts.
And comparing CO2 cuts with fire insurance (no with any of the other things you listed as sensible precautions) makes CO2 cuts a sensible precaution.

The analogy is dumb and the argument is illogical. The only purpose I can see is to sway people who can't think it through.
Sorry, comparing DOESN'T make CO2 a sensible precaution.
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Dana makes a good point in that any comparision to insurance should include liability. That makes it all the more strange that Watson would omit this. Perhaps he sees people as rather dim-witted and could relate more to a vision of their house burning down.

However, insurance doesn't actually prevent anything, does it? Auto insurance doesn' reduce accidents or damage or death. Speed limits or mandatory seatbelts or airbags do that job. So the comparision of CO2 cuts to ANY sort of insurance is completely off course.

How about this analogy? CO2 cuts is like reducing the maximum national speed limit to 10mph. That would probably elimate most if not all road fatalities. But is it a good policy?
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Pegminer, there is nothing for me to correct about Jim Z here. I understand perfectly what he is saying about the rabid wombats. Yes, their bite is bad, but I'm not getting wombat insurance either. I'll just be careful and support local wombat community watches. I accept the wombat risk and therefore do not want to pay for wombat insurance at this time given the current state of wombat data and risk.

Jim Z, if I misread you, please correct me. It's almost like some people around here have preconceived thoughts and whatever they read is just tranformed to meet those thoughts regardless of what is being said.
Pegminer, actually Jim Z's wombat story is analogous to this entire thread. While fire insurance might be sensible, that does not make CO2 cuts sensible (as an insurance). Jim Z points out that while there are sensible choices for insurance, not all insurance is sensible, rabid wombat insurance for example. Thus, we cannot argue CO2 cuts are sensible just because they give us a form of insurance. Actually, that's pretty good support for my overall intent here. I think that gives Jim Z best answer so far.
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Pegminer, I have no idea about rabid wombats, it's just a talking point. Why are you guys always so angry?

The Robles brothers, now out of jail but fighting removal in Immigration Court, are among thousands of young illegal immigrants in similar situations, living at risk of being expelled to countries they barely remember.

Two weeks ago, a Harvard University student who came from Mexico at age 4, Eric Balderas, joined their ranks after he was arrested by immigration agents at the San Antonio Airport.

They are known in some circles as "Dream Act" kids, named after proposed legislation that would grant them legal status.

Their cases underscore a contradiction in the Obama administration's approach to immigration enforcement. Even though the president supports the Dream Act — which would provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants brought here as children who enroll either in college or the military — his enforcement bureaucracy continues to pursue deportation cases against the increasing number of students who would be protected by it. It's part of a push that is on track to remove a record 400,000 illegal immigrants this year.

"It highlights the inconsistencies in immigration policies," said William Perez, a Claremont Graduate University professor and author of "We Are Americans," a book about undocumented immigrant students.

Immigration authorities say they rarely deport students, particularly once their teachers, coaches, friends and elected representatives speak out on their behalf.

Balderas, for example, was placed in "deferred status," meaning the government won't remove him unless he gets in trouble. But even so, the young people remain in legal limbo, often unable to land a professional job after earning a degree. And they live with a legal sword of Damocles over their heads, subject to removal at any moment.

"These cases illustrate the need for comprehensive immigration reform," said Virginia Kice, spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. "ICE uses its discretion on a case-by-case basis, as appropriate."

Carlos and Rafael Robles were on the way to visit a friend at Harvard — not Balderas — when they were arrested. They spent a weekend in jail before friends posted ,000 bond for each of them. They had to travel to Buffalo again recently for a court hearing after an immigration judge turned down their request to move the case to Chicago. Their next court date is next year.

Their father works for a car dealer, and their mother is an assistant at a mortgage company. They came to the U.S. by airplane five years ago on a tourist visa and never went back.

"We want to go to school and to work here," Carlos Robles said.

Several residents of their community, a Republican-leaning Chicago suburb where most people have little patience for illegal immigration, have written letters on their behalf, said Robert Carroll, a teacher at Palatine High School.

"Gee whiz, these are just two quality kids," he said. "They are everything you would want your kids to be. These kids are going to be leaders in their communities — taxpayers, not tax recipients."

In recent months, immigration rights activists have renewed their push to convince Congress to pass the Dream Act. Activists have staged hunger strikes and occupied congressional offices. Earlier this month, about 30 students marched outside the Los Angeles office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). Feinstein is a co-sponsor of the Dream Act, but activists criticize Democrats for not moving the bill this year.

"Immigration reform may be dead this year, but we feel that smaller pieces like … the Dream Act can move forward," said Marisol Ramos, founding board member of the national United We Dream network. "Democrats should really step up."

The Dream Act, sponsored by Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) and others, came up eight votes short in the Senate in 2007, when an effort to overhaul immigration law fell apart. The following year, then-candidate Barack Obama urged its passage during a presidential debate, saying that youths who "have essentially grown up as Americans" deserve legal status. But Obama has done little to push the bill as president.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-deport-student-20100628-1,0,218526.story