You consider buying a share of stock at a price of $31. the stock is expected to pay a dividend of $2.58 next year, and your advisory service tells you that you can expect to sell the stock in 1 year for $34. the stock's beta is 0.8, rf is 5%, and e[rm] = 15%. what is the stock's abnormal return?

Levine inc., which produces a single product, has prepared the following standard cost sheet for one unit of the product. direct materials (9 pounds at $1.80 per pound) $16.20 direct labor (6 hours at $14.00 per hour) $84.00 during the month of april, the company manufactures 270 units and incurs the following actual costs. direct materials purchased and used (2,500 pounds) $5,000 direct labor (1,660 hours) $22,908 compute the total, price, and quantity variances for materials and labor.

By which distribution system is more than 90 percent of u. s. coal shipped? a. pipelinesb. trucksc. waterwaysd. railroadse. none of the above

Utilization will always be lower than efficiency because: a. effective capacity is greater than design capacityb. expected output is less than actual output. c. effective capacity equals design capacity. d. effective capacity is less than design capacity. e. expected output is less than rated capacity.