A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 4.7%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are: Expected Return Standard Deviation Stock fund (S) 17 % 37 % Bond fund (B) 8 % 31 % The correlation between the fund returns is .1065. Suppose now that your portfolio must yield an expected return of 15% and be efficient, that is, on the best feasible CAL. a. What is the standard deviation of your portfolio? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Standard deviation % b-1. What is the proportion invested in the T-bill fund? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Proportion invested in the T-bill fund % b-2. What is the proportion invested in each of the two risky funds? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Proportion Invested Stocks % Bonds %

Answer:

A)  30.291

B-1)  1.15%

B-2)  proportion of stock = 78.19%

        proportion of  bond = 20.65%

Explanation:

Given data:

Return on stock = 17%   std on stock = 37%

Return on bond = 8%     std on stock = 31%

correlation between funds = 0.1065

expected yield on portfolio = 15%

Risk free rate = 4.7%

next we find the covariance between stocks and bonds

= (37 * 31 * 0.1065 ) = 122.1555

next we have to determine the weight of the portfolio ( stocks and bond )

attached below is the remaining part of the solution

A) standard deviation of the portfolio

= 30.291 %

B-1 ) proportion of the portfolio invested in treasury bill

= 1.15%

B-2 ) what proportion is invested in stocks and Bonds

     proportion of stock = 78.19%

     proportion of bond = 20.65%

According to the Law of Supply and Demand, what will happen when supply increases?

A Quantity supplied will decrease
B Demand will decrease
C Productivity will decrease
D Prices will decrease

Exercise 10-19 (LO. 4) Candlewood LLC started business on September 1, and it adopted a calendar tax year. During the year, Candlewood incurred $6,500 in legal fees for drafting the LLC's operating agreement and $3,000 in accounting fees for tax advice of an organizational nature, for a total of $9,500 of organizational costs. Candlewood also incurred $30,000 of preopening advertising expenses and $24,500 of salaries and training costs for new employees before opening for business, for a total of $54,500 of startup costs. The LLC wants to take the largest deduction available for these costs. If required, round any division to six decimal places and use in subsequent computations. Round your final answers to the nearest dollar. How much can Candlewood deduct as organizational expenses

On January 1, Year 1, the City Taxi Company purchased a new taxi cab for $39,000. The cab has an expected salvage value of $4,000. The company estimates that the cab will be driven 200,000 miles over its life. It uses the units-of-production method to determine depreciation expense. The cab was driven 48,000 miles the first year and 51,000 the second year. What would be the depreciation expense reported on the Year 2 income statement and the book value of the taxi, respectively, at the end of Year 2

On July 1, 2018, Gupta Corporation bought 25% of the outstanding common stock of VB Company for $140 million cash. At the date of acquisition of the stock, VB net assets had a total fair value of $480 million and a book value of $280 million. Of the $200 million difference, $44 million was attributable to the appreciated value of inventory that was sold during the last half of 2018, $128 million was attributable to buildings that had a remaining depreciable life of 10 years, and $28 million related to equipment that had a remaining depreciable life of 5 years. Between July 1, 2018, and December 31, 2018, VB earned net income of $60 million and declared and paid cash dividends of $52 million.

Required:
1. Prepare all appropriate journal entries related to the investment in 2016, assuming equity method.
2. Determine the amounts to be reported by Gupta

a. As an investment in Gupta's 2016 balance sheet.
b. As investment revenue or loss on Gupta's 2016 income statement
c. Among investing activities in Gupta's statement of cash flows.

Explain the following statement and answer to corresponding question. It is worth 15 points. "In a competitive model without consideration of space (distance) we would expect competition to lead to identical prices but when we include spatial elements we expect competition to lead to different delivered prices." If individuals have to pay a different price for products because they live a different distance from the factory do you think this is an example of discrimination of prices? Why or why not?

On January 1, 2020, Pearl Company makes the two following acquisitions.
1. Purchases land having a fair value of $360,000 by issuing a 5-year, zero-interest-bearing promissory note in the face amount of $606,621.
2. Purchases equipment by issuing a 7%, 8-year promissory note having a maturity value of $560,000 (interest payable annually). The company has to pay 11% interest for funds from its bank.
(a) Record the two journal entries that should be recorded by Pearl Company for the two purchases on January 1, 2020.
(b) Record the interest at the end of the first year on both notes using the effective-interest method.

The following information is available for Trinkle Company for the month of June:1. The unadjusted balance per the bank statement on June 30 was $81,5002. Deposits in transit on June 30 were $3,1503. A debit memo was included with the bank statement for a service charge of $404. A $5,611 check written in June had not been paid by the bank5. The bank statement included a $950 credit memo for the collection of a note. The principal of the note was $900, and the interest collected amounted to $50RequiredDetermine the true cash balance as of June 30. (Hint: It is not necessary to use all of the preceding items to determine the true balance.)

