The risk-free rate of return is 5 percent, and the market return is 8 percent. The betas of Stocks A, B, C, D, and E are 0.75, 0.50, 0.25, 1.50, and 1.25, respectively. The expected rates of return for Stocks A, B, C, D, and E are 8 percent, 6.5 percent, 7 percent, 11 percent, and 7 percent, respectively. Suppose an investor holds all of these stocks in a single portfolio. Required:
Based on the information given here, if the investor wants to sell one of the stocks so that only four stocks remain in the portfolio, which stock should be sold?

Horace society is planning its annual western fair raceway gala. the gala committee has assembled the following expected costs for the event: dinner (per person) $10 gaming token and program (per person) $2 prize payouts $4,300 tickets and advertising $800 private box suite rental $1,700 lottery licenses $200 the committee members would like to charge $40 per person for the evening’s activities.required: 1. what is the break-even point for the dinner-dance (in terms of the number of persons who must attend)? 2. assume that last year only 200 persons attended the dinner-dance. if the same number attend this year, what price per ticket must be charged in order to break even? 3. refer to the original data ($40 ticket price per person). prepare a cvp graph for the dinner- dance from zero tickets up to 600 tickets sold.