... a much greater effect on other investments, the economy itself, and even investor psychology. On a trend that started approximately six years ago, the stock market is in what is commonly referred to as the longest bull market in history. And with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), the Standard and Poor's 500, and Nasdaq Composite continuing to break new records, many in the financial world are worrying about what is in store for the market this year. Specifically, they are concerned whether or not the stock market will correct (or worse, crash) in 1997. In focusing on the possibility of a market correction or crash this year, some arguments for and against w ...

... his best memories and moments would be left behind. If you do not make your own decisions and make decisions that will benefit you, your life would be a big lie to yourself, which is not a sign that you have done something you wanted to do. Living a lie would not be a very good life. A good quote from “Ode On A Grecian Urn” concerning this is “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”. This basically means that the truth is much better than living a lie or some fantasy world. If your whole life is a lie, then it is not a very beautiful life at all. Also, in the song “Lyin' Eyes” the woman is living a lie by pretending she loves this old man, when in reality she was jus ...

... Italy, and Japan the female participation rate is very low. In most of the countries the labour force is most participated in the age groups between 20 and 24. The labour force of mature women is very high in Sweden, because of the encouraged day care facilities which also provides the females with legislation that provides them with excellent benefits. In Japan there is a drop in female economic activity, the reason why is it affects their marriage and the care of their only child. An observation of labour force participation rates in Canada show that female rates rose a lot between 1971 and 1981, while the male rate rose unnoticeably. The increase in th ...

... of Volume to Supplier 13 Impact of Input on Cost or Differentiation 13 Threat of Backward or Forward Integration 13 Access to Capital 14 Access to Labor 14 Summary of Suppliers 14 Buyers 15 Buyer Concentration versus Industry Concentration 15 Buyer Volume 15 Buyer Switching Cost 15 Buyer Information 16 Threat of Backward Integration 16 Pull Through 16 Brand Identity of Buyers 17 Price Sensitivity 17 Impact on Quality and Performance 17 Substitute Products 18 ...

... the Philadelphia plant in which it was built because it could not be moved to the Census Bureau. However, it was IBM's background as a supplier of integrated data-processing systems that gave it a unique advantage over its competitors. As Frank Cary, a future president of IBM put it shortly after the release of System/360, "We don't sell a product…we sell solutions to problems." And this is exactly what they did. Often times, software would be custom tailored for a particular business's needs. IBM's greatest advantage, however, was its reputation as a service-oriented vendor. Recognizing the importance of training, the company set up programming courses to trai ...

... economy is doing poorly, the reason for this is because there are thousands and thousands of people in our country that are still unemployed and/or on welfare. The unemployment rate is as low as its’ been but there are still far too many people in this country without jobs, and so unemployment although diminished recently, still exists. The rate will never drop to zero percent but we can never be satisfied with it, that is there is always room for improvement. In the United States economy, our trade balance is said to be stable at this juncture, however because so many other countries are suffering from economic problems, we cannot export as many as our go ...

... a person bears in buying a product is the price of the product. People have limited means of which they can spend, if spent on one thing, they will not be able to buy another. When the price of a product goes up, the amount of goods purchased will be lessened. Increases in income results in increasing of options of what and how much a person may purchase. Normal goods refer to products that people tend to buy more of as their income increases. Inferior goods are goods that people use less of as their income increases. The goals of a person refer to the "wants" and "needs" of a person. Goals of a consumer depends on multiple factors. Factors ranging anywhere f ...

... rate. The most powerful tool available is the reserve requirement. The reserve requirement is the percentage of money that the bank is not allowed to loan out. If it is lowered, banks are required to keep less money, and so more money is put out into circulation (theoretically). If it is raised, then banks may have to collect on some loans to meet the new reserve requirement. The tool known as open market operations influences money and credit operations by buying and selling of government securities on the open market. This is used to control overall money supply. If the Fed believes there is ...

... is justified if the overall effect if a net gain. So if I gain three dollars and you loose one dollar the policy would net us one dollar. In theory those who gain could repay those whom loose and still have some left over. Important in this theory is that it is possible for the gainers to repay the losers, not that it is required. The problem with this theory is that a single person may gain a great amount and many others may loose a great amount as long as the result is a net gain. CBA looks at the costs involved in the policy to determine if it is justifiable. This creates difficulties when we realize it creates a one vote per dollar scenario. This does ...

... “Consolidation in the banking industry reached a near-record pace in the third quarter, with acquirers paying unprecedented prices to build their empires” (Elstein, 1997; p. 1). Households cannot make purchases of the magnitude of cost and irresponsibility that these banks and other businesses in nearly all segments of the economy are doing as quickly as they can manage. Where we have to live on a budget and within our means, they can always increase their revenues simply by tapping their customers on their collective shoulder for more input into their businesses to help pay for their purchases while we also finance their business activities. Sheshunoff Info ...