Your portfolio consists of $50,000 invested in stock x and $50,000 invested in stock y. both stocks have return of 15%, betas of 1.6, and standard deviations of 30%-the returns ofthe two stocks are independent correlation coefficient between them, xy, is zero. which of the following statements best describes the cl your 2-stock portfolio?
a) your portfolio has a beta greater than 1.6, and its expected return is greater than 15%
b) your portfolio has a beta equal to 1.6, and its expected return is 15%
c) your portfolio has a standard deviation greater than 30% and a beta equal to 1.6.
d) your portfolio has a standard deviation less than 30%, and its beta is greater than 1.6
e) your portfolio has a standard deviation of 30%, and its expected return is 15%.

Alocal barnes and noble bookstore ordered 80 marketing books but received 60 books. what percent of the order was missing?

Verizon communications, inc., provides the following footnote relating to its leasing activities in its 10-k report. the aggregate minimum rental commitments under noncancelable leases for the periods shown at december 31, 2010, are as follows: years (dollars in millions) capital leases operatingleases 2011 $97 $1,898 2012 74 1,720 2013 70 1,471 2014 54 1,255 2015 42 1,012 thereafter 81 5,277 total minimum 418 $ 12,633 rental commitments less interest and (86) executory costs present value of 332 minimum lease payments less current (75) installments long-term obligation $257 at december 31, 2010 (a) confirm that verizon capitalized its capital leases using a rate of 7.4 %. (b) compute the present value of verizon's operating leases, assuming an 7.4% discount rate and rounding the remaining lease term to 3 decimal places. (use a financial calculator or excel to compute. do not round until your final answers. round each answer to the nearest whole number.)

Jamie is saving for a trip to europe. she has an existing savings account that earns 3 percent annual interest and has a current balance of $4,200. jamie doesn’t want to use her current savings for vacation, so she decides to borrow the $1,600 she needs for travel expenses. she will repay the loan in exactly one year. the annual interest rate is 6 percent. a. if jamie were to withdraw the $1,600 from her savings account to finance the trip, how much interest would she forgo? .b. if jamie borrows the $1,600 how much will she pay in interest? c. how much does the trip cost her if she borrows rather than dip into her savings?