Assume simple co. had credit sales of $249,000 and cost of goods sold of $149,000 for the period. simple uses the percentage of credit sales method and estimates that 2 percent of credit sales would result in uncollectible accounts. before the end-of-period adjustment is made, the allowance for doubtful accounts has a credit balance of $240. what amount of bad debt expense would the company record as an end-of-period adjustment

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i. e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i. e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.