The risk-free rate of return is 5 percent, and the market return is 8 percent. The betas of Stocks A, B, C, D, and E are 0.75, 0.50, 0.25, 1.50, and 1.25, respectively. The expected rates of return for Stocks A, B, C, D, and E are 8 percent, 6.5 percent, 7 percent, 11 percent, and 7 percent, respectively. Suppose an investor holds all of these stocks in a single portfolio. Required:
Based on the information given here, if the investor wants to sell one of the stocks so that only four stocks remain in the portfolio, which stock should be sold?

Assume that the governance committee states that all projects costing more than $70,000 must be reviewed and approved by the chief information officer and the it senior leadership team (slt). at this point, the cio has the responsibility to ensure that management processes observe the governance rules. for example, the project team might present the proposed project in an slt meeting for a vote of approval. what does this scenario illustrate about organizational structure?

Highland company produces a lightweight backpack that is popular with college students. standard variable costs relating to a single backpack are given below

You are the manager of the packaging department in a cookie factory. (obviously, the packaging employees cannot eat the cookies that are transferred in during the period.) after your employees insert cookies into colorful packages (step 1) for display on store shelves, the packages of cookies are then boxed using cardboard cartons (step 2) for shipment to stores. each unit of product is represented by a carton of packaged cookies. the packaging department began the period with 1,000 units of cookies. during the period, 5,000 units of cookies were transferred in from the baking department and 5,500 units of cookies were transferred out to the finished goods department. the number of units of cookies in the ending inventory of the packaging department equals: