You invest $100 in a risky asset with an expected rate of return of 0.12 and a standard deviation of 0.15 and a t-bill with a rate of return of 0.05. what percentages of your money must be invested in the risky asset and the risk-free asset, respectively, to form a portfolio with an expected return of 0.09?

select one:
a. 85% and 15%
b. 75% and 25%
c. 67% and 33%
d. 57% and 43%

Two assets have the following expected returns and standard deviations when the risk-free rate is 5%: asset a e(ra) = 18.5% σa = 20% asset b e(rb) = 15% σb = 27% an investor with a risk aversion of a = 3 would find that on a risk-return basis. a. only asset a is acceptable b. only asset b is acceptable c. neither asset a nor asset b is acceptable d. both asset a and asset b are acceptable

Which of the following events could increase the demand for labor? a. an increase in the marginal productivity of workers b. a decrease in the amount of capital available for workers to use c. a decrease in the wage paid to workers d. a decrease in output price

Bathlinks corporation has a debt to assets ratio of 73%. this tells the user of bathlinks’s financial statements that a. bathlinks is getting a 27% return on its assets. b. there is a risk that bathlinks cannot pay its debts as they come due. c. 73% of the assets are financed by the stockholders. d. based on this measure, the user should not invest in bathlinks.