Assume these are the stock market and treasury bill returns for a 5-year period: year stock market return (%) t-bill return (%) 2011 −34.43 4.00, 2012 31.60 0.40, 2013 14.66 0.26, 2014 3.28 0.03, 2015 19.36 0.05, c. what was teh standard deviation of the risk premium?

Neon light company of kansas city ships lamps and lighting appliances throughout the country. ms. neon has determined that through the establishment of local collection centers around the country, she can speed up the collection of payments by one and one-half days. furthermore, the cash management department of her bank has indicated to her that she can defer her payments on her accounts by one-half day without affecting suppliers. the bank has a remote disbursement center in florida. a. if neon light company has $2.90 million per day in collections and $1.18 million per day in disbursements, how many dollars will the cash management system free up?

Your uncle is considering investing in a new company that will produce high quality stereo speakers. the sales price would be set at 1.5 times the variable cost per unit; the variable cost per unit is estimated to be $75.00; and fixed costs are estimated at $1,200,000. what sales volume would be required to break even, i.e., to have ebit = zero?

The uptowner just paid an annual dividend of $4.12. the company has a policy of increasing the dividend by 2.5 percent annually. you would like to purchase shares of stock in this firm but realize that you will not have the funds to do so for another four years. if you require a rate of return of 16.7 percent, how much will you be willing to pay per share when you can afford to make this investment?