Log on to a site run by credit suisse/tremont, which maintains the tass hedge funds database of the performance of more than 2,000 hedge funds and produces indexes of investment performance for several hedge fund classes. click the hfri indexes tab, and then look for the link to all hedge indexes. click the download historical performance link (free registration is required for access to this part of the website). select credit suisse broad hedge fund indexes, and you will obtain historical rates of return on each of the hedge fund subclasses (e. g., market neutral, event driven, dedicated short bias, and so on). look at the year-by-year performance of indexes for several hedge fund classes. how does the variability of performance results in different years compare to that of the s& p 500?

What is the most important factor that affects the value of a company? a) cash flow b) earnings c) supply and demand d) number of employees

Sweeten company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of march and no beginning inventories. the company has two manufacturing departments--molding and fabrication. it started, completed, and sold only two jobs during march—job p and job q. the following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for jobs p and q (all data and questions relate to the month of march): molding fabrication total estimated total machine-hours used 2,500 1,500 4,000 estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead $ 10,000 $ 15,000 $ 25,000 estimated variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 1.40 $ 2.20 job p job q direct materials $ 13,000 $ 8,000 direct labor cost $ 21,000 $ 7,500 actual machine-hours used: molding 1,700 800 fabrication 600 900 total 2,300 1,700 sweeten company had no underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead costs during the month. required: for questions 1-8, assume that sweeten company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate with machine-hours as the allocation base. for questions 9-15, assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments. 1. what was the company’s plantwide predetermined overhead rate? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) next

How could brian, who doesn't want his car insurance premiums to increase, show he poses a low risk to his insurance company? a: drive safely to avoid accidents and traffic citations b: wash and wax his car regularly to keep it clean c: allow unlicensed drivers to drive carelessly in his car d: incur driver's license points from breaking driving laws