Mark is developing a market forecast. After reviewing years of sales, he noticed there seems to be a clear association between past sales and households with children. The more families with children locate to the area, the more sales seem to increase. Mark believes he can use this relationship and the information he has on households in the area to predict future sales. This is an example of what type of forecasting method

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The following pertains to smoke, inc.’s investment in debt securities: on december 31, year 3, smoke reclassified a security acquired during the year for $70,000. it had a $50,000 fair value when it was reclassified from trading to available-for-sale. an available-for-sale security costing $75,000, written down to $30,000 in year 2 because of an other-than-temporary impairment of fair value, had a $60,000 fair value on december 31, year 3. what is the net effect of the above items on smoke’s net income for the year ended december 31, year 3?

If an investment has 35 percent more nondiversifiable risk than the market portfolio, its beta will be: