lord penrose a financial analyst for the equitable life insurance society has just been asked to evaluate two mutually exclusive project schemes: one of them offering a fixed guarantee annuity rate. (GAR) and another one offering the current annuity rate. HE must select one method of analysis and provide an answer based solely on that investment criterion. Which investment criterion should he use in this situation

Identifying type and normal balances of accounts lo c4 for each of the following (1) identify the type of account as an asset, liability, equity, revenue, or expense, (2) identify the normal balance of the account, and (3) select debit (dr.) or credit (cr.) to identify the kind of entry that would increase the account balance.

%of the world's population controls approximately % of the world's finances (the sum of gross domestic products)" quizlket

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.