22. Given the following information: LO4 Expected demand during a lead time = 600 kg Standard deviation of demand during a lead time = 52 kg Demand during a lead time is distributed Normally. Acceptable stockout risk during a lead time = 4 percent a. What amount of safety stock is appropriate? b. At what level of inventory should this item be reordered?

Stock A has the following returns over the past periods. Calculate the downside risk measured by semi-variance? (answer with 4 decimal spaces) 0.0057 -0.0255 0.0621 -0.0879 -0.0983 0.0813 0.0356 -0.0015 -0.0307 0.0427 0.0297 0.0192

Input area: State Probability Stock A Stock B Recession 0.15 0.04 (0.17) Normal 0.55 0.09 0.12 Boom 0.30 0.17 0.27 (Use cells A6 to D9 from the given information to complete this question.) Output area: Stock A Probability Return Product Return deviation Squared deviation Product Recession Normal Boom Standard deviation Stock B Recession Normal Boom E(R) Variance Probability Return Product Return deviation Squared deviation Product E(R) Standard Deviation Variance

Compute the abnormal rates of return for the following stocks during period t (ignore differential systematic risk): Stock % % % % BFT % B F T UE Rit = return for stock i during period t Rmt = return for the aggregate market during period t Use a minus sign to enter negative values, if any. Round your answers to one decimal place. ARBE: ARF: ARTI: ARC: AREL: с Rit 11.5% 9.2 12.5 12.5 15.9 Rmt 4.7% 6.2 6.6 15.2 11.1

In rimes of rising prices, the inventory cost method that will yield the highest cost of goods sold is (a) LIFO. (b) weighted-average. (c) FIFO. (d) none of the above.

What is the standard deviation of a stock's returns, if the variance of its returns is 0.0256?  Multiple choice question. 0.16% 2.56% 0.07% 16%

4. Below is information on two actions: Expected performance, standard deviation, or 10% 8% 36 24 Investment Action D Action E Which stock has the highest relative risk?

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Consider the following information: Rate of Return If State Occurs State of Probability of State of Economy Stock A Economy Stock B Recession .15 .06 - 10 Normal .56 .09 .19 Вoom .29 .14 .36 . Calculate the expected return for Stocks A and B. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) . Calculate the standard deviation for Stocks A and B. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Stock A expected return % Stock B expected return % Stock A standard deviation % Stock B standard deviation %

Consider the following information: a. Calculate the expected return for Stocks A and B. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. Calculate the standard deviation for Stocks A and B. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)