Which of the following statements is false? as we increase the fraction invested in the efficient portfolio, we increase our risk premium but not our risk proportionately. to earn the highest possible expected return for any level of volatility we must find the portfolio that generates the steepest possible line when combined with the risk-free investment. every investor should invest in the tangent portfolio independent of his or her taste for risk. if we increase the fraction invested in the efficient portfolio beyond 100% we are short selling the risk-free investment.

Lusk corporation produces and sells 14,300 units of product x each month. the selling price of product x is $25 per unit, and variable expenses are $19 per unit. a study has been made concerning whether product x should be discontinued. the study shows that $72,000 of the $102,000 in monthly fixed expenses charged to product x would not be avoidable even if the product was discontinued. if product x is discontinued, the annual financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company of eliminating this product should be:

Aprice control is: question 1 options: a)a tax on the sale of a good that controls the market price. b)an upper limit on the quantity of some good that can be bought or sold. c)a legal restriction on how high or low a price in a market may go. d)control of the price of a good by the firm that produces it.

Emery pharmaceutical uses an unstable chemical compound that must be kept in an environment where both temperature and humidity can be controlled. emery uses 825 pounds per month of the chemical, estimates the holding cost to be 50% of the purchase price (because of spoilage), and estimates order costs to be $48 per order. the cost schedules of two suppliers are as follows: vendor 1 vendor 2 quantity price/lb quantity price/lb 1-499 $17 1-399 $17.10 500-999 $16.75 400-799 $16.85 1000+ $16.50 800-1199 $16.60 1200+ $16.25 (a) what is the economic order quantity for each supplier? (b) what quantity should be ordered and which supplier should be used? (c) the total cost for the most economic order sire is $