Which one of the following statements is false concerning the term structure of interest rates?
A. Expectations of lower inflation rates in the future tend to lower the slope of the term structure of interest rates.
B. The term structure of interest rates includes both an inflation premium and an interest rate risk premium.
C. The term structure of interest rates and the time to maturity are always directly related.
D. The real rate of return has minimal, if any, affect on the slope of the term structure of interest rates.
E. The interest rate risk premium increases as the time to maturity increases.

The law says your employer is responsible for providing you with a safe and healthy workplace. true or false?

Consider the scenario below and let us know if you believe lauren smith's actions to be ethical. let us know why or why not. lauren smith is the controller for sports central, a chain of sporting goods stores. she has been asked to recommend a site for a new store. lauren has an uncle who owns a shopping plaza in the area of town where the new store is to be located, so she decides to contact her uncle about leasing space in his plaza. lauren also contacted several other shopping plazas and malls, but her uncle’s store turned out to be the most economical place to lease. therefore, lauren recommended locating the new store in her uncle’s shopping plaza. in making her recommendation to management, she did not disclose that her uncle owns the shopping plaza. if management decided to go with lauren's uncle's plaza, what additional information would be needed in the financial statements?

Consider the following information on stocks a, b, c and their returns (in decimals) in each state: state prob. of state a b c boom 20% 0.27 0.22 0.16 good 45% 0.16 0.09 0.07 poor 25% 0.03 0 0.03 bust 10% -0.08 -0.04 -0.02 if your portfolio is invested 25% in a, 40% in b, and 35% in c, what is the standard deviation of the portfolio in percent? answer to two decimals, carry intermediate calcs. to at least four decimals.