When a firm that has not traditionally been a competitor of EcoPro suddenly creates a new type of product that makes the products of EcoPro obsolete, this is an example of which type of force in the environment?A) demographic forces in the general environment. B) competitors in the task environment. C) suppliers in the task environment. D) politics in the general environment.

The text states that the committee “expects inflation to rise gradually toward 2% over the medium term as the labor market improves further….” why would the fomc expect inflation to rise because of improvements in the labor market?

Jose recently died with a probate estate of $900,000. he was predeceased by his wife, guadalupe, and his daughter, lucy. he has two surviving children, pete and fred. jose was also survived by eight grandchildren, pete’s three children, naomi, daniel, nick; fred’s three children, heather, chris and steve; and lucy’s two children, david and rachel. jose’s will states the following “i leave everything to my three children. if any of my children shall predecease me then i leave their share to their heirs, per stirpes.” which of the following statements is correct? (a) under jose’s will rachel will receive $150,000. (b) under jose’s will chris will receive $150,000. (c) under jose’s will nick will receive $100,000. (d) under jose’s will pete will receive $200,000.

If an investment has 35 percent more nondiversifiable risk than the market portfolio, its beta will be: