The market risk, beta, of a security is equal to Group of answer choices the variance of the security's returns divided by the covariance between the security and market returns. the covariance between the security's return and the market return divided by the variance of the market's returns. None of the listed answers. the variance of the security's returns divided by the variance of the market's returns. the covariance between the security and market returns divided by the standard deviation of the market's returns.

The framers of the us constitution created a system of government that established branches of government set forth the powers of such a branches and placed limits on those powers what are the benefits of such a system? are there any problems associated with such a system?

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.

The manda panda company uses the allowance method to account for bad debts. at the beginning of 2018, the allowance account had a credit balance of $92,400. credit sales for 2018 totaled $3,190,000 and the year-end accounts receivable balance was $507,500. during this year, $88,500 in receivables were determined to be uncollectible. manda panda anticipates that 3% of all credit sales will ultimately become uncollectible. the fiscal year ends on december 31. required: 1. does this situation describe a loss contingency? 2. what is the bad debt expense that manda panda should report in its 2018 income statement? 3. prepare the appropriate journal entry to record the contingency. 4. complete the table below to calculate the net realizable value manda panda should report in its 2018 balance sheet?