Vang Enterprises, which is debt-free and ifnances only with equity from retained earnings, is considering 7 equal-sized capital budgeting projects. Its CFO hired you to assist in deciding whether none, some, or all of the projects should be accepted. You have the following information: rRF = 4.50%; RPM = 5.50%; and b = 0.93. The company adds or subtracts a specified percentage to the corporate WACC when it evaluates projects that have above or below-average risk. If these are the only projects under consideration, how large should the capital budget be? Risk Expected Cost
Project Risk Factor Return (Millions)
1 Very low -2.00% 7.60% $25.0
2 Low -1.00% 9.15% $25.0
3 Average 0.00% 10.10% $25.0
4 High 1.00% 10.40% $25.0
5
Very High 2.00% 10.80% $25.0
6 Very high 2.00% 10.90% $25.0
7 Very high 2.00% 13.00% $25.0
a. $ 125
b. $ 100
c. $ 25
d. $50
e. $75

You have $22,000 to invest in a stock portfolio. your choices are stock x with an expected return of 11 percent and stock y with an expected return of 13 percent. if your goal is to create a portfolio with an expected return of 11.74 percent, how much money will you invest in stock x? in stock y?

Aprice ceiling is “binding” if the price ceiling is set below the equilibrium price. suppose that the equilibrium price is $5. if a price ceiling is set at $6, this will not affect the market in any way since $5 remains a legally allowable price (since $5 < $6). a price ceiling of $6 is called a “non-binding” price ceiling. on the other hand, if the price ceiling is set at $4, the price ceiling is “binding” because the natural equilibrium price is $5 but that is no longer allowed. what happens when there is a binding price ceiling? at a price below the equilibrium price, quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied. there is a shortage. normally, price increases eliminate shortages by increasing quantity supplied and decreasing quantity demanded. in this case, however, price increases are not allowed past the price ceiling. we therefore predict that the observed market price will be right at the price ceiling and there will be a permanent shortage. the observed quantity bought and sold will be dictated by the quantity supplied at the price ceiling. although consumers would like to buy more, there are no more units for sale

Which of the following best describes why you need to establish goals for your program?