An investor with mean-variance preferences chooses to invest 70% of her wealth in a risky asset P with an expected rate of return of 15% and a standard deviation of 20%, and she puts 30% in a riskless Treasury bill that pays 5%. Let X denote the complete portfolio. The expected return of the portfolio C is and the standard deviation of the portfolio is .

Which critical success factor improves with reduced cycle time, better quality standards, and improved efficiency when an is is implemented?

Carey company is borrowing $225,000 for one year at 9.5 percent from second intrastate bank. the bank requires a 15 percent compensating balance. the principal refers to funds the firm can effectively utilize (amount borrowed − compensating balance). a. what is the effective rate of interest? (use a 360-day year. input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. what would the effective rate be if carey were required to make 12 equal monthly payments to retire the loan?

The state in which the manufacturing company you work for is located regulates the presence of a particular substance in the environment to concentrations ≤ x. recently-released, reliable research endorsed by the responsible federal agency conclusively demonstrates that the substance poses no risks at concentrations up to 5x. your company has asked you to consider designing a new process with a waste discharge stream containing up to 2x of the substance. based on the stated conditions, describe this possible.