The task of crafting a company's overall corporate strategy for a diversified company encompasses all of the following except: a. picking the new industries to enter and deciding on the means of entry. b. initiating actions to boost the combined performance of the corporation's collection of businesses. c. pursuing opportunities to leverage cross-business value chain relationships and strategic fit into competitive advantage. d. establishing investment priorities and steering corporate resources into the most attractive business units. e. divesting well-performing businesses.

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?

Suppose that the free states of eldricia, a small nation, has consumption, investment, government purchases, imports, and exports as follows. consumption $140 investment $50 government purchases $45 imports $30 exports $15 calculate the free states of eldricia's gdp

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