Bond company adopted the dollar-value lifo inventory method on january 1, 2021. in applying the lifo method, bond uses internal cost indexes and the multiple-pools approach. the following data were available for inventory pool no. 3 for the two years following the adoption of lifo:

ending inventory
year at year-end at base year cost cost index
1/1/2021 304,000 304,000 1.00
12/31/2021 341,250 325,000 1.05
12/31/2022 435,420 354,000 1.23
under the dollar-value lifo method, the inventory at december 31, 2022, should be

a. $361,720.
b. $354,000.
c. $355,050.
d. none of these answer choices are correct.

The total value of your portfolio is $10,000: $3,000 of it is invested in stock a and the remainder invested in stock b. stock a has a beta of 0.8; stock b has a beta of 1.2. the risk premium on the market portfolio is 8%; the risk-free rate is 2%. additional information on stocks a and b is provided below. return in each state state probability of state stock a stock b excellent 15% 15% 5% normal 50% 9% 7% poor 35% -15% 10% what are each stock’s expected return and the standard deviation? what are the expected return and the standard deviation of your portfolio? what is the beta of your portfolio? using capm, what is the expected return on the portfolio? given your answer above, would you buy, sell, or hold the portfolio?