Suppose Microsoft has mean 6.5% and standard deviation 10%, and GameStop has standard deviation 30%. The risk-free rate is 5%. Alice and Bob have mean-variance utility. A. Alice is indifferent between Microsoft, GameStop, and the risk-free asset. What is the mean return of GameStop? Hint: first compute Alice's risk aversion. In the first box, answer with 1 decimal e. g. 12.2 (no % sign). B. Alice's optimal portfolio has mean 20% and standard deviation 25%. Bob's optimal portfolio has mean 14%. What is the standard deviation of Bob's optimal portfolio in percentage points? In the second box, answer an integer, e. g., for a standard deviation of 0.14 or 14% answer 14 (without the % sign). C. Whose indifference curves are steeper? In the third box, answer A for Alice, B for Bob.

Which of the following of the following sets of side lengths could not form a triangle?

The average hourly earnings for a construction worker is projected to be $24.50 in 2012. jason wants to join the construction work force after he graduates in 2012. his friend tells him that average hourly earnings for construction workers will rise by 2% from 2009 to 2012. based on the data below, assuming that the projected hourly earnings are correct, is jason’s friend’s statement accurate? construction industry - average hourly earnings, 2000-2009 a. his friend’s statement is accurate. the average hourly earnings will increase by 2%. b. his friend’s statement is not accurate. the percent increase will be more than 2% c. his friend’s statement is not accurate. the percent increase will be less than 2% d. his friend’s statement is not accurate. the average hourly earnings will decrease

1jessica's home town is a mid-sized city experiencing a decline in population. the following graph models the estimated population if the decline continues at the same rate. select the most appropriate unit for the measure of time that the graph represents. a. years b. hours c. days d. weeks