Assume you manage a risky portfolio with an expected rate of return of 18% and a standard deviation of 26%. The T-Bill Rate is 3.5%. Your client wants an allocation of her money between your risky portfolio and risk-free T-Bills so that she achieves a volatility of 18%. What percentage of her entire portfolio should you allocate to your risky portfolio

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u. s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u. s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

In financial language, a "quarter" is one quarter of a year, or three months. your annual sales are $123,000. the sales are spread evenly over four quarters except that sales in the last quarter are double any other quarter because of the holidays. what are your sales in the first quarter of the year?

You are offered a free ticket to see the chicago cubs play the chicago white sox at wrigley field. assume the ticket has no resale value. willie nelson is performing on the same night, and his concert is your next-best alternative activity. tickets to see willie nelson cost $40. on any given day, you would be willing to pay up to $50 to see and hear willie nelson perform. assume there are no other costs of seeing either event. based on this information, at a minimum, how much would you have to value seeing the cubs play the white sox to accept the ticket and go to the game? a. $0b. $40c. $10d. $50