You estimate that a passive portfolio invested to mimic the S&P500 index yields an expected rate of return of 13% with a standard deviation of 25%. Suppose that your risk aversion coefficient A=2 and the risk-free rate is 5%. What is your optimal allocation y to the index portfolio? Suppose that another investor has a risk aversion coefficient A > 2. Will this investor place more or less allocation to the index portfolio than you?

What should a food worker use to retrieve ice from an ice machine?

Exercise 2-12 cost behavior; high-low method [lo2-3, lo2-4] speedy parcel service operates a fleet of delivery trucks in a large metropolitan area. a careful study by the company’s cost analyst has determined that if a truck is driven 120,000 miles during a year, the average operating cost is 11.6 cents per mile. if a truck is driven only 80,000 miles during a year, the average operating cost increases to 13.6 cents per mile. required: 1.& 2. using the high-low method, estimate the variable and fixed cost elements of the annual cost of truck operation. (round the "variable cost per mile" to 3 decimal places.)

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.