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Consider the following two stocks, a and b. stock a has an expected return of 10%, 10% standard deviation, and a beta of 1.20. stock b has an expected return of 14%, 25% standard deviation, and a beta of 1.80. the expected market rate of return is 9% and the risk-free rate is 5%. security would be considered a good buy if we include the stock in a well diversified a portfolio because a. b, it offers better alpha b. a, it offers better alpha c. a, it offers better sharpe ratio d. b, it offers better sharpe ratio

Laurelton heating & cooling installs and services commercial heating and cooling systems. laurelton uses job costing to calculate the cost of its jobs. overhead is allocated to each job based on the number of direct labor hours spent on that job. at the beginning of the current year, laurelton estimated that its overhead for the coming year would be $ 61 comma 500. it also anticipated using 4 comma 100 direct labor hours for the year. in april comma laurelton started and completed the following two jobs: (click the icon to view the jobs.) laurelton paid a $ 20-per-hour wage rate to the employees who worked on these two jobs. read the requirements requirement 1. what is laurelton's predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours? determine the formula to calculate laurelton's predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours, then calculate the rate. / = predetermined overhead rate

Kiona co. set up a petty cash fund for payments of small amounts. the following transactions involving the petty cash fund occurred in may (the last month of the company's fiscal year). may 1 prepared a company check for $350 to establish the petty cash fund. 15 prepared a company check to replenish the fund for the following expenditures made since may 1. a. paid $109.20 for janitorial services. b. paid $89.15 for miscellaneous expenses. c. paid postage expenses of $60.90. d. paid $80.01 to the county gazette (the local newspaper) for an advertisement. e. counted $26.84 remaining in the petty cashbox. 16 prepared a company check for $200 to increase the fund to $550. 31 the petty cashier reports that $380.27 cash remains in the fund. a company check is drawn to replenish the fund for the following expenditures made since may 15. f. paid postage expenses of $59.10. g. reimbursed the office manager for business mileage, $47.05. h. paid $48.58 to deliver merchandise to a customer, terms fob destination. 31 the company decides that the may 16 increase in the fund was too large. it reduces the fund by $50, leaving a total of $500.