Rachel is a financial investor who actively buys and sells in the securities market. Now she has a
portfolio of all blue chips, including: $13,500 of Share A, $7,600 of Share B, $14,700 of Share C, and
$5,500 of Share D.
Required:
a) Compute the weights of the assets in Rachel’s portfolio? (2 marks)
b) If Rachel’s portfolio has provided her with returns of 9.7%, 12.4%, -5.5% and 17.2% over the past
four years, respectively. Calculate the geometric average return of the portfolio for this period. (2
marks)
c) Assume that expected return of the stock A in Rachel’s portfolio is 13.6% this year. The risk
premium on the stocks of the same industry are 4.8%, betas of these stocks is 1.5 and the inflation
rate was 2.7%. Calculate the risk-free rate of return using Capital Market Asset Pricing Model
(CAPM). (2 marks)

Archangel manufacturing calculated a predetermined overhead allocation rate at the beginning of the year based on a percentage of direct labor costs. the production details for the year are given below. calculate the manufacturing overhead allocation rate for the year based on the above data. (round your final answer to two decimal places.) a) 42.42% b) 257.14% c) 235.71% d) 1, 206.90% archangel production details.

Identify the three components of a family's culture and provide one example from your own experience

Alarge university wanted to study the relationship between completing an internship during college and students' future earning potential. prom the same graduating class, they selected a random sample of 80 students who completed an internship and 100 students who did not complete an internship and examined their salaries five years after graduation. they found that there was a statistically higher mean salary for the internship group than for the noninternship group. which of the following interpretations is the most appropriate? a. there could be a confounding variable, such as student major, that explains the difference in mean salary between the internship and no internship groups.b. we cannot infer anything from these data since the distribution of salaries is likely right skewed.c. you cannot draw any valid conclusions because the sample sizes are different.d. more students should complete internships because having an internship produces a higher salary.