Questions 1-4: Mr. Schmidt has $8,000 to invest in three types of stocks, low-risk, medium-risk, and high-risk. He invests according to three principles. The amount invested in low-risk stocks will be at most $2,000 more than the amount invested in medium-risk stocks. At least $6,000 will be invested in low- and medium-risk stocks. No more than $5,000 will be invested in mediumand high-risk stocks. The expected yields are 6% for low-risk stocks, 7% for medium-risk stocks, and 8% for high-risk stocks. How much money should Mr. Schmidt invest in each type of stock to maximize his total expected yield

crow design, inc. is a web site design and consulting firm. the firm uses a job order costing system in which each client is a different job. crow design assigns direct labor, licensing costs, and travel costs directly to each job. it allocates indirect costs to jobs based on a predetermined overhead allocation rate, computed as a percentage of direct labor costs. direct labor hours (professional) 6,250 hours direct labor costs ($1,800,000 support staff salaries ,000 computer ,000 office ,000 office ,000 in november 2012, crow design served several clients. records for two clients appear here: delicious treats mesilla chocolates direct labor 700 hours 100 hours software licensing $ 4,000 $400 travel costs 8,000 1. compute crow design’s direct labor rate and its predetermined indirect cost allocation rate for 2012. 2. compute the total cost of each job. 3. if simone wants to earn profits equal to 50% of service revenue, how much (what fee) should she charge each of these two clients? 4. why does crow design assign costs to jobs?

Why is following an unrelated diversification strategy especially advantageous in an emerging economy? a. it allows the conglomerate to overcome institutional weaknesses in emerging economies. b. it allows the conglomerate to form a monopoly in emerging economies. c. it allows the conglomerate to use well-defined legal systems in emerging economies. d. it allows the conglomerate to take advantage of strong capital markets in emerging economies.

If an investment has 35 percent more nondiversifiable risk than the market portfolio, its beta will be: