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."
Answer:
Option (D) is correct.
Explanation:
Asymmetric information occurs in a situation in which one of the two parties involved in a particular transaction have more information than the other party. This problem mostly occurs in a health insurance market where the a person to be insured have more information about his health than the insurance company.
Asymmetric information will result in two problems are as follows:
(i) Adverse selection
(ii) Moral hazard
Answer:
Direct labor rate variance= (Standard Rate - Actual Rate)*Actual hours
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
The production used 2.5 labor hours per finished unit, and the company paid $21 per hour, totaling $52.50 per unit of finished product.
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To calculate direct labor rate variance, we need to use the following formula:
Direct labor rate variance= (Standard Rate - Actual Rate)*Actual Hours
Answer:
$168,250
Explanation:
Total Cash Collection would include cash collected from both Cash Sales and Credit Sales.
<u>Summary for Calculation of January Cash Collected</u>
Cash Sales $60,000
Credit Sales :
For January Sales ($160,000 × 45%) $72,000
For December Sales ($55,000 × 55%) $30,250
For November Sales ($30,000 × 20%) $6,000
Total Collection $168,250
Conclusion :
The total cash collected during January by LaGrange Corporation would be $168,250
