Here are the returns on two stocks.
a. Calculate the variance and standard deviation of each stock. Which stock is riskier if held on its own?
b. Now calculate the returns in each month of a portfolio that invests an equal amount each month in the two stocks.
c. Is the variance more or less than halfway between the variance of the two individual stocks?

Match the different financial task to their corresponding financial life cycle phases

You are in the market for a new refrigerator for your company’s lounge, and you have narrowed the search down to two models. the energy efficient model sells for $700 and will save you $45 at the end of each of the next five years in electricity costs. the standard model has features similar to the energy efficient model but provides no future saving in electricity costs. it is priced at only $500. assuming your opportunity cost of funds is 6 percent, which refrigerator should you purchase

The purpose of the transportation approach for location analysis is to minimize which of the following? a. total costsb. total fixed costsc. the number of shipmentsd. total shipping costse. total variable costs