The following information is available for Trailblazer, a manufacturer of four-wheel all-terrain vehicles for its first two years of operation: 2020 2021 Vehicles produced 1,000 1,400 Vehicles sold 900 1,200 Selling price per unit $1,200 $1,200 Direct material per unit $350 $350 Direct labor per unit $220 $220 Variable manufacturing overhead per unit $40 $40 Fixed manufacturing overhead per year $112,000 $112,000 Variable selling and administrative expense per unit $20 $20 Fixed selling and administrative expense per year $35,000 $35,000 Calculate net income for 2021 using full costing. Net income $enter a net income in dollars 523000

Which is not a part of the definition of economics?

A consumption

B production

C evaluation

D Distribution

Foyle Architects incorporated as licensed architects on April 1, 2014. During the first month of the operation of the business, these events and transactions occurred:
Apr. 1 Stockholders invested $21,341 cash in exchange for common stock of the corporation.
1 Hired a secretary-receptionist at a salary of $445 per week, payable monthly.
2 Paid office rent for the month $1,067.
3 Purchased architectural supplies on account from Burlington Company $1,541.
10 Completed blueprints on a carport and billed client $2,253 for services.
11 Received $830 cash advance from J. Madison to design a new home.
20 Received $3,320 cash for services completed and delivered to M. Svetlana.
30 Paid secretary-receptionist for the month $1,780.
30 Paid $356 to Burlington Company for accounts payable due.
1.) Journalize the transactions. (If no entry is required, indicate "No entry". Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem.)
2.) Post to the ledger T-accounts. (Post entries in the order of journal entries presented in the question.)
3.) Prepare a trial balance on April 30, 201

Companies in the U.S. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. In 2011, Hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. Suppose the following data show the number of cars in service (1,000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies. Company Cars (1,000s) Revenue ($ millions) Company A 11.5 118 Company B 10.0 137 Company C 9.0 100 Company D 5.5 37 Company E 4.2 42 Company F 3.3 34

Sparky Corporation uses the FIFO method of process costing. The following information is available for February in its Molding Department: Units: Beginning Inventory: 38,000 units, 100% complete as to materials and 55% complete as to conversion. Units started and completed: 123,000. Units completed and transferred out: 161,000. Ending Inventory: 36,500 units, 100% complete as to materials and 25% complete as to conversion. Costs: Costs in beginning Work in Process - Direct Materials: $56,000. Costs in beginning Work in Process - Conversion: $61,850. Costs incurred in February - Direct Materials: $375,730. Costs incurred in February - Conversion: $612,150. Calculate the cost per equivalent unit of conversion.

Jason sell appliances at Best Buy. He earns 12% on his total sales for the
week. Last week he made $690.48, what were his total sales for the week?
$3246.38
$1380.96
$5754
$7234.98

Assume that the following events occurred at a division of Generic Electric for March of the current year:
1. Purchased $100 million in direct materials.
2. Incurred direct labor costs of $46 million.
3. Determined that manufacturing overhead was $76 million.
4. Transferred 90 percent of the materials purchased to work-in-process.
5. Completed work on 75 percent of the work-in-process. Costs are assigned equally across all work-in-process.
6. The inventory accounts have no beginning balances. All costs incurred were debited to the appropriate account and credited to Accounts Payable.
Required:
Give the amounts for the following items in the Work-in-process account: (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Enter your final answers in millions rounded to 2 decimal places.)
Transfers-In ____ Million
Transfers-Out ______ Million
Ending Balance _____ Million

7. What is not an example of a spending mistake?
A Paying only the minimum payments on your credit card each month.
B Spending more than you make.

C Paying all of your bills on time. W
D Paying your cable bill late.

Live Forever Life Insurance Co. is selling a perpetuity contract that pays $1,450 monthly. The contract currently sells for $114,000. a. What is the monthly return on this investment vehicle? (Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is the APR? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) c. What is the effective annual return? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

motors are packaged for sale in a certain warehouse. The motors sell for $100 each, but a double-your-money-back guarantee is in effect for any defectives the purchaser may receive (i.e. the seller pays buyer $200 for any defective item). Find the expected net gain for the seller if the probability of any one motor being defective is 0.08. (Assume that the quality of any one motor is independent of that of the others.) Show all work by defining the variables of interest and its distributions.

CostPercent Complete Materials costs$ 5,80050% Conversion costs$ 6,50030% A total of 7,700 units were started and 6,600 units were transferred to the second processing department during the month. The following costs were incurred in the first processing department during the month: Materials costs$ 85,300 Conversion costs$ 168,000 The ending inventory was 70% complete with respect to materials and 10% complete with respect to conversion costs. The cost per equivalent unit for materials for the month in the first processing department is closest to:

Streamsong Credit Bank is offering 5.4 percent compounded daily on its savings accounts. Assume that you deposit $5,100 today. a. How much will you have in the account in 6 years? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. Use 365 days in a year.) b. How much will you have in the account in 12 years? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. Use 365 days in a year.) c. How much will you have in the account in 24 years? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. Use 365 days in a year.)

