Colin listed his assets and liabilities on a personal balance sheet. Colin’s Balance Sheet (August 2013) Assets Liabilities cash $1,500 credit card $500 stocks $800 rent $800 car $5,000 car loan $1,200 coin collection $1,200 student loan $5,000 Total Total Which statement is true about the total assets and the total liabilities? The total of the assets and the liabilities are the same. The total of the assets is greater than the total of the liabilities. The total of the assets is less than the total of the liabilities. The total of the assets cannot be compared to the total of the liabilities.

Uppose stanley's office supply purchases 50,000 boxes of pens every year. ordering costs are $100 per order and carrying costs are $0.40 per box. moreover, management has determined that the eoq is 5,000 boxes. the vendor now offers a quantity discount of $0.20 per box if the company buys pens in order sizes of 10,000 boxes. determine the before-tax benefit or loss of accepting the quantity discount. (assume the carrying cost remains at $0.40 per box whether or not the discount is taken.)

The total value of your portfolio is $10,000: $3,000 of it is invested in stock a and the remainder invested in stock b. stock a has a beta of 0.8; stock b has a beta of 1.2. the risk premium on the market portfolio is 8%; the risk-free rate is 2%. additional information on stocks a and b is provided below. return in each state state probability of state stock a stock b excellent 15% 15% 5% normal 50% 9% 7% poor 35% -15% 10% what are each stock’s expected return and the standard deviation? what are the expected return and the standard deviation of your portfolio? what is the beta of your portfolio? using capm, what is the expected return on the portfolio? given your answer above, would you buy, sell, or hold the portfolio?

True or false: a fitted model with more predictors will necessarily have a lower training set error than a model with fewer predictors.