We Do Bankruptcies is a law firm that specializes in providing advice to firms in financial distress. It prospers in recessions wh other firms are struggling. Consequently, its beta is negative, -0.4.

a. If the interest rate on Treasury bills is 6% and the expected return on the market portfolio is 16%, what is the expected retur on the shares of the law firm according to the CAPM?
b. Suppose you invested 60% of your wealth in the market portfolio and the remainder of your wealth in the shares in the law firm. What would be the beta of your portfolio?

Which is cheaper: eating out or dining in? the mean cost of a flank steak, broccoli, and rice bought at the grocery store is $13.04 (money.msn website, november 7, 2012). a sample of 100 neighborhood restaurants showed a mean price of $12.75 and a standard deviation of $2 for a comparable restaurant meal. a. develop appropriate hypotheses for a test to determine whether the sample data support the conclusion that the mean cost of a restaurant meal is less than fixing a comparable meal at home. b. using the sample from the 100 restaurants, what is the p-value? c. at a = .05, what is your conclusion? d. repeat the preceding hypothesis test using the critical value approach

Analyze the forces in the marketing environment that have contributed to pinterest’s explosion in popularity?

In some markets, the government regulates the price of utilities so that they are not priced out of range of peoples ability to pay. this is a example a/an