Consider the case of a melon farmer when his crop will mature within a week and the market demand is high. The farmer cannot change quantity supplied by planting more melons. The farmer can only ration existing supply by raising the price. This is an example of the .

You manage an equity fund with an expected risk premium of 10% and a standard deviation of 14%. the rate on treasury bills is 6%. your client chooses to invest $60,000 of her portfolio in your equity fund and $40,000 in a t-bill money market fund. what is the expected return and standard deviation of return on your client’s portfolio?

Franklin painting company is considering whether to purchase a new spray paint machine that costs $4,800. the machine is expected to save labor, increasing net income by $720 per year. the effective life of the machine is 15 years according to the manufacturer’s estimate. required determine the unadjusted rate of return based on the average cost of the investment.

He aldermanalderman company has prepared a sales budget of 42 comma 00042,000 finished units for a 3-month period. the company has an inventory of 10 comma 00010,000 units of finished goods on hand at december 31 and has a target finished goods inventory of 11 comma 00011,000 units at the end of the succeeding quarter. it takes 44 gallons of direct materials to make one unit of finished product. the company has inventory of 64 comma 00064,000 gallons of direct materials at december 31 and has a target ending inventory of 53 comma 00053,000 gallons at the end of the succeeding quarter. how many gallons of direct materials should aldermanalderman company purchase during the 3 months ending march 31? select the labels and enter the amounts to calculate the direct materials (gallons) to be purchased.