Consider two stocks, stock d, with an expected return of 21 percent and a standard deviation of 37 percent, and stock i, an international company, with an expected return of 7% and a standard deviation of 17 percent. the correlation between the two stocks is –0.10. what are the expected return and standard deviation of the minimum variance portfolio?

Assume today is december 31, 2013. barrington industries expects that its 2014 after-tax operating income [ebit(1 – t)] will be $400 million and its 2014 depreciation expense will be $70 million. barrington's 2014 gross capital expenditures are expected to be $120 million and the change in its net operating working capital for 2014 will be $25 million. the firm's free cash flow is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4.5% annually. assume that its free cash flow occurs at the end of each year. the firm's weighted average cost of capital is 8.6%; the market value of the company's debt is $2.15 billion; and the company has 180 million shares of common stock outstanding. the firm has no preferred stock on its balance sheet and has no plans to use it for future capital budgeting projects. using the corporate valuation model, what should be the company's stock price today (december 31, 2013)? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations.

Mauro products distributes a single product, a woven basket whose selling price is $15 and whose variable expense is $12 per unit. the company’s monthly fixed expense is $4,200. required: 1. solve for the company’s break-even point in unit sales using the equation method. 2. solve for the company’s break-even point in dollar sales using the equation method and the cm ratio. (do not round intermediate calculations. round "cm ratio percent" to nearest whole percent.) 3. solve for the company’s break-even point in unit sales using the formula method. 4. solve for the company’s break-even point in dollar sales using the formula method and the cm ratio. (do not round intermediate calculations. round "cm ratio percent" to nearest whole percent.)

Which of the following statements is true about an atm card?