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BitCoin and Institutional Investment
BitCoin and Institutional Investment
A bitcoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency that was created in 2009. It is therefore an electronic peer to peer cash system which relies on the blockchain ledger. In the blockchain technology, information is logged into blocks that streams it from one block to another using cryptographic code hash. Originally, bitcoin used black market transactions such as gambling, money laundering, and silk roads which allowed users to anonymously buy and sell illegal goods using bitcoins. Moreover, bitcoins are valuable because of their scarcity, utility, transportability, and divisibility. There are some other features that make the bitcoin different from the other forms of investments. These features are; lower inflation risks, liquidity, minimalistic trading, and new opportunities. However, there are some disadvantages of investing in bitcoins which include, the threat of online hacking, volatility, the risk of wallets being stolen, little regulations, and limited use of the bitcoins.
There are also other forms of bitcoin investment one of which is the institutional bitcoin investment vehicles which are as follows:
Grayson Investment Trust Cons which has $2 billion of bitcoin and it allows users to buy shares and profits. The second investment vehicle is the CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange). It offers some options to bitcoin features which include; wide strike range, European expiry, and cash payout. The third investment vehicle is the Bakkt coin features which entail the European expiry, cryptocurrency exchange inspired platform, bitcoin payout and it is insured against hacking. Another investment vehicle is the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) innovation. It is an investment fund which groups shares of stocks of similar businesses. There are two types of ETFs which are Innovation Shares NextGenc protocol ETF and ARK innovation ETF.
Lastly, there is still no 100% pureplay bitcoin ETFs. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is a body that enforcing federal securities laws for regulating stocks and options exchange including other activities and organizations in the United States. It is therefore important for ETFs to have SEC approval. Pureplay ETFs also emphasize on ease of investment and exposure to larger investment groups. Furthermore, the government needs to allow deep pocket institutional investment in the form of ETFs so as to rise the prices from where they are in the market today. In conclusion, bitcoin has no physical value and that is why it is referred to as the digital gold or the digital wallet and also known as the digital currency or cryptocurrency.
A researcher administered to 20 college students a test of attention that is used to diagnose ADHD.
A researcher administered to 20 college students a test of attention that is used to diagnose ADHD. The test has been administered to so many healthy people that we can comfortably say that the population mean score is known to be 100 and the population standard deviation is known to be 10. Use the data set assigned to you by your Lab Instructor to do as instructed below.
Paste your data set into the first column of an Excel Spreadsheet.
Show each distribution of scores listed below. On the x axis show the range 60 – 180 using bin widths of 10.
the frequency distribution. (5)
the probability distribution. (5)
Measures of central tendency.
Show the equation used to compute the mean (y). (5)
Define “median” and “mode” in words. (5)
Compute the sample mean, median, and mode by hand. (5)
Use Excel to compute the sample mean, median, and mode.
Use the Excel functions =average(DataRange), =median(DataRange), and =mode(DataRange). (5)
Why can’t Excel compute the mode? (5)
Measures of dispersion.
Define variance in words. (5)
Population variance and sample variance: (5)
Give the equations for each.
Which is computed exactly as described in the definition?
Compute sample variance by hand. Learn this method thoroughly—you will use it for most labs.
In the second column of your spreadsheet, to the right of the first data point, use the Excel function shown above to compute the mean of all scores.
Add “$” to the function (F4 key for Windows computers) so that you can copy and paste the function without changing the cells to which the function refers.
Copy the function and paste it below in the cells to the right of each data point.
In the third column compute the deviations from the mean y-y.
In the fourth column square the deviations from the mean using the Excel formula =cell^2.
Sum all of the squared values using the Excel function =sum(CellRange).
Give the name of the value you just computed and the name of its divisor.
Compute variance.
Compute the sample standard deviation of the scores. (10)
Show a snipped screen image of the variance computation in the Excel worksheet. (5)
Sampling error of means.
Define sampling distribution and sampling error. (5)
Use the sample variance computed above to estimate the population variance of the mean and the population standard error of the mean. (5)
Use the population variance of test scores to compute the actual population variance and population standard error of the mean. (5)
Construct the following confidence intervals twice—once using the σ shown above and again using the estimate s.
Construct a 95% confidence interval around each score in the data set using y±Zα/2σy and y±tdf,αsy. (7.5)
Construct 95% confidence intervals around the sample mean using y±Zα/2σy2N and y±tdf,αsy2N . (7.5)
Print your Excel spreadsheet showing values. (5)
Print your Excel spreadsheet showing formulae, adjusting your column widths so that your formulae can be seen by the grader. To do this, click the “Show Formulas” option in the “Formulas” menu. (5)
Birth of Islam
Birth of Islam
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Birth of Islam
The birth of Muslim art can be attributed to the prophet Muhammad who God spoke within 610 according to Linda Komaroff in the birth of Islam. After hearing the voice of God through angel Gabriel, he began to recite just like the angel had told him, “Recite in the name of the lord…”. Muhammad lived between 570-632 A.D. His teachings and his first encounter with the angel were all codified as the present Quran Islam’s use (The Met, 2019). It explains how God Allah relates with his creation and how people will be judged at the end since Allah has given them free will. However, if Allah is not appropriately worshipped, Muhammad states there will be a judgement on the last day.
After the revelation, Mohamad continued with his journey to Mecca. Still, as a changed person and the people he came around with, he taught them about the encounter and through this, he founded the new religion, Islam. In Mecca, people did not accept him and his religion as it was a city and a shrine dedicated to pagan gods. Later, he convinced the people of the religion, and the Arabs there accepted it and began practicing the new faith. After he died in 632 A.D., four caliphs succeeded him, and through them, Islam continued to grow (The Met, 2019). From the Arabian Peninsula, Islam continued to grow. The first instance of art expression in the Islam world was through calligraphy as the Quran text was beautified and transformed to become an essential Islamic ornament. Muhammed’s house in medina because the prototype of a mosque can be attributed to the birth is Islamic architecture. The early style was called a hypostyle mosque, and it had a columned hall that faced Mecca and a courtyard surrounded by a colonnade. Call for prayer was done from the minaret, which was the rooftop at that time. The most important parts of the mosque were the pulpit and prayer niche (mihrab), which all faced Mecca.
References
The Met (2019). Metmuseum.org. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/isla/hd_isla.htm