Stock Y has a beta of 1.5 and an expected return of 17.6 percent. Stock Z has a beta of 1.0 and an expected return of 12.3 percent. If the risk-free rate is 6.2 percent and the market risk premium is 7 percent, the reward-to-risk ratios for stocks Y and Z are and percent, respectively. Since the SML reward-to-risk is percent, Stock Y is and Stock Z is

Z-gadgets has developed a mini-laptop that will be marketed in developing countries. it is estimated that the requirement for the new product will start out slow and accelerate as the product becomes increasingly familiar to worldwide consumers. to begin to staff the new production facilities, the company should conduct a(n):   demand forecast

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Part (a) is relatively straight forward.there are 4 aces in a standard 52-card deck. so the probability that an ace is picked is just 4/52.part (b): note that there are 4 suits in a standard 52-card deck. so picking hearts will be 13/52 or 1/4.part (c): the probability condition or means we need to add the two probabilities because we do not want them simultaneously. so, we end up getting pr(ace) + pr(heart).from part (a), we found that picking an ace had a probability of 4/52, which is reduced down to 1/13.from part (b), we found that picking a heart had a probability of 1/4.so, the probability of an ace or a heart is 1/13 + 1/4 = 4/52 + 13/52 = 17/52.