You want your portfolio beta to be 1.3. currently, the portfolio consists of $100,000 invested in stock a with a beta of 1.5 and $300,000 in stock b with a beta of .8. you have another $400,000 to invest and want to divide it between an asset with a beta of 2.1 and a risk-free asset. how much should you invest in the risk-free asset?

Suppose that the firm cherryblossom has an orchard they are willing to sell today. the net annual returns to the orchard are expected to be $50,000 per year for the next 20 years. at the end of 20 years, it is expected the land will sell for $30,000. calculate the market value of the orchard if the market rate of return on comparable investments is 16%.

Agovernment receives a gift of cash and investments with a fair value of $200,000. the donor specified that the earnings from the gift must be used to beautify city-owned parks and the principal must be re-invested. the $200,000 gift should be accounted for in which of the following funds? a) general fund b) private-purpose trust fund c) agency fund d) permanent fund

An arithmetic progression involves the addition of the same quantity to each number. which might represent the arithmetic growth of agricultural production