Break-even in sales revenuebig red motors. inc, employs 15 sales personnel to market its line of luxury automobiles. the average car sells for 575,000,and a 6 percent commission is paid to the salesperson. big red motors is considering a change to the commissionarrangement where the company would pay each salesperson a salary of 51,600 per month plus a commission ofzpercent of the sales made by that salesperson. what is the amount of total monthly car sales at which big red motorswould be indifferent as to which plan to select? (cma adapted)

What is an example of a good stock to buy during economic expansion? a) cyclical stock b) defensive stock c) income stock d) bond

The total value of your portfolio is $10,000: $3,000 of it is invested in stock a and the remainder invested in stock b. stock a has a beta of 0.8; stock b has a beta of 1.2. the risk premium on the market portfolio is 8%; the risk-free rate is 2%. additional information on stocks a and b is provided below. return in each state state probability of state stock a stock b excellent 15% 15% 5% normal 50% 9% 7% poor 35% -15% 10% what are each stock’s expected return and the standard deviation? what are the expected return and the standard deviation of your portfolio? what is the beta of your portfolio? using capm, what is the expected return on the portfolio? given your answer above, would you buy, sell, or hold the portfolio?

By which distribution system is more than 90 percent of u.s. coal shipped? a. pipelinesb. trucksc. waterwaysd. railroadse. none of the above