What is the value of an asset that pays $5,000 at the end of each of the next three years, $7,500 at the end of each of the following three years, and $10,000 at the end of each of the final three years? Assume a discount rate of 7%.

What is the purpose of taking a personality inventory assessment? a. to find out what personality traits you should acquire for a successful career b. to identify your personality traits and relate them to a suitable career c. to compare your personality traits with those of successful people in different careers d. to identify aspects of your personality that you can improve with the of a counselor

Jing-sheng facilitated a hiring committee for his advertising company. six employees (including two managers) met together to discuss applicants and select the finalists for a copywriter position in the public relations department. although the head of public relations would have the final nod on the candidate that would ultimately be hired, the evaluative work of the committee was very important because this group would send forward those persons they believed would be good work colleagues. in setting up this type of hiring process, the head of public relations was utilizing a(n) style of leadership. a. autocraticb. free-reinc. contingentd. participative

Consider the following information on stocks a, b, c and their returns (in decimals) in each state: state prob. of state a b c boom 20% 0.27 0.22 0.16 good 45% 0.16 0.09 0.07 poor 25% 0.03 0 0.03 bust 10% -0.08 -0.04 -0.02 if your portfolio is invested 25% in a, 40% in b, and 35% in c, what is the standard deviation of the portfolio in percent? answer to two decimals, carry intermediate calcs. to at least four decimals.