During March, Patt, Inc. purchases and uses 8,800 pounds of materials costing $35,640 to make 4,000 tiles. Patt’s standard material cost per tile is $8 (2 pounds of material × $4.00). Compute the total, price, and quantity material variances for Patt, Inc. for March. Identify whether the variance is favorable or unfavorable?

Kumar consulting operates several stock investment portfolios that are used by firms for investment of pension plan assets. last year, one portfolio had a realized return of 12.6 percent and a beta coefficient of 1.15. the average t-bond rate was 7 percent and the realized rate of return on the s& p 500 was 12 percent. what was the portfolio's alpha?

What is the difference between the contractual interest rate and the market interest rate?

What are the uses of national income data