The benefits of portfolio diversification can be obtained if the fund manager adds the stocks which are less than perfectly correlated. In other words, the stocks in a portfolio should have coefficient correlation lesser than 1. The market portfolio is considered to be fully diversified, this is why if the stocks with high correlation with market portfolio is added to our own portfolio, it will approach to the fully diversified portfolio and help in reducing the total risk.
Good for the company cause the more loyal a customer is the more they will want to spread your sells advertisemants and recommend you to other company.
Answer: 1.13
Explanation:
New Beta = Beta + Increase in beta per portfolio
Increase in beta as a result of purchase of new stock
= New stock beta - sold stock beta
= 1.5 - 0.5
= 0.5
Increase in bet per portfolio
= 0.5/18 stock
= 0.02778
New Beta = 1.1 + 0.02778
= 1.12778
= 1.13
Answer:
C. Economic entity assumption
Explanation:
Monetary unit assumption: As per this assumption, US dollar is considered to be a king. The accountants are forbidden of logging transactions in any other currency. It also grant accountants permission to ignore inflation when reviewing the statements considering that purchasing power of a dollar remains unchanged.
Going concern assumption: As per this assumption, a firm will continue its operations for the foreseeable years. Irrespective of the fact, whether the owner is alive or not, a firm may continue to operate unless dissolved. In case of bankruptcy, a firm will discontinue its operations.
Cost principle: As per this principle, an asset should be recorded at the acquired price. The acquired price is the price at which the asset was originally purchased i.e. the historical cost of an asset.
Economic entity: Each firm or organization is an economic entity and has a separate artificial identity from its owner or stakeholders. So, only the transactions pertaining to business are recorded and personal expenses are excluded from the financial statements of the firm.
Thus, the personal expense of president of the company should not have been recorded in the financial statements of the company.
Answer:
1. False
2. False
3. d. centralizing its decision making to better control its total quality management program
4. a.
5. True
Explanation:
1. Remember, a skimming strategy does the opposite–where a company chooses the highest possible price not the lowest price for their product when entering the market.
2. Indeed, this has impacted on production techniques in recent years. For example, from labour intensive car factories in the past we now have fully automated car factories that require very few workforce.
3. Remember, centralization results when there are fewer people in the line of authority. Therefore, if Brights Electronics decision to reorganize and significantly trim its middle management would result in centralized decision making and a better control its total quality management program.
4. Note that the promotional mix involves target based marketing, therefore each target market may have unique characteristics. And to attract each target market would involve establishing a promotional strategy that can reach multiple targets rather than developing a separate promotion mix for each target group.
5. An inverted organization is one that has a reversal from the normal line of authority found in most organization. Instead of top to bottom it now bottom to top. This implies that the manager who normally would play major role in deciding strategies to be taken doesn't, but the bottom line employees performs that responsibility. Thus, School Days Center can be rightly called an inverted organization.
