Both assets b and c plot on the sml. asset b has a beta of 1.3 and an expected return of 13.1%. asset c has a beta of .50 and an expected return of 7.50%. the risk-free rate is 4% and the expected return on the market portfolio is 11%. if you wish to hold a portfolio consisting of assets b and c, and have a portfolio beta equal to 1.0, what proportion of the portfolio must be in asset b?

a) 0.375
b) 0.50
c) 0.625
d) 0.75

Sonic corp. manufactures ski and snowboarding equipment. it has estimated that this year there will be substantial growth in its sales during the winter months. it approaches the bank for credit. what is the purpose of such credit known as? a. expansion b. inventory building c. debt management d. emergency maintenance

Used cars usually have options: higher depreciation rate than new cars lower financing costs than new cars lower insurance premiums than new cars lower maintenance costs than new cars

1. descriptive statistics quickly describe large amounts of data can predict future stock returns with surprising accuracy statisticians understand non-numeric information, like colors refer mainly to patterns that can be found in data 2. a 15% return on a stock means that 15% of the original purchase price of the stock returns to the seller at the end of the year 15% of the people who purchased the stock will see a return the stock is worth 15% more at the end of the year than at the beginning the stock has lost 15% of its value since it was originally sold 3. a stock purchased on january 1 cost $4.35 per share. the same stock, sold on december 31 of the same year, brought in $4.75 per share. what was the approximate return on this stock? 0.09% 109% 1.09% 9% 4. a stock sells for $6.99 on december 31, providing the seller with a 6% annual return. what was the price of the stock at the beginning of the year? $6.59 $1.16 $7.42 $5.84