​[Related to Making​ Connection] A column in the New York Times noted that during the housing boom that ended in​ 2006: "Global banks had loaded up on these supposedly safe​ securities, and were at risk of becoming insolvent when their true value became known. Some banks blew​ up; others were bailed out." ​Source: Neil​ Irwin, "What ​'The Big​ Short' Gets​ Right, and​ Wrong, About the Housing ​Bubble," New York Times​, December​ 22, 2015. Which of the following are the securities the columnist is referring​ to? A. Government bonds. B. ​Tax-deferred annuities. C. Commercial paper. D. ​Mortgage-backed securities. What caused the value of these securities to​ decline?

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i. e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i. e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.

Your uncle borrows $53,000 from the bank at 11 percent interest over the nine-year life of the loan. use appendix d for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. what equal annual payments must be made to discharge the loan, plus pay the bank its required rate of interest

Gary lives in an area that receives high rainfall and thunderstorms throughout the year. which device would be useful to him to maintain his computer?