If the economy is normal, charleston freight stock is expected to return 16.5 percent. if the economy falls into a recession, the stock's return is projected at a negative 11.6 percent. the probability of a normal economy is 80 percent while the probability of a recession is 20 percent. what is the variance of the returns on this stock?
a. 0.010346
b. 0.012634
c. 0.013420
d. 0.013927
e. 0.014315

Your uncle borrows $53,000 from the bank at 11 percent interest over the nine-year life of the loan. use appendix d for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. what equal annual payments must be made to discharge the loan, plus pay the bank its required rate of interest

Blue computers, a major pc manufacturer in the united states, currently has plants in kentucky and pennsylvania. the kentucky plant has a capacity of 1 million units a year and the pennsylvania plant has a capacity of 1.5 million units a year. the firm divides the united states into five markets: northeast, southeast, midwest, south, and west. each pc sells for $1,000. the firm anticipates a 50 perc~nt growth in demand (in each region) this year (after which demand will stabilize) and wants to build a plant with a capacity of 1.5 million units per year to accommodate the growth. potential sites being considered are in north carolina and california. currently the firm pays federal, state, and local taxes on the income from each plant. federal taxes are 20 percent of income, and all state and local taxes are 7 percent of income in each state. north carolina has offered to reduce taxes for the next 10 years from 7 percent to 2 percent. blue computers would like to take the tax break into consideration when planning its network. consider income over the next 10 years in your analysis. assume that all costs remain unchanged over the 10 years. use a discount factor of 0.1 for your analysis. annual fixed costs, production and shipping costs per unit, and current regional demand (before the 50 percent growth) are shown in table 5-13. (a) if blue computers sets an objective of minimizing total fixed and variable costs, where should they build the new plant? how should the network be structured? (b) if blue computers sets an objective of maximizing after-tax profits, where should they build the new plant? how should the network be structured? variable production and shipping cost ($/unit) annual fixed cost northeast southeast midwest south west (million$) kentucky 185 180 175 175 200 150 pennsylvania 170 190 180 200 220 200 n. carolina 180 180 185 185 215 150 california 220 220 195 195 175 150 demand ('000 units/month) 700 400 400 300 600

The year is 2278, and the starship enterprise is running low on dilithium crystals, which are used to regulate the matter-antimatter reactions that propel the ship across the universe. without the crystals, space-time travel is not possible. if there is only one known source of dilithium crystals, the necessary conditions for a monopoly are met. part 2 (1 point)see hint if the crystals are government owned or government regulated, and the government wants to create the greatest welfare for society, then it should set the price choose one or more: a. so only the rich can afford space-time travel. b. at the profit-maximizing price. c. at the efficient price. d. using the marginal-cost pricing rule. e. so everyone can afford space-time travel. f. at the monopoly price.