You want to evaluate three mutual funds using the Sharpe measure for performance evaluation. The risk-free return during the sample period is 5%. The average returns, standard deviations, and betas for the three funds are given below, as are the data for the S&P 500 Index. Average Return Residual Standard Deviation Beta Fund A 23 % 30 % 1.3 Fund B 20 % 19 % 1.2 Fund C 19 % 17 % 1.1 S&P 500 18 % 15 % 1.0 The investment with the highest Sharpe measure is

The federal act which provided over $7 billion to the epa to protect and promote "green" jobs and a healthier environment is the - national environmental policy act. - resource recovery act.- resource conservation and recovery act.- american recovery and reinvestment act. - clean air act.

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

Answer the following questions using the banker’s algorithm: a. illustrate that the system is in a safe state by demonstrating an order in which the processes may complete. b. if a request from process p1 arrives for (1, 1, 0, 0), can the request be granted immediately? c. if a request from process p