You have $110,000 to invest in a portfolio containing stock x and stock y. your goal is to create a portfolio that has an expected return of 15 percent. stock x has an expected return of 13.2 percent and a beta of 1.16, and stock y has an expected return of 10.2 percent and a beta of .88. a. how much money will you invest in stock y? (do not round intermediate calculations. a negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign.) b. what is the beta of your portfolio?

Price and efficiency variances, journal entries. the schuyler corporation manufactures lamps. it has set up the following standards per finished unit for direct materials and direct manufacturing labor: direct materials: 10 lb. at $4.50 per lb. $45.00 direct manufacturing labor: 0.5 hour at $30 per hour 15.00 the number of finished units budgeted for january 2017 was 10,000; 9,850 units were actually produced. actual results in january 2017 were as follows: direct materials: 98,055 lb. used direct manufacturing labor: 4,900 hours $154,350 assume that there was no beginning inventory of either direct materials or finished units. during the month, materials purchased amounted to 100,000 lb., at a total cost of $465,000. input price variances are isolated upon purchase. input-efficiency variances are isolated at the time of usage. 1. compute the january 2017 price and efficiency variances of direct materials and direct manufacturing labor. 2. prepare journal entries to record the variances in requirement 1. 3. comment on the january 2017 price and efficiency variances of schuyler corporation. 4. why might schuyler calculate direct materials price variances and direct materials efficiency variances with reference to different points in time

You have just been hired as a brand manager at kelsey-white, an american multinational consumer goods company. recently the firm invested in the development of k-w vision, a series of systems and processes that allow the use of up-to-date data and advanced analytics to drive informed decision making about k-w brands. it is 2018. the system is populated with 3 years of historical data. as brand manager for k-w’s blue laundry detergent, you are tasked to lead the brand's turnaround. use the vision platform to to develop your strategy and grow blue’s market share over the next 4 years.

On july 7, you purchased 500 shares of wagoneer, inc. stock for $21 a share. on august 1, you sold 200 shares of this stock for $28 a share. you sold an additional 100 shares on august 17 at a price of $25 a share. the company declared a $0.95 per share dividend on august 4 to holders of record as of wednesday, august 15. this dividend is payable on september 1. how much dividend income will you receive on september 1 as a result of your ownership of wagoneer stock