An investor can design a risky portfolio based on two stocks, A and B. Stock A has an expected return of 16% and a standard deviation of return of 25%. Stock B has an expected return of 11% and a standard deviation of return of 10%. The correlation coefficient between the returns of A and B is .4. The risk-free rate of return is 9%. The proportion of the optimal risky portfolio that should be invested in stock B is approximately

Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805

Explain the relationship between consumers and producers in economic growth and activity

Shawn received an e-mail offering a great deal on music, movie, and game downloads. he has never heard of the company, and the e-mail address and company name do not match. what should shawn do?