Answer:
Risk and Return
1. Joe is an average investor. His financial advisor gave him options of investing in stock A, with a σ of 12%, and stock B, with a σ of 9%. Both stocks have the same expected return of 16%. Joe can pick only one stock and decides to invest in stock B.
Good Financial Decision?
Yes
No
2. Marcie works for an educational technology firm that recently launched its employee stock option plan (ESOP). Marcie allocated all her investments in the ESOP.
Good Financial Decision?
Yes
No
3. rin wants to invest in a hedge fund that has had a very strong performance track record. The hedge fund has given its investors a return of over 60% for the past five years. Although Erin is tempted to put her money in the fund, she decides to conduct due diligence on the hedge fund’s assets, because she is aware that past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Good Financial Decision?
Yes
No
Explanation:
1. Joe's decision to invest in stock B is a good financial decision. Since both investments have the same returns, the decision on which investment to take shifts to the standard deviation of the returns, which specifies the variability of the returns. Invariably, the investment with less standard deviation should win the vote. Therefore, Joe's decision is a good financial decision because investment in B has a standard deviation of 9% unlike A's 12%.
2. Putting all eggs in one market as Marcie had done by allocating all her investments in the ESOP is not a good financial decision, theoretically. It is always best to spread the risks, though higher-yielding investments (returns) bear higher risks.
3. The decision of Erin to conduct due diligence on the hedge fund's assets, despite its past performance is a good financial decision. Due diligence reveals some behind-the-scene information that are instrumental in making sound business decisions. Who are the present managers of the fund? What systems are in place in the entity to guarantee similar future performance, all things being equal? What market's sentiments and information are available for consideration? These questions, and many others can be answered through a due diligence. Surely, "past performance is no guarantee of future results."
Dumping is exporting goods at prices that are lower than their value.
Answer:
The correct answer is B.
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Purchases:
40 units at $100·
70 units at $80·
170 units at $60
Sales for the year totaled 270 units, leaving 10 units on hand at the end of the year.
First, we need to calculate the average purchase cost.
Average cost= (100*40 + 80*70 + 60*170)/280= $70.7
Now, we can calculate the value of ending inventory:
Inventory= $70.7*10= $707
Answer:
The correct answer is True.
Explanation:
Non-systematic risk, also known as "diversifiable risk", encompasses the set of factors of a company or industry, and that affect only the profitability of its stock or bond. For this reason they cannot be diversified.
In other words, the non-systematic risk arises from the uncertainty surrounding a company due to the development of its business, either due to the company's own circumstances or those of the sector to which it belongs. Examples of these events can be bad business results, the signing of a large contract, worse than expected sales data, a new product of the competition, discovery of fraud within the company, a bad management of its managers, etc.
