There are two location alternatives: atlanta and baltimore. the most important factors are raw material supply, transportation costs, and labor costs at these two locations. the weights of these factors are 0.5, 0.4 and 0.1. and he scores with respect to these three factors were determined as 60, 80, and 70 for atlanta; and 70, 50 and 90 for baltimore. if the management has determined a minimum acceptable score of 75, they should:

a. build a plant in both cities.
b. choose atlanta.
c. choose baltimore.
d. be indifferent between these locations.
e. reject both locations.

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?

Aaron corporation, which has only one product, has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: selling price $ 102 units in beginning inventory 0 units produced 4,900 units sold 4,260 units in ending inventory 640 variable costs per unit: direct materials $ 20 direct labor $ 41 variable manufacturing overhead $ 5 variable selling and administrative expense $ 4 fixed costs: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 64,200 fixed selling and administrative expense $ 2,900 the total contribution margin for the month under variable costing is:

Afarmer is an example of what kind of producer?