A technician observes that the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is extremely high. At the same time, the technician notes that his other technical analysis tools indicate the market is oversold. The technician will most likely consider this to be: Group of answer choices Bullish because the VIX, a contrarian indicator, is indicating that market participants fear an impending market decline and the other tools indicate an oversold market. Neither bullish nor bearish because the VIX is indicating that market participants fear an impending market decline, which contradicts what the other tools are indicating. Bearish because the VIX, a sentiment indicator, is indicating that market participants fear an impending market decline and this is confirmed by the other tools indicating an oversold market.

Consider the following two stocks, a and b. stock a has an expected return of 10%, 10% standard deviation, and a beta of 1.20. stock b has an expected return of 14%, 25% standard deviation, and a beta of 1.80. the expected market rate of return is 9% and the risk-free rate is 5%. security would be considered a good buy if we include the stock in a well diversified a portfolio because a. b, it offers better alpha b. a, it offers better alpha c. a, it offers better sharpe ratio d. b, it offers better sharpe ratio

Variable rate cd’s = $90 treasury bills = $150 discount loans = $20 treasury notes = $100 fixed rate cds = $160 money market deposit accts. = $140 savings deposits = $90 fed funds borrowing = $40 variable rate mortgage loans $140 demand deposits = $40 primary reserves = $50 fixed rate loans = $210 fed funds lending = $50 equity capital = $120 a. develop a balance sheet from the above data. be sure to divide your balance sheet into rate-sensitive assets and liabilities as we did in class and in the examples. b. perform a standard gap analysis and a duration analysis using the above data if you have a 1.15% decrease in interest rates and an average duration of assets of 5.4 years and an average duration of liabilities of 3.8 years. c. indicate if this bank will remain solvent after the valuation changes. if so, indicate the new level of equity capital after the valuation changes. if not, indicate the amount of the shortage in equity capital.

Which of the following is not one of the four principles of bottleneck management? a. increasing capacity at non-bottleneck stations is a mirageb. lost time at the bottleneck is lost system capacity.c. release work orders to the system at the bottleneck's capacity pace.d. increased bottleneck capacity is increased system capacity.e. bottlenecks should be moved to the end of the system process.