The CIA admitted to spending $60,000 to topple the government of Iran in 1953. Can your calculation of the cost of overthrowing the Mossedegh government in today's dollars be used to address that question as to how weak or strong the Mossedegh government was? Why or why not?

a. No this is a normative question and the amount of money spent, in either real or nominal terms cannot address this issue
b. Yes, this is a positive question and the cost of overthrowing the government in real terms is important in answering this question
c. No, this type of calculation has no validity in political or moral questions
d. Yes, real calculations address all issues and are better than nominal figures
e. It is impossible to tell

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?

Identify at least 3 body language messages that project a positive attitude

Abank has $132,000 in excess reserves and the required reserve ratio is 11 percent. this means the bank could have in checkable deposit liabilities and in (total) reserves.