An investor prefers to invest in companies that have high operating leverage. How can this be accomplished if the investor also
requires a portfolio beta of 1.0? A. Invest 50% in cyclical stocks and 50% in firms with high operating leverage
B. Invest 50% in a market index fund and 50% in firms with high operating leverage
C. Finance part of the portfolio with borrowing
D. Invest a portion of the portfolio in U.S. Treasury securities
Systemic risk are risk that are inherent in the economy. They cannot be diversified away. They are also known as market risk. examples of this risk include recession, inflation, and high interest rates. Investors should seek compensation for systemic risk. Systemic risk is measured by beta. The higher beta is, the higher the systemic risk and the higher the compensation demanded for by investors
Market index fund is riskless and would have a beta of 1
by investing half in a riskless and half in a risky asset. beta would be equal to 1
<span>This is the idea of the developing world. In many of these countries, there is a low amount of industrial or technological development. These countries have a rather low standard of living and a higher poverty rate when compared to countries that have technological development and progress.</span>
The first thing you need to do is to calculate terminal value at the end of time t = 3. Then the intrinsic value of the stock is sum of discounted cashflow from t =1 to t = 3 (cashflows at t = 3 includes dividend as well as terminal value).
Terminal value at t = 3 = Dividend in year 4/(Required rate of return - Dividend growth)
The use of direct channel is prominent in the ice-cream industry which sales its products by using a music which triggers the sense that the ice-cream is just at my next step and the products at offers are from low cost to high cost to make maximum sales. The type of channel in which the salesmen sell their product by moving door to door is often refferred to as Direct channel.
