Which of the following returns is known at the beginning of an investment (or at the beginning of the semester for your grades)?     Realized and required     Realized and expected     Expected and required

what is the return on investment in percent?

Which type of average rate of return best describes the average annual rate of return earned over the period (the arithmetic or geometric)? Why?

Indicate one ratio from each of the three categories (profitability, liquidity, and solvency) that you believe to be most indicative of future performance.

Advisors need to balance their timebetween ? And ?

To evaluate a decision today you should compare _______. To evaluate a prior decision at the end of the year you should compare _______.     Required and expected; required and realized     Required and realized; required and expected     Expected and required; expected and realized     Expected and realized; expected and required     Expected and realized; required and realized     Required and realized; expected and realized

Explain the following and describe its impact on the financial statements: a. cost principle b. conservatism c. time period assumption

1. Over the past 3 years an investment returned 0.18, -0.11, and 0.08. What is the variance of returns?

Match each sentence to the correct concept. a) the amount an investment is worth after one or more time periods is referred to as............................ b) the process of finding the present value of some future amount is called.............................. c) calculating the present value of a future cash flow to determine its value today is known as....................................... d)  Interest earned on the principal and may be for a number of years may be called...................................... e   .................................. is the process of acculating interest in an investment over time to earn more interest. f)  the interest earned on both the initial principal and the interest reinvested from prior periods is reffered to as...............    ..........................

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