FIN 350 Prof. Porter Problem Set 4 1. Describe what happens to the total risk of a portfolio as the number of securities is increased. Differentiate between systematic risk and unsystematic risk and explain how total risk and systematic risk are measured. As the number of securities increases‚ the total risk of the portfolio decreases. This decrease occurs due to the benefits of diversification which is the process of acquiring a portfolio of securities that have dissimilar risk-return characteristics
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Industrial Organization‚ Spring Semester (2013) Mark McCabe Problem Set 1 Due in class on 27. March Instructions: Please show all of your work‚ e.g. all of the calculations associated with each solution. Your solutions should be typed and not handwritten. As I mentioned in class‚ students may work together to solve these problems‚ but plagiarism or copying is not permitted. On the 27th‚ please bring a paper copy to class‚ and e-mail me a digital copy (mccabe@umich.edu) before the beginning
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Rodriguez operates a variety store that provides an annual revenue of $480 000. Each year‚ he pays $25 000 in rent for the store‚ $15 000 in business taxes‚ and $350 000 on products to sell. He estimates he could put the $80 000 he has invested in the store into his friend’s restaurant business instead and earn an annual 20 percent profit on his funds. He also estimates that he and his family could earn a total annual wage of $90 000 if they worked somewhere other than the store. a. Calculate
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Week 6 Excel PF008 A14 Introduction to Spreadsheets A spreadsheet is an electronic file that contains a grid of columns and rows used to organize related data and perform calculations. Excel is a spreadsheet program used to create and modify electronic spreadsheets. An electronic spreadsheet makes data-entry changes easy‚ and if the formulas are correctly constructed‚ the results recalculate automatically and accurately. A worksheet is a single spreadsheet that typically contains descriptive
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Problem set 2.2 This question Is mainly concentration on the price changed effect. As the price raise ‚what is the changed to the quantity‚ turnover ‚and the market equilibrium. And the assumption are as following: The demand of the concert remain unchanged‚ the supply of the concert also unchanged( which consist on 3 concerts) ‚so the supply curve is vertical. In the question‚ the concert price in 2005 is $500 and all the tickets have been sold out which are 12000seats. The turnover is 12000seats
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Week 6 Earth Processes Earth’s Changing Surface CLICK link below to hear a Science Course Mentor provide an overview to this section‚ “Earth’s Changing Surface”: http://wgu.connectpro.acrobat.com/p56293907/ Use Chapters 22 and 25.5 in Conceptual Integrated Science to address the following items in your notes: 1. Why did Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift fail and what was the evidence needed to support his predictions- why was it literally an idea before its time? Because no one could
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x2/x1 => x1 = (px2x2) / px1. Put this in the budget constraint: I = px1(px2x2) / px1 + px2x2 => x2* = I / 2px2 Using the same way to find the demand function of good 1‚ we obtain: x1* = I / 2px1 b) x1* = 24 / (2∙1) = 12 x2* = 24 / (2∙2) = 6 c) x1* = 24 / (2∙1) = 12 x2* = 24 / (2∙3) = 4 d) Substitution effect = ɗx/ɗpx = – I/2px2 Income effect = – xɗx/ɗI = – x/2px The price of good 1 did not change‚ so there is no effect. The price of good 2 rose to €3. Substitution effect = – 24
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ACCT553 Week 6 Homework _________________________________________________________ Chapter 21 1. Please explain how an S Corporation is created. (5 pts) To qualify for S corporation status‚ the corporation must meet the following requirements: Be a domestic corporation Have only allowable shareholders including individuals‚ certain trusts‚ and estates and may not include partnerships‚ corporations or non-resident alien shareholders Have no more than 100 shareholders
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Week Six Quiz - Due Day 7‚ Sunday‚ 10-17-10 All answers can be located in Chapters 9 and 11 of the text. Fill in the Blank – 2 points each Psychologists typically define personality as an individual’s unique pattern of thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviors that persists over time and across situations. The need to be with others is called affiliation motive. A desire to perform a behavior that stems from the behavior performed is called intrinsic motivation. Theory which states that emotional
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is $6 per unit‚ and the profit for product 2 is $4 per unit. a. Formulate a linear programming model for this problem. b. Solve this model by using graphical analysis. 6) The Pinewood Furniture Company produces chairs and tables from two resources-labor and wood. The company has 80 hours of labor and 36 pounds of wood available each day. Demand for chairs is limited to 6 per day. Each chair requires 8 hours of labor and 2 pounds of wood‚ whereas a table requires 10 hours of labor and 6 pounds
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