1.Provide an explanation for how market-compatible prices are set by producers, absent any government interference.
2.Explain why the price that one group of producers is willing to pay for any given ingredient (say, milk) becomes the price that other groups of producers (say, of cheese or yogurt) are forced to pay for that same ingredient.
3. Companies are not always successful forever, and they are forced to change. Adaptation in the market is key to longevity, but changes can happen suddenly. Discuss and provide examples of some of the changes that companies face.
4.What do “inflation” and “deflation” mean, and what economic implications do they have?
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During a 5-week period in 2007, the stock of an insurance company and the stock of a small tech company showed the following weekly percentage changes.
| Company | Weekly Price Change (%) | ||||
| Insurance Stock | 2 | -1 | -1.7 | 0.6 | -0.3 |
| Tech Stock | 3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | -4.3 | 1.7 |
Find the variance of the weekly price changes of each. (Round your
answers to four decimal places.)
| insurance stock | ||
| tech stock |
Relate the two variances found to the riskiness of the two stocks.
The two stocks have the same riskiness.The insurance stock is riskier. No statement about the riskiness of these stocks can be made.The tech stock is riskier.
In: Statistics and Probability
The insurance company you work for plans to raise all premiums for health care coverage for its customers. Your boss has asked you to proofread a letter she drafted to customers announcing the new, higher rates. The first two paragraphs discuss some exciting medical advances and the expanded coverage offered by the company. Only in the final paragraph do customers learn that they must pay more for coverage starting next year. Describe the ethical implications of this draft. What changes would you suggest? If your boss tells you not to make content changes, what will you do, and why?
In: Operations Management
Question 5
Portfolio A consists of a one-year zero-coupon bond
with a face value of $2,000 and a 10- year zero-coupon bond with a
face value of $6,000. Portfolio B consists of a 5.95-year
zero-coupon bond with a face value of $5,000. The current yield on
all bonds is 10% per annum (continuously compounded).
5.1 Show that both portfolios have the same duration.
5.2 Show that the percentage changes in the values of the two
portfolios for a 0.1% per annum increase in yields are the
same.
5.3 What are the percentage changes in the values of the two
portfolios for a 5% per annum increase in yields?
In: Finance
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A firm pays a $2.50 dividend at the end of year one (D1), has a stock price of $98 (P0), and a constant growth rate (g) of 7 percent.
a. Compute the required rate of return (Ke). (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)
rate of return
Indicate whether each of the following changes will increase or decrease the required rate of return (Ke). (Each question is separate from the others. That is, assume only one variable changes at a time.) No actual numbers are necessary.
b. If the dividend payment increases:
dividend yeild
require rate of return
In: Finance
What is dynamic Airbnb pricing? It's simply changing the price of an Airbnb unit as the supply and demand for Airbnb units in a market changes. A lot of industries do this. Demand changes for various reasons—such as seasonality and special events. Supply is changing mostly from more Airbnb units being added to the markets, meaning greater competition and less pricing power over time. Within one year, San Francisco had nearly doubled the number of Airbnb units available to guests—that’s double the supply!
Discuss your thoughts and your opinion regarding other industries that are implementing a dynamic pricing strategy.
In: Economics
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REQUIRED RATE OF RETURN Suppose rRF = 5%, rM = 13%, and bi = 2. What is ri, the required rate of return on Stock i? Round your answer to two decimal places. C. Now assume that rRF remains at 5%, but rM increases to 14%. The slope of the SML does not remain constant. How would these changes affect ri? Round your answer to two decimal places. . Now assume that rRF remains at 5%, but rM falls to 12%. The slope of the SML does not remain constant. How would these changes affect ri? Round your answer to two decimal places. The new ri will be?
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