In 2019, bertha jarow had a $28,000 loss from the sale of a personal residence. she also purchased from an individual inventor for $7,000 (and resold in two months for $18,000) a patent on a rubber bonding process. the patent had not yet been reduced to practice. bertha purchased the patent as an investment. in addition, she had the following capital gains and losses from stock transactions: long-term capital loss ($6,000)long-term capital loss carryover from 2018 (12,000)short-term capital gain 21,000 short-term capital loss. (7,000)a. what is bertha's net capital gain or loss? b. complete the letter to bertha, explaining the tax treatment of the sale of her personal residence. assume bertha's income from other sources puts her in the 24% bracket.

Rate of return, standard deviation, coefficient of variation personal finance problem mike is searching for a stock to include in his current stock portfolio. he is interested in hi-tech inc.; he has been impressed with the company's computer products and believes hi-tech is an innovative market player. however, mike realizes that any time you consider a technology stock, risk is a major concern. the rule he follows is to include only securities with a coefficient of variation of returns below 1.07. mike has obtained the following price information for the period 2015 through 2018:hi-tech stock, being growth-oriented, did not pay any dividends during these 4 years. a. calculate the rate of return for each year, 2015 through 2018, for hi-tech stock. b. assume that each year's return is equally probable and calculate the average return over this time period. c. calculate the standard deviation of returns over the past 4 years. (hint: treat this data as a sample.) d. based on b and c determine the coefficient of variation of returns for the security. e. given the calculation in d what should be mike's decision regarding the inclusion of hi-tech stock in his portfolio?