Polaris buys the forward rate agreement (FRA) from an insurance company. According to the contract, if LIBOR rises above 4%, the initial forecast, the insurance company would pay to Polaris at the end of each year the difference between the LIBOR and 4%. In the opposite case, i. e., if LIBOR falls below 4%, Polaris would pay the difference between 4% and real LIBOR to the insurance company. The purchase of the forward rate agreement will cost $200,000, paid at the time of the initial loan. Calculate the all-in-cost (AIC) of the loan based on the assumption that the LIBOR rate jumps to 5.00% after the first year.

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%.