Stock a has an expected return of 12%, a beta of 1.2, and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b also has a beta of 1.2, but its expected return is 10% and its standard deviation is 15%. portfolio ab has $300,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 invested in stock b. the correlation between the two stocks' returns is zero (that is, ra, b = 0). which of the following statements is correct? a. the stocks are not in equilibrium based on the capm; if a is valued correctly, then b is overvalued. b. the stocks are not in equilibrium based on the capm; if a is valued correctly, then b is undervalued. c. portfolio ab's expected return is 11.0%.d. portfolio ab's beta is less than 1.2.e. portfolio ab's standard deviation is 17.5%.

Computing depreciation, net book value, and gain or loss on asset sale lynch company owns and operates a delivery van that originally cost $46,400. lynch has recorded straight-line depreciation on the van for four years, calculated assuming a $5,000 expected salvage value at the end of its estimated six-year useful life. depreciation was last recorded at the end of the fourth year, at which time lynch disposes of this van. compute the net bookvalue of the van on the disposal date.

Acompany is developing a new high­performance wax for cross country ski racing. in order to justify the price marketingwants, the wax needs to be very fast. specifically, the mean time to finish their standard test course should be less thanseconds for a former olympic champion. to test it, the champion will ski the course 8 times. the champion's times(selected at random) are 59.9 61.9 48.8 52.2 46.6 45.3 50.6 and 41.1 seconds to complete the test course. complete parts a and b below. a) should they market the wax? assume the assumptions and conditions for appropriate hypothesis testing are metfor the sample. assume=0.05. what are the null and alternative hypotheses? choose the correct answer below. b) suppose they decide not to market the wax after the test, but it turns out that the wax really does lower the champion'saverage time to less thanseconds. what kind of error have they made? explain the impact to the company of such anerror.

Alpha industries is considering a project with an initial cost of $8 million. the project will produce cash inflows of $1.49 million per year for 8 years. the project has the same risk as the firm. the firm has a pretax cost of debt of 5.61 percent and a cost of equity of 11.27 percent. the debt–equity ratio is .60 and the tax rate is 35 percent. what is the net present value of the project?