In a given portfolio, replacing an existing investment with a lower beta investment results in

a. a decrease in the required rate of return of the portfolio

b. an increase in the expected rate of rate return of the portfolio

c. an increase in the systematic risk of the portfolio

d. a decrease in the actual rate of return of the portfolio

e. the portfolio beta moving toward 1.0

If you were running a company, what are at least two things you could do to improve its productivity.

An investment offers a total return of 18 percent over the coming year. janice yellen thinks the total real return on this investment will be only 14 percent. what does janice believe the inflation rate will be over the next year?

The following accounts are from last year’s books at s manufacturing: raw materials bal 0 (b) 157,400 (a) 172,500 15,100 work in process bal 0 (f) 523,600 (b) 133,700 (c) 171,400 (e) 218,500 0 finished goods bal 0 (g) 477,000 (f) 523,600 46,600 manufacturing overhead (b) 23,700 (e) 218,500 (c) 27,700 (d) 159,400 7,700 cost of goods sold (g) 477,000 s manufacturing uses job-order costing and applies manufacturing overhead to jobs based on direct labor costs. what is the amount of cost of goods manufactured for the year