Which of the following statements are true and which are false？ A. When people exert more effort to save $5 on $25 radio than to save $5 on a $500 jacket it is because they have limited psychological bandwidth.

B. Other things being equal, owning a highly diversified portfolio that includes some investment in cryptocurrencies is less risky than the same portfolio without any cryptocurrencies.

C. Owning a highly diversified portfolio that has around 50% of its total value in cryptocurrencies is more risky than a highly diversified portfolio with no exposure to cryptocurrencies.

D. In a highly competitive market, it is possible for an industry sector to grow strongly yet all the companies in the sector decrease in shareholder value.

E. A skilled, competent fund manager may underperform the market even up to ten years.

The strength of the economy depends on the balance pf production and consumption of goods and consumption of goods and services

Which of the following is an effective strategy when interest rates are falling? a. use long-term loans to take advantage of current low rates. b. use short-term loans to take advantage of lower rates when you refinance a loan. c. deposit to a short-term savings instrumentals to take advantage of higher interest rates when they mature. d.select short-term savings instruments to lock in earnings at a current high rates.

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)