A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term bond fund, and the third is a money market fund that provides a safe return of 5%. The characteristics of the risky funds are as follows: Expected Stock fund (S) Bond fund (B) Return 17% Standard Deviation 38% 13 18 The correlation between the fund returns is 0.12. You require that your portfolio yield an expected return of 12%, and that it be efficient, that is, on the steepest feasible CAL. Required: a. What is the standard deviation of your portfolio? b. What is the proportion invested in the money market fund and each of the two risky funds?

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The management of Kunkel Company is considering the purchase of a $21,000 machine that would reduce operating costs by $5,000 per year. At the end of the machine’s five-year useful life, it will have zero salvage value. The company’s required rate of return is 12%.   Click here to view Exhibit 12B-1 and Exhibit 12B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table.   Required: 1. Determine the net present value of the investment in the machine. 2. What is the difference between the total, undiscounted cash inflows and cash outflows over the entire life of the machine?

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