Marcia's company is at the commercialization stage of new product development. before company executives move forward with this stage, what advice can you give them?

Jagjit company designs and builds retaining walls for individual customers. on august 1, there were two jobs in process: job 93 with a beginning balance of $8,650, and job 94 with a beginning balance of $7,270. jagjit applies overhead at the rate of $9 per direct labor hour. direct labor wages average $16 per hour. data on august costs for all jobs are as follows:

You manage an equity fund with an expected risk premium of 10% and a standard deviation of 14%. the rate on treasury bills is 6%. your client chooses to invest $60,000 of her portfolio in your equity fund and $40,000 in a t-bill money market fund. what is the expected return and standard deviation of return on your client’s portfolio?

After graduation, you plan to work for dynamo corporation for 12 years and then start your own business. you expect to save and deposit $7,500 a year for the first 6 years (t = 1 through t = 6) and $15,000 annually for the following 6 years (t = 7 through t = 12). the first deposit will be made a year from today. in addition, your grandfather just gave you a $32,500 graduation gift which you will deposit immediately (t = 0). if the account earns 9% compounded annually, how much will you have when you start your business 12 years from now?