Customers A, B, C and D have their portfolio assets allocated as follows: A B C D
Money Markets 15% 5% 5% 0%
Treasury Bonds 40% 10% 20% 20%
Speculative Bonds 10% 30% 10% 30%
Blue Chip Equities 15% 15% 20% 10%
Small Cap. Equities 10% 10% 30% 5%
Emerging Markets 10% 20% 10% 30%
REITs 0% 10% 5% 5%
Which customer's portfolio is MOST susceptible to a cyclical economic downturn?
A. Customer A
B. Customer B
C. Customer C
D. Customer D

Suppose that two firms produce differentiated products and compete in prices. as in class, the two firms are located at two ends of a line one mile apart. consumers are evenly distributed along the line. the firms have identical marginal cost, $60. firm b produces a product with value $110 to consumers.firm a (located at 0 on the unit line) produces a higher quality product with value $120 to consumers. the cost of travel are directly related to the distance a consumer travels to purchase a good. if a consumerhas to travel a mile to purchase a good, the incur a cost of $20. if they have to travel x fraction of a mile, they incur a cost of $20x. (a) write down the expressions for how much a consumer at location d would value the products sold by firms a and b, if they set prices p_{a} and p_{b} ? (b) based on your expressions in (a), how much will be demanded from each firm if prices p_{a} and p_{b} are set? (c) what are the nash equilibrium prices?