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 A user is filling out a preference form. Refer to the code below: Select your favorite pet: Cat Dog What happens if the user clicks the “Dog” radio button?

Write an essay for each of the following prompts: Support your thesis with concrete examples, and think about how the authors use literary techniques, symbolism and representation to convey multiple meanings. How do these work to speak to the dynamic of power structure within the context of the text? (100 pts.)  

Given the following annual net cash flows, determine the internal rate of return to the nearest whole percent of a project.                 Year               Net Cash Flow                    0                     -$1500                    1                      $1,000                    2                      $1,500                    3                      $500

If a security plots below the security market line, it is:  

What is the beta of a portfolio comprised of the following securities? Stock Amount Invested Security Beta A $2,000 1.2 B $3,000 1.46 C $5,000 0.72

Use the following information to answer questions 19-20. Benny owns a portfolio consisting of two stocks, Bengal Inc. and Tiger.com. Benny owns $2,000 of Bengal Inc. and $6,500 of Tiger.com. Benny has computed the expected return on Bengal Inc. to be 8.2% and the expected return on Tiger.com to be 9.5%. The standard deviation of the returns on Bengal Inc. is 5.07% and the standard deviation of the returns on Tiger.com is 6.84%. The correlation of the returns of the two companies is -0.404.   What is the expected return on Benny’s portfolio?

OK, Inc. uses 1/3 debt and 2/3 common stock to finance their operations. The after-tax cost of debt is 4.5 percent and the cost of equity is 9 percent. The management of OK, Inc. is considering a small project that they consider to be equally risky as the overall firm. The project has an initial outlay of $10,000. The project is expected to have a single cash inflow of $17,500 at the end of two years. What is the projected NPV of this project?

All else equal, a project’s operating cash flow will increase when:

Hefty stock has a beta of 1.2. If the risk-free rate is 7% and the market risk premium is 6.5%, what is the required rate of return on Hefty?

Use the following information to answer questions 19-20. Benny owns a portfolio consisting of two stocks, Bengal Inc. and Tiger.com. Benny owns $2,000 of Bengal Inc. and $6,500 of Tiger.com. Benny has computed the expected return on Bengal Inc. to be 8.2% and the expected return on Tiger.com to be 9.5%. The standard deviation of the returns on Bengal Inc. is 5.07% and the standard deviation of the returns on Tiger.com is 6.84%. The correlation of the returns of the two companies is -0.404.   What is the risk of this portfolio, measured by standard deviation?