Stock a has a beta of 0.8 and stock b has a beta of 1.2. 50% of portfolio p is invested in stock a and 50% is invested in stock b. if the market risk premium (rm - rrf) were to increase but the risk-free rate (rrf) remained constant, which of the following would occur? a. the required return would decrease by the same amount for both stock a and stock b. b. the required return on portfolio p would remain unchanged. c. the required return would increase for stock a but decrease for stock b. d. the required return would increase for stock b but decrease for stock a. e. the required return would increase for both stocks but the increase would be greater for stock b than for stock a.

Analyzing operational changes operating results for department b of delta company during 2016 are as follows: sales $540,000 cost of goods sold 378,000 gross profit 162,000 direct expenses 120,000 common expenses 66,000 total expenses 186,000 net loss $(24,000) suppose that department b could increase physical volume of product sold by 10% if it spent an additional $18,000 on advertising while leaving selling prices unchanged. what effect would this have on the department's net income or net loss? (ignore income tax in your calculations.) use a negative sign to indicate a net loss answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. sales $answer cost of goods sold answer gross profit answer direct expenses answer common expenses answer total expenses answer net income (loss) $answer