You are presently invested in the Luther Fund, a broad-based mutual fund that invests in stocks and other securities. The Luther Fund has an expected return of 14% and a volatility of 15%. Risk-free Treasury bills are currently offering returns of 6%. You are considering adding a precious metals fund to your current portfolio. The metals fund has an expected return of 10%, a volatility of 20%, and a correlation of -.40 with the Luther Fund. Will adding the precious metals fund improve your portfolio

Which basic economic questions deals with the issue of how the incomeof people in various occupations is determined

You have just received notification that you have won the $2.0 million first prize in the centennial lottery. however, the prize will be awarded on your 100th birthday (assuming you're around to collect), 66 years from now. what is the present value of your windfall if the appropriate discount rate is 8 percent?

Suppose that: 1. malaysia requires 1 hour of labor to produce 1 pound of rice and 2 hours of labor to produce 1 pencil; 2. indonesia requires 2 hours of labor to produce 1 pound of rice and 4 hours of labor to produce 1 pencil; 3. each country has 10,000 hours of labor to allocate between the production of rice and pencils; and 4. in autarky, malaysia consumes 5,000 pounds of rice and 2,500 pencils. which country has an absolute advantage in rice production? in pencil production? which country has a comparative advantage in rice production? in pencil production? will trade between the two countries be mutually beneficial?