Suppose two factors are identified for the U. S. economy: the growth rate of industrial production, IP, and the inflation rate, IR. IP is expected to be 3% and IR 7%. A stock with a beta of 1 on IP and 0.4 on IR currently is expected to provide a rate of return of 12%. If industrial production actually grows by 4%, while the inflation rate turns out to be 8%, what is your best guess for the rate of return on the stock?

The cost of labor is significantly lower in many countries than in the united states. if you move manufacturing to a facility to a country labeled as part of the axis of evil and a threat to world peace you will increase the net income of your client by $10 million per the facility is located in a country which limits personal freedom and engages in state sponsored terrorism. imagine you are a marketing consultant. (a) what would you tell the executives to do? (b) what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

Harris fabrics computes its predetermined overhead rate annually on the basis of direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it estimated that 34,000 direct labor-hours would be required for the period’s estimated level of production. the company also estimated $599,000 of fixed manufacturing overhead expenses for the coming period and variable manufacturing overhead of $3.00 per direct labor-hour. harris's actual manufacturing overhead for the year was $768,234 and its actual total direct labor was 34,500 hours.required: compute the company's predetermined overhead rate for the year. (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

If canada has a surplus of paper products produced but its consumers demand more cleaning solutions, and the us has an abundance of cleaning solutions but consumers are demanding more paper products, how would trade benefit both countries? trade would assist both countries by creating excess demand. trade would assist both countries by strengthening their natural resources. trade would assist both countries to both reduce excess supply and satisfy market demand.