Merril lynch, an investment firm, sorts investment opportunties based on "risk" and "return" from which its clients to choose. merril-lynch is peforming which channel function?

Sorting

Explanation:

Sorting is described as the process in which components are placed in a certain order or arrangement which provides ease to understand observe those components. Analyzation through this process becomes easy for viewer.

According to the situation described in question,Merril Lynch firm is using the method of sorting for organizing opportunities of investment into risk category and return category accordingly.It will help them to look at both the categories easily and make clear decisions in future .

send them to therapy or somthing like that

if interdependence implies a two-way dependence, and if each partner is equally dependent on the other for success, then there is an equal commitment to the making the partnership successful. the advantage is sustainability of the relationship, the disadvantage is that decisions are "democratic" and therefore may take longer to reach and more likely to be a compromise (which is not always the best solution). as the interdependence moves away from equality, the decisions become more influenced by the more independent partner. in the extreme the relationship becomes more dictatorial and more like "master-slave". generally the relationship has less commitment in both directions and is more likely to be temporary.

if one generalizes (and one shouldn't), equity partnerships, which is probably what is implied by interdependence, can be slow to progress or change but durable. the extreme alternative, independent-dependent partnerships tend to be efficient but more fragile.

hope this but you will have to site your own evidence. : )