Fitness fanatics is a regional chain of health clubs. the managers of the clubs, who have authority to make investments as needed, are evaluated based largely on return on investment (roi). the company's springfield club reported the following results for the past year: sales $ 1,400,000
net operating income $ 70,000
average operating assets $ 350,000

required:

1. compute the springfield club’s return on investment (roi)

2. assume that the manager of the club is able to increase sales by $70,000 and that, as a result, net operating income increases by $18,200. further assume that this is possible without any increase in operating assets. what would be the club’s return on investment (roi)?

3. assume that the manager of the club is able to reduce expenses by $14,000 without any change in sales or operating assets. what would be the club’s return on investment (roi)?

Suppose you have just been hired as the chief diversity officer of a large company. previous mentoring programs at this company have not been successful. after inquiring about previous efforts, you discover that most mentor pairs met just a few times, but very few lasting or meaningful mentoring relationships were created. there were also a significant number of employees that did not even attempt to seek out a mentor relationship. which of the following may be a reason why prior mentoring programs at your company failed? check all that apply. a) minorities and women are much less likely to develop mentoring relationships than white malesb) mentoring is not an effective way for organizations to develop female and minority employeesc) due to specific laws governing appropriate workplace behavior, senior-level male executives were reluctant to cultivate mentoring relationships with female employees, fearing negative repercussionsd) fear of creating a future competitor within the company, senior-level female executives were hesitant to mentor other female employees

The total value of your portfolio is $10,000: $3,000 of it is invested in stock a and the remainder invested in stock b. stock a has a beta of 0.8; stock b has a beta of 1.2. the risk premium on the market portfolio is 8%; the risk-free rate is 2%. additional information on stocks a and b is provided below. return in each state state probability of state stock a stock b excellent 15% 15% 5% normal 50% 9% 7% poor 35% -15% 10% what are each stock’s expected return and the standard deviation? what are the expected return and the standard deviation of your portfolio? what is the beta of your portfolio? using capm, what is the expected return on the portfolio? given your answer above, would you buy, sell, or hold the portfolio?

Zoe would like to be able to save for night courses at the local college. which of these would be a good way for zoe to make more money available for savings without dramatically changing her budget? economía