The following loan options are available from a local financial institution
loan a £20,000 borrowed for 5 years @ 8% interest rate
loan b £20,000 borrowed for 7 years @ 6% interest rate
which one of these would be the best and why?

Kumar consulting operates several stock investment portfolios that are used by firms for investment of pension plan assets. last year, one portfolio had a realized return of 12.6 percent and a beta coefficient of 1.15. the average t-bond rate was 7 percent and the realized rate of return on the s& p 500 was 12 percent. what was the portfolio's alpha?