Under the terms of a divorce agreement entered into in 2017, Lanny was to pay his wife Joyce $2,000 per month in alimony and $500 per month in child support. For a 12-month period, Lanny can deduct from gross income (and Joyce must include in gross income):
a. $0
b. $30,000
c. $6,000
d. $24,000
e. None of these

Stock a has a beta of 1.2 and a standard deviation of 20%. stock b has a beta of 0.8 and a standard deviation of 25%. portfolio p has $200,000 consisting of $100,000 invested in stock a and $100,000 in stock b. which of the following statements is correct? (assume that the stocks are in equilibrium.) (a) stock b has a higher required rate of return than stock a. (b) portfolio p has a standard deviation of 22.5%. (c) portfolio p has a beta equal to 1.0. (d) more information is needed to determine the portfolio's beta. (e) stock a's returns are less highly correlated with the returns on most other stocks than are b's returns.