Which of the following is true? a depression is a recession that is mild and relatively brief. the expansions and contractions of real world business cycles last varying lengths of time and often differ in magnitude. the timing of business fluctuations is regular and therefore easily predictable. during the contractionary phase of the business cycle, the rate of unemployment is generally quite low.

The risk-free rate is 7% and the expected rate of return on the market portfolio is 11%. a. calculate the required rate of return on a security with a beta of 1.92. (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. if the security is expected to return 15%, is it overpriced or underpriced?

There is a small, family-owned store that sells food and household goods in a small town. the owners have good relations with the community, especially with local farmers who supply much of the food. the farmers aren't organized into a cooperative or union, and the store deals with each individually. suppose the store wanted to buy some farms to control the supply of certain vegetables. how would you classify this strategic move? select one: a. horizontal integration b. forward integration c. backward integration d. concentric integration

You are working on a bid to build two city parks a year for the next three years. this project requires the purchase of $249,000 of equipment that will be depreciated using straight-line depreciation to a zero book value over the three-year project life. ignore bonus depreciation. the equipment can be sold at the end of the project for $115,000. you will also need $18.000 in net working capital for the duration of the project. the fixed costs will be $37000 a year and the variable costs will be $148,000 per park. your required rate of return is 14 percent and your tax rate is 21 percent. what is the minimal amount you should bid per park? (round your answer to the nearest $100) (a) $214,300 (b) $214,100 (c) $212,500 (d) $208,200 (e) $208,400