The two stocks in your portfolio, x and y, have independent returns, so the correlation between them, rxyis zero. your portfolio consists of $50,000 invested in stock x and $50,000 invested in stock y. both stocks have an expected return of 15%, betas of 1.6, and standard deviations of 30%. which of the following statements best describes the characteristics of your 2-stock portfolio? a. your portfolio has a standard deviation less than 30%, and its beta is greater than 1.6.b. your portfolio has a beta equal to 1.6, and its expected return is 15%.c. your portfolio has a beta greater than 1.6, and its expected return is greater than 15%.d. your portfolio has a standard deviation greater than 30% and a beta equal to 1.6.e. your portfolio has a standard deviation of 30%, and its expected return is 15%

Amarket that consists of all possible consumers regardless of their specific needs or wants is a

Onsider the following subscription behavior information from genie, a web site that provides tools for constructing a family tree (ancestor search). subscriptions cost $9.99 per month, but you are charged for the entire year at the time of purchase. there is a one-year minimum term when you sign up for the service. once purchased, subscriptions are set to renew automatically unless the subscriber cancels them. when a membership renews, it renews for a one-year term and again you are charged for the entire year. there are no variable costs associated with providing this service to an individual customer, but genie does engage in customer relationship activities that they believe will increase customer retention. these customer relationship activities cost genie about $10 per year per customer. based on a sample of 1000 customers that joined genie five years ago, near the time when the company was founded, they were able to determine how many of those customers remained subscribers in the second year, third year etc. based on this information, genie calculated the average annual retention rate to be 20%. genie uses an annual discount rate of 8%. a. last year, genie spent $10,000 placing advertisements on google. genie management believes that these advertisements were responsible for about 300 new subscribers. would you recommend to genie management that they purchase more google ads? b. suppose a newly-introduced loyalty program increases the number of customers that remained to 30%. does this new data change your answer to 9.a? c. do you have any hesitations or concerns about making recommendations to management based on your above estimate of customer lifetime value?

Lambert manufacturing has $100,000 to invest in either project a or project b. the following data are available on these projects (ignore income taxes.): project a project b cost of equipment needed now $100,000 $60,000 working capital investment needed now - $40,000 annual cash operating inflows $40,000 $35,000 salvage value of equipment in 6 years $10,000 - both projects will have a useful life of 6 years and the total cost approach to net present value analysis. at the end of 6 years, the working capital investment will be released for use elsewhere. lambert's required rate of return is 14%. the net present value of project b is: