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ETFs to Watch: Emerging Asia
• Economies of China, Korea, Taiwan and India are all in growth, especially Taiwan just released stronger than expected Q4 2017 GDP growth

at 3.28% y/y, higher than the expected level of 2.5%.
• It is expected that the growth of the Indian economy will be among the fastest in Asia for the coming year, with the latest economic

survey projecting growth of 7 – 7.5% for fiscal year 2018 – 2019.
Source: Bloomberg, Commerzbank
MSCI Emerging Markets Asia Index

Source: MSCI, as of Dec 2017

Source: MSCI, as of Dec 2017
Related ETFs
Ticker Fund Name TER
(bps) AUM
(m USD) ETF
Currency %YTD
AASU FP Amundi ETF MSCI EM Asia UCITS ETF 20 2,376 USD 7.85
CEMA LN iShares MSCI EM Asia UCITS ETF USD Acc 65 595 USD 7.52
EMAD LN SPDR MSCI EM Asia UCITS ETF 55 419 USD 8.01
XMAD LN db x-trackers MSCI EM ASIA INDEX UCITS ETF 65 1,018 USD 7.32
DEMP LN WisdomTree Emerging Asia Equity Income UCITS ETF 54 14 GBp 3.60
GMF US SPDR S&P Emerging Asia Pacific ETF 49 519 USD 8.49
Source: Bloomberg, Commerzbank, as of 30 Jan 2018. % returns are calculated by Bloomberg in ETF currency.
Market Update
• US equities closed slightly higher: DJIA touched the negative ground but eventually closed with a rise of 0.28%, S&P 500 narrowly went

up by 0.05%, andNASDAQ also increased by 0.12%.
• European stock markets forked off in two directions: FTSE 100 and DAX slightly dropped again by 0.72% and 0.06%, while CAC 40 closed

modestly at 0.15%increase.
• Fed left rates unchanged at 1.25 – 1.5% but the tone was slightly more hawkish. More information on yesterday’s FOMC meeting can be

found in the attached Economic Briefing.

Market Backdrop
Prevclose %Δ 1d %Δ MTD %Δ YTD
DJIA 26,149 0.3 5.8 5.8
DAX 13,189 -0.1 2.1 2.1
NKY 23,098 -0.8 1.5 1.5
SHCOMP 3,481 -0.2 5.3 5.3
EUR-USD 1.241 0.1 3.4 3.4
USD-JPY 109.19 0.4 -3.1 -3.1
USD-CNY 6.292 -0.8 -3.4 -3.4
CFETS Index 96.05 -0.1 0.5 0.5
WTI 64.73 0.4 7.1 7.1
Brent 68.89 0.0 3.3 3.3
Gold 1,345 0.5 3.2 3.2
US 2Y* 2.141 1.6 25.8 27.0
US 10Y* 2.705 -1.5 30.0 32.2

 

Introduction to pharmaceutics
Reading: Ansel Pages 3-5. The Heritage of Pharmacy

Please note that the pdf of the book is located in the Week 1 folder.

Assignment: Short Essay 500 words.
Assignment: Please write a short essay using the following prompt: Compare and contrast early and modern apothecaries with respect to the alleviation

of disease.
Guidelines:
Please follow the Wiki link on Compare and Contrast Essay Writing as well as the examples I have provided. You will be graded on the following for this

essay:
1. Brainstorming: Development of a Flowchart or Venn Diagram for the topic. Pay close attention to areas of overlap. The flowchart must accompany your

submission.
2. Main points: Identification of significant areas where alleviation of disease is different and similar. An examination of apothecaries from a

cultural perspective is expected.
3. Development: You are seeking to develop an essay based on the trajectory of disease treatment. You are not assessing whether one method is better

than the other.
4. Organization: Your essay will be graded on logical organization. Please note that chronological order will make sense to you but in some cases,

creative chronology may work for this type of comparison.
5. Grammar: Syntax and appropriate grammar usage will be graded.
6. Citations: APA formatting is expected. The use of at least 2 scholarly articles is expected.

 

Persuasive Paper Part 2: Solution and Advantages
Using feedback from your professor and classmates, revise Part 1 and develop the solution and identify the advantages of the solution. Note: The disadvantages or challenges with your answers will be in Part 3.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

Provide Part I: Revision of A Problem Exists (3-4 pages)

1. Revise, using feedback from the professor and classmates, your Persuasive Paper Part I: A Problem Exists. 

Develop Part 2: Solution to Problem and Advantages (3-4 pages for 6-8 pages total)

2. Include a defensible, relevant thesis statement clearly in the first paragraph. (The thesis statement may need to be modified to reflect added information and purpose of this part.)
3. Explain a detailed, viable solution that supports your thesis. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.
4. State, explain, and support the first advantage (economic, social, political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.
5. State, explain, and support the second advantage (economic, social, political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.
6. State, explain, and support the third (and fourth if desired) advantage (economic, social, political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.
7. Use effective transitional words, phrases, and sentences.
8. Provide a concluding paragraph / transitional paragraph that summarizes the proposed solution and its advantages.
9. Develop a coherently structured paper with an introduction, body, and conclusion.
10. Use one (1) or more rhetorical strategies (ethos, logos, pathos) to explain advantages. 
11. Support advantage claims with at least three (3) additional quality relevant references. Use at least six (6) total for Parts 1 and 2. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting guidelines:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA

 

 

 

 

2 parts to the introduction:

