As a marketing manager for kitch-it-tools, jim is frustrated with the way his organization markets their kitchen utensils. currently kitch-it-tools utilizes a strategy aimed towards the largest possible number of people, relying heavily on television and radio advertising. jim complains that the firm is not listening to its customers and is in danger of losing many of them to firms that create a personal dialogue with their buyers. presently kitch-it-tools practices:
a. a constaint change strategy
b. relationship marketing
c. mass marketing
d. market segmentation

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.

Explain whether each of the following events increases or decreases the money supply. a. the fed buys bonds in open-market operations. b. the fed reduces the reserve requirement. c. the fed increases the interest rate it pays on reserves. d. citibank repays a loan it had previously taken from the fed. e. after a rash of pickpocketing, people decide to hold less currency. f. fearful of bank runs, bankers decide to hold more excess reserves. g. the fomc increases its target for the federal funds rate.

Which of the following would be an accurate statement about achieving a balanced budget