Apension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. the first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a t-bill money market fund that yields a rate of 6%. the probability distribution of the risky funds is as follows: expected return standard deviation stock fund (s) 21 % 36 % bond fund (b) 13 22 the correlation between the fund returns is 0.13. what is the sharpe ratio of the best feasible cal?

Thirty years ago daniel bought a plot of land for $50,000 when the cpi was 50. now the cpi is 180 and he sold the land for $180,000. what issue might inflation cause for daniel?

Explain whether each of the following events increases or decreases the money supply. a. the fed buys bonds in open-market operations. b. the fed reduces the reserve requirement. c. the fed increases the interest rate it pays on reserves. d. citibank repays a loan it had previously taken from the fed. e. after a rash of pickpocketing, people decide to hold less currency. f. fearful of bank runs, bankers decide to hold more excess reserves. g. the fomc increases its target for the federal funds rate.

How has apple been able to sustain its competitive advantage in the smartphone industry? a. by reducing its network effects b. by targeting its new products and services toward laggards c. by driving the price for the end user to zero d. by regularly introducing incremental improvements in its products