E4-2 (Static) Assigning Costs to Activity Cost Pools, Identifying a Cost Driver [LO 4-2, 4-3] Name of Budgeted CostBudgeted Cost Plant insurance$86,100 Testing raw materials 45,000 Manufacturing equipment setup 7,200 Quality inspections 57,000 Property taxes 23,000 Electricity, plant 14,000 Electricity, manufacturing equipment 51,250 Depreciation, plant 18,800 Depreciation, manufacturing equipment 36,700 Maintenance worker (manufacturing equipment) 22,500 Indirect labor (manufacturing equipment setup) 8,300 Design engineering 220,000 Required: 1. Assign each of the budgeted costs above to one of the following activity cost pools: Engineering Equipment setup Quality control Factory facilities Manufacturing equipment 2. Compute the total cost of each pool. 3. Indicate whether the activities in each

At peak times, your restaurant serves 50 meals per hour that require a grill. Two meals can be on the grill at once and the average meal requires 6 minutes on the grill. How many grills do you need? ANSWER 3

6. Blackberry announces that they are going bankrupt within the next 6 months. What happens to the demand for Blackberry
phones?

Cost data for D5-6b Company for the most recent year appears below: Direct labor ....................................... $138,000 Insurance on the factory building .................. $ 22,000 Indirect materials ................................. $ 53,000 Sales commissions .................................. $ 80,000 Factory supervisor's salary ........................ $ 64,000 Depreciation on copier in the sales office ......... $ 21,000 Property tax on the factory building ............... $ 13,000 Wages paid to factory janitors ..................... $ 40,000 Advertising ........................................ $ 46,000 CEO's Salary ....................................... $149,000 Utilities on the factory ........................... $ 37,000 D5-6b Company reported the following inventory balances during the most recent year: January 1 December 31 Direct materials $82,000 $68,000 Work in process $27,000 $44,000 Finished goods $91,000 $51,000 During the most recent year, D5-6b Company purchased direct materials totaling $148,000 and reported sales revenue of $500,000. Calculate D5-6b Company's cost of goods manufactured for the most recent year.

The cost C and the revenue R for a brokerage firm depend on the number T of transactions executed. (Both C and R are measured in dollars.) It costs $730 per day to keep the office open, and brokers are paid an average of $25 per transaction. Also, $35 in fees are collected for each transaction. (a) Find a formula that gives C as a function of T. C(T) = (b) Find a formula that gives R as a function of T. R(T) = (c) Find the number of daily transactions that are needed to make the revenue $1200 more than the cost. 33 daily transactions

Azule Co. manufactures in two sequential processes, cutting and binding. The two departments report the information below for a recent month. Cutting Binding Beginning work in process Transferred in from cutting dept. $ 1,250 Direct materials $ 1,070 2,766 Conversion 3,400 3,350 Costs added during March Direct materials $ 10,140 $ 9,456 Conversion 11,100 18,725 Transferred in from cutting dept. 17,110 Transferred to finished goods 33,000 Determine the ending balances in the Work in Process Inventory accounts of each department.

You would like to combine a risky stock with a beta of 1.5 with U.S. Treasury bills in such a way that the risk level of the portfolio is equivalent to the risk level of the overall market. What percentage of the portfolio should be invested in Treasury bills? (Formula: Portfolio beta = w1 * beta 1 + w2 *beta 2; w1+w2 = 1) Round your answer to the integer. Note that the answer needs to be in PERCENTAGE. Weight in stock = Blank 1. Fill in the blank, read surrounding text. 67 % Weight in T-Bill = Blank 2. Fill in the blank, read surrounding text. 33 %

The adjusted trial balance of Gary Cooper Co. as of December 31, 2014, contains the following.
GARY COOPER CO.
ADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE
DECEMBER 31, 2020
Debit Credit
Cash $20,892
Accounts Receivable 8,340
Prepaid Rent 3,700
Equipment 19,470
Accumulated Depreciation-
Equipment $6,315
Notes Payable 7,120
Accounts Payable 6,892
Common Stock 21,420
Retained Earnings 12,730
Dividends 4,420
Service Revenue 13,010
Salaries and Wages Expense 8,260
Rent Expense 2,154
Depreciation Expense 251
Interest Expense 189
Interest Payable 189
$67,676 $67,676
Instructions:
(a) Prepare an income statement.
(b) Prepare a statement of retained earnings.
(c) Prepare a classified balance sheet.

Paul White, the CFO of Crane Automotive, Inc., is putting together this year's financial statements. He has gathered the following balance sheet information: The firm had a cash balance of $23,015, accounts payable of $163,257, common stock of $313,000, retained earnings of $512,159, inventory of $212,300, goodwill and other assets equal to $78,656, net plant and equipment of $713,500, and short-term notes payable of $21,115. It also had accounts receivable of $141,258 and other current assets of $11,223. How much long-term debt does Crane Automotive have

A business has fixed costs of $45,000 per month and a variable costs of $32,000 per month . What is the average total cost of 7,700 units

The CEO would like to see higher sales and a forecasted net income of $1,000,000. Assume that operating costs (excluding depreciation and amortization) are 55% of sales and that depreciation and amortization increase by 6% and interest expenses will increase by 5%. The tax rate, which is 40%, will remain the same. (Note that while the tax rate remains constant, the taxes paid will change.) What level of sales would generate $1,000,000 in net income? If necessary, round your answer to the nearest dollar at the end of the calculations.