Assume that in recent years, both expected inflation and the market risk premium (rm ? rrf) have declined. assume also that all stocks have positive betas. which of the following would be most likely to have occurred as a result of these changes? a. the average required return on the market, rm, has remained constant, but the required returns have fallen for stocks that have betas greater than 1.0.b. the required returns on all stocks have fallen by the same amount. c. the required returns on all stocks have fallen, but the decline has been greater for stocks with higher betas. d. the required returns on all stocks have fallen, but the decline has been greater for stocks with lower betas. e. the required returns have increased for stocks with betas greater than 1.0 but have declined for stocks with betas less than 1.0.

Which of these things did galileo not do? a. stop publishing his scientific work after being convicted of heresy b. invent the concept of acceleration c. experiment with rolling balls down ramps of increasing steepness to test how objects would fall d. argue that earth moves around the sun e. make up a thought experiment that indicated that objects would fall at the same rate

Is exploiting a distinctive competence or improving efficiency for competitive advantage. (a) cooptation (b) coalition (c) competitive intelligence (d) competitive aggression (e) smoothing

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i. e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i. e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.