Question 1
Are some people unsuited to handle the stresses of the fluctuations of the stock market? Should such people stay out of the stock market? If so, what are their investment alternatives?. Explain your answer in detail.
Question 2
Financial control is used in conjunction with the firm's budgetary process to ensure the organization is meeting its commitments and goals. Why is it important for the CFO to maintain financial control? Explain your answer in detail.
Question 3
Carr, D. (2013, Oct. 11). It's not just the political districts--our news is gerrymandered, too. New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/12/business/media/when-our-news-is-gerrymandered-too.html?_r=0
• so which is it? Do audiences tend to choose (and therefore are to blame for) success of obviously biased news sources or did cable and other news programs/sources 'create' an audience for re-enforced bias?
• are you prone to watch view or read a more limited or growing number of news sources? Be honest.
Question 4
Vendantam, S. (2014, Nov. 27). Search for political common ground is difficult, research shows. Morning Edition: NPR. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/2014/11/27/366956600/search-for-political-common-ground-is-difficult-research-shows
SIGH--was there ever a time when families (or friends at social gatherings) could in fact discuss issues without getting into fights, as this NPR piece suggests? How about your family--are there off limit topics and is that list growing?
Question 5
Moyers, Bill (host). How do conservatives and liberals see the world? Moyers and Company. Retrieved from https://billmoyers.com/episode/how-do-conservatives-and-liberals-see-the-world/
• this is an hour long program so you may want to dip in and out of it or skim the transcript--cite one or two insights by Haidt, the social psychologist, on what explains the seemingly unrelenting conservative/liberal divide. Do you for instance take comfort or despair in his assertion that --maybe we're just born (or are nurtured and grow up) that way.