Suppose you are the money manager of a $2 million investment fund. The fund consists of four stocks with the following investments and betas. Stock Investment Beta A $ 200 000 1.50 B $ 300 000 -0.50 C $ 500 000 1.25 D $1000 000 O.75 If the market required rate of returns is 28 and the risk-free is 12%: Calculate: i. Stock A required rate of return (3 marks) ii. Stock B required rate of return (3 marks) iii. Stock C required rate of return (3 marks) iv. Stock D required rate of return (3 marks) v. What is the Fund’s required rate of return? (5 marks)

You speak to a business owner that is taking in almost $2000 in revenue each month. the owner still says that they are having trouble keeping the doors open. how can that be possible? use the terms of revenue, expenses and profit/loss in your answer

Garfield corporation is considering building a new plant in canada. it predicts sales at the new plant to be 50,000 units at $5.00/unit. below is a listing of estimated expenses. category total annual expenses % of annual expense that are fixed materials $50,000 10% labor $90,000 20% overhead $40,000 30% marketing/admin $20,000 50% a canadian firm was contracted to sell the product and will receive a commission of 10% of the sales price. no u.s. home office expenses will be allocated to the new facility. the contribution margin ratio for garfield corporation is

Croy inc. has the following projected sales for the next five months: month sales in units april 3,850 may 3,875 june 4,260 july 4,135 august 3,590 croy’s finished goods inventory policy is to have 60 percent of the next month’s sales on hand at the end of each month. direct material costs $2.50 per pound, and each unit requires 2 pounds. raw materials inventory policy is to have 50 percent of the next month’s production needs on hand at the end of each month. raw materials on hand at march 31 totaled 3,741 pounds. 1. determine budgeted production for april, may, and june. 2. determine the budgeted cost of materials purchased for april, may, and june. (round your answers to 2 decimal places.)