Stock y has a beta of 1.2 and an expected return of 14.5 percent. stock z has a beta of .7 and an expected return of 9.3 percent. if the risk-free rate is 5.6 percent and the market risk premium is 6.6 percent, the reward-to-risk ratios for stocks y and z are and percent, respectively. since the sml reward-to-risk is percent, stock y is and stock z is . (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.)

On january 15, the end of the first biweekly pay period of the year, north company’s payroll register showed that its employees earned $32,000 of sales salaries. withholdings from the employees’ salaries include fica social security taxes at the rate of 6.2%, fica medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $3,000 of federal income taxes, $772 of medical insurance deductions, and $260 of union dues. no employee earned > $7,000 in this first period. prepare the journal entry to record north company’s january 15 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities.

According to management education expert ashok rao, companies can increase their profitability by through careful inventory management. a. 5% to 10% b. 10% to 25% c. 20% to 50% d. 75%

Adding a complementary product to what is currently being produced is a demand management strategy used when: a. capacity exceeds demand for a product that has stable demand.b. price increases have failed to bring about demand management.c. demand exceeds capacity.d. demand exceeds 100 percent.e. the existing product has seasonal or cyclical demand.