1) Pesticides: What are they? How are they harmful to health? What are EDCs in pesticides? What it leads to?
2) Endocrine System (linking to EDC)

To answer all the question stated here. Source to be recent journal article. (5 years or less)

The client-server network at Scoops, a chain of ice cream stores, currently depends on one server machine running Windows Server 2008 as its

network operating system. However, the system was installed five years ago, and the chain is growing. The company’s general manager has heard a

lot of good things about Linux operating systems–inparticular, a type of Linux called Fedora. He asks you to find out how these two network

operating system’s differ in their file sharing, remote access, and mail service capabilities. Also, he wonders how the two compare in their

ease of use, reliability, and support. He remarks that he doesn’t want to spend a lot of time looking after the server, and reminds you that he

is not a technical expert. After some research, what can you tell him about the similarities and differences between these two network operating

systems? Do you advise the Scoops chain to change its server’s NOS to Linux? Why or why not?

 

Philosophy
Coursework:

Who Killed the Electric Car?

Instructions:

A counter argument. This is the same thing we did in week 5.
Briefly outline the counter argument, incorporate it into your main argument and directly quote the author’s argument in making you counterargument.
Change the text color where you do this to GREEN.
2)
As we’ve done all semester, include a one or two sentence (ONLY!) conclusion!
Change the text color of the conclusion to BLUE

 

Read the article presented by Stephanie Wessels, Promoting Vocabulary Learning for English Learners, and discuss three of the vocabulary

strategies presented in the article. Choose one strategy for instruction before reading, one to use during reading, and one to use after

reading. Use in-text citations and Reference at the end of the paper.

Type a three paragraph response to “Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser” (handout 583-). In the first paragraph, summarize this

article presented by the Supreme Court. For the second and third paragraph, identify two opposing views suggested by the article (the Supreme

Court’s decision and the opposing view), and give reasons that could be used to support each view.

Speech Analysis Worksheet
Content
Guidance on how to respond to each question is provided in green text.

Purpose: Why is the speech being given?

Speaker’s background knowledge: Education, experience, expertise in the topic of the speech.

Influences (traditional, cultural, historical): What experiences affect how this speaker views the subject of the speech (Example:

Listener’s background knowledge: What makes this speaker worth listening to on this topic?

See the “Types of Arguments” table on page 412 for more information.
Arguments Evidence/Support Possible flaws
1. Does the speaker use analogy? A. A.

B. B.
2. Does the speaker use authority? A. A.

B. B.

3. Does the speaker use Emotion?
A. A.

B. B.

4. Does the speaker use Causation?
A. A.

Delivery

Repeated words: What important words or phrases did the speaker repeat several times in the speech?

1.

2.

3.

Emphasized words/ phrases: What words or phrases were emphasized either by increased volume, or gesturing when saying them?

1.

2.

3.

Tone: What is the speaker’s attitude toward the topic on which s/he is speaking? Positive? Angry? Reflective?

Word choice (positive or negative language):
Does the speaker use mostly positive words or negative words?

Rate of speech (fast, moderate, slow):

Appropriateness for audience, subject, occasion:
Did it make sense that the speaker was giving the speech to this particular audience on this occasion?

Non-verbal gestures

Eye contact: Did the speaker make eye contact regularly with the audience (or mostly look at a text and read it off)

Facial expressions:
How did the speaker appear as s/he spoke? Smiling? Frowning? Etc.

Gestures:
What types of hand movements does the speaker make?

Pauses: When does the speaker pause? What is the effect of these pauses?

Increases or decreases in speaking volume:
When does the speaker raise or lower voice? What does this convey to the audience?

Overall Impression

Speaker: What did you think of the speaker?

Speech: What did you think of the message of the speech and how the speaker conveyed that message?

Art Research Paper Assignment
The research paper consists of an objective examination of a liberal arts topic related to living in a global community. You may research some aspect of culture (e.g., politics, social change, music, film, art, theatre, literature, science, religion, etc.) in a country other than the United States. Or, you may focus on an aspect of US culture that has implications for the global community.
**You may not write about a topic that is related in any way to your major.
Globalization
Globalization refers to the worldwide phenomenon of technological, economic, political and cultural exchanges, brought about by modern communication, transportation, and legal infrastructure as well as the political choice to consciously open cross-border links in international trade and finance. It is a term used to describe how places and human beings are becoming more intertwined with each other around the world economically, politically, and culturally. Although these globalization links are not new, they are more pervasive than ever before.
• The length of the paper will vary from student to student, but in general, the paper ( Review of the Literature, which is the main body of the paper) should be between 8 and 10 pages. This does not include the title page, the body of the paper, or the references.
• References must include articles from scholarly journals, books, or websites of professional organizations.
• The paper must cite at least six references.
• No more than two sources can be newspapers and/or weekly news magazines.
• References should be current, no more than five years old, unless you have a justifiable reason for including a historical source.
• No “wiki” sources or sources without named authors.
• The final version must reflect acceptable spelling and grammar, and be written in APA format in Times New Roman 12 point font with 1″ margins. More specific guidelines for the paper will be provided, including a template for the paper.
• Interviews must be with experts in the field as documented by publications in the field or published in a scholarly journal.
Two checkpoints have been built into the course to provide feedback and to help you make steady progress in selecting a topic, conducting research to find relevant sources, and writing the paper:
1. Initial proposal – Week 1
2. Preliminary References page, listing potential sources in APA format, thesis statement, and an outline – Week 4.
Please review the assignment directions in those particular weeks for more details on expectations and grading criteria.