J. p. morgan asset management publishes information about financial investments. over the past years, the expected return for the s& p was with a standard deviation of and the expected return over that same period for a core bonds fund was with a standard deviation of (j. p. morgan asset management, guide to the markets, 1st quarter, ). the publication also reported that the correlation between the s& p and core bonds is . you are considering portfolio investments that are composed of an s& p index fund and a core bonds fund. a. using the information provided, determine the covariance between the s& p and core bonds. round your answer to two decimal places. if required enter negative values as negative numbers.

Galwaysc electronics makes two products. model a requires component a and component c. model b requires component b and component c. new versions of both models are released each year with updated versions of all components. all components are sourced overseas, and abc contracts annually for a quantity of each component before seeing that year’s demand. components are only assembled into finished products once demand for each model is known. for the coming year, alwaysc’s purchasing manner has proposed ordering 500,000 units of component a, 630,000 of component b, and 1,000,000 units of component c. her boss has asked why she has recommended purchasing so much of components a and b when alwaysc will not have enough of component c to fully use all of the inventory of a and b. what factors might the purchasing manager cite to explain her recommended order? explain your reasoning.

What is the equity method balance in the investment in lindman account at the end of 2018?

The 39 percent and 38 percent tax rates both represent what is called a tax "bubble." suppose the government wanted to lower the upper threshold of the 39 percent marginal tax bracket from $335,000 to $208,000. what would the new 39 percent bubble rate have to be? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places,e.g., 32.16.)