Using the following information, please calculate the return of an international portfolio. Assume that a portfolio is 45% invested in U. S. stock and 55% in Chinese stock (a = 0.45). Annualized expected returns are 5% and 12% for the US and China stocks, respectively. σUSA = 18.5%; σCHINA = 22.3%; rUSA, CHINA= 0.35 (Correlation)

Why should managers invest any excess cash

Which of the following would indicate an improvement in a company's financial position, holding other things constant? a. the inventory and total assets turnover ratios both decline.b. the debt ratio increases.c. the profit margin declines.d. the times-interest-earned ratio declines.e. the current and quick ratios both increase.

1. what are the unique operational challenges to delivering fresh meals? 2. why is speed of delivery so important for delivered meals? what variety of options contribute to this performance metric? 3. how could operations management concepts be utilized to improve the performance of freshly? 4. what are your typical product delivery times? what would be required to speed these up? 5. what are your delivery batch quantities? how could you reduce batch size and reduce delivery cost simultaneously using operations management concepts?