Michael owns a portfolio that consists of the following two bonds: Bond A: $1,000 par value bond with 8% annual coupons yields an effective interest rate of 6%, maturing in 10 years. Bond B: $1,000 par value bond with no coupons yields an effective interest rate of 7%, maturing in 5 years. Calculate the modified duration of the portfolio.

Tariffs and quotas are often imposed when a government is more responsive to interests, and the benefits of those trade restrictions are often ; concentrated producer; widely dispersed consumer; widely dispersed consumer; concentrated

True of false: the chancellor of a university has commissioned a team to collect data on students' gpas and the amount of time they spend bar hopping every week (measured in minutes). he wants to know if imposing much tougher regulations on all campus bars to make it more difficult for students to spend time in any campus bar will have a significant impact on general students' gpas. his team should use a t test on the slope of the population regression.

Managers at flavors, a restaurant chain, train their employees such that in the absence of employees, someone trained in the same skills can step in and do the job equally well. thus, many modules in training are extensive as they provide employees with details of the skill sets required for different jobs. in practice, this lengthy training program does the company as a well-trained and flexible workforce is at their disposal at all times. the managers at flavors use a) job rotationb) vertical enhancementc) telecommutingd) job sharinge) flextime