Aperson wants to invest $10,000 into stocks: a high tech company (t) with an expected annual return of 12% and a risk index of 8; and a regulated power company (p) with an expected annual return of 6% and a risk index of 2. to limit risk, the combined portfolio risk must be no more than 6 and the proportion of investment in t must be less than 60%. find the portfolio that will maximize the annual return r while meeting the risk limitations. homework 10a (10 points): formulate the investment portfolio problem with the requirement of investing up to $10,000, and solve it graphically. homework 10b (5 points): compute the increase in annual return if the total investment is increased by $1,000.homework 10c (5 points): compute the increase in annual return if the constraint of portfolio risk index is increased from 6 to 7.

The winston company estimates that the factory overhead for the following year will be $1,250,000. the company has decided that the basis for applying factory overhead should be machine hours, which is estimated to be 50,000 hours. the total machine hours for the year were 54,300. the actual factory overhead for the year were $1,375,000. determine the over- or underapplied amount for the year.

When the federal reserve buys bonds from or sells bonds to member banks, it is called monetary policy reserve ratio interest rate adjustment open market operations

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum. should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?