Jason has determined he will have an annual retirement income deficit. the deficit for the first year of retirement, 10 years from now, is $90,000. he expects to be in retirement for 30 years, and believes he can earn a 7% after-tax annual return on invested dollars. inflation is expected to average 4% annually over this same period. what is the amount of lump-sum retirement funds needed by jason at the beginning of retirement to fund his additional retirement income needs? (round to the nearest dollar.)

Which of the following accurately describes a situation in which consumers have elastic demand? a. a restaurant starts using margarine instead of butter because butter becomes more expensive. b. consumers boycott a restaurant because the waiters aren't paid minimum wage. c. a company starts using sugar instead of corn syrup because its revenues are up. d. people give up eating pasta and bread because they want to lose weight. 2b2t

Henry crouch's law office has traditionally ordered ink refills 7070 units at a time. the firm estimates that carrying cost is 4545% of the $1212 unit cost and that annual demand is about 245245 units per year. the assumptions of the basic eoq model are thought to apply. for what value of ordering cost would its action be optimal? a) for what value of ordering cost would its action be optimal? its action would be optimal given an ordering cost of $nothing per order (round your response to two decimal place

Consider a treasury bill with a rate of return of 5% and the following risky securities: security a: e(r) = .15; variance = .0400 security b: e(r) = .10; variance = .0225 security c: e(r) = .12; variance = .1000 security d: e(r) = .13; variance = .0625 the investor must develop a complete portfolio by combining the risk-free asset with one of the securities mentioned above. the security the investor should choose as part of her complete portfolio to achieve the best cal would be a. security a b. security b c. security c d. security d