Hicks Health Clubs, Inc., expects to generate an annual EBIT of $506,000 and needs to obtain financing for $1,050,000 of assets. Its tax bracket is 40%. If the firm uses short-term debt, its rate will be 7.0%, and if it uses long-term debt, its rate will be 8.0%. By how much will their earnings after taxes change if they choose the more aggressive financing plan instead of the more conservative plan

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?