A conservative investor has a portfolio that consists of diversified investments in equity securities, debt securities, and money market instruments. The investor is mildly concerned about a downturn in the stock market. If this investor were seeking to further diversify, which of the following would be the BEST recommendation?
[A] A Balanced Fund
[B] Real Estate-Related Investments
[C] A Hedge Fund
[D] Speculation in Equity Options

Georgia's gross pay was 35,600 this year she is to pay a federal income tax of 16% how much should georgia pay in federal income ax this year

Ardmore farm and seed has an inventory dilemma. they have been selling a brand of very popular insect spray for the past year. they have never really analyzed the costs incurred from ordering and holding the inventory and currently fave a large stock of the insecticide in the warehouse. they estimate that it costs $25 to place an order, and it costs $0.25 per gallon to hold the spray. the annual requirements total 80,000 gallons for a 365 day year.a. assuming that 10,000 gallons are ordered each time an order is placed, estimate the annual inventory costs.b. calculate the eoq.c. given the eoq calculated in part b., how many orders should be placed and what is the average inventory balance? d. if it takes seven days to receive an order from suppliers, at what inventory level should ardmore place another order?

The assumptions of the production order quantity model are met in a situation where annual demand is 3650 units, setup cost is $50, holding cost is $12 per unit per year, the daily demand rate is 10 and the daily production rate is 100. the production order quantity for this problem is approximately: