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The expected return of stock L is 13%, the expected market return is 9%, the risk-free rate is 4%, and the beta of stock L is 2.1.  Is stock L a fairly priced, an underpriced, or an overpriced stock?  Explain.  [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas]

Company X is a non-dividend paying biotech company and could be the first biotech company to develop a safe vaccine for the coronavirus.  The stock price is $25.  Given the following: Vaccine development (Scenario)          Probability          Stock Price The first company to develop                   0.10                      $40 The second company to develop              0.20                      $30 The third company to develop                  0.30                      $20 Fail to develop                                             0.40                       $5 a.  Calculate the expected return. [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [4 points] b.  Calculate the expected stock price. [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [4 points] c.  Calculate the risk. [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [8 points] d.  Calculate the range of actual returns within a 68% chance. [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [4 points] e.  Calculate the range of actual prices within a 68% chance. [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [4 points] 

An investor bought a stock for $100, sold it 4 months later for $95, and received a dividend of $0.75. a.  Calculate the rate of return in %. [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [3 points] b.  Calculate the APR in %. [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [3 points] c.  Calculate the EAR in %. [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [3 points]

A very lucky investor bought one share of Berkshire Hathaway, a non-dividend paying stock, for $90 and sold it 50 years later for $680,920.  a.  Calculate the rate of return in %. [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [3 points] b.  Calculate the APR in %. [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [3 points] c.  Calculate the EAR in %. [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [3 points] d.  Interpret the APR and the EAR.  Which measure is more meaningful and why?  Explain.  [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [6 points] 

You are planning to invest $2,000 in a mutual fund and have narrowed down the many choices into two mutual funds: Fund X is a no-load fund with NAV = 50. Fund Y is a load fund with a front-end load of 5% and NAV = 50. a.  How many shares will you receive from Fund X? [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [2 points]  b.  What is the cost per share of X? [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [2 points] c.  How many shares will you receive from Fund Y? [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [4 points]  d.  What is the cost per share of Y? [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [2 points] e.  Which fund is better for you? Explain.  [Note: Do not type your answer in Canvas] [4 points]

A drug that is effective against a large variety of bacterial types including gram-positive, gram-negative, intracellular pathogens, and bacterial without cell walls (Mycoplasma) is a ________ antimicrobial.

Your instructor describes an organism as being positive after observing growth on a citrate agar slant. They mean that the organism _____ for carbon and energy.

An antibiotic which interferes with the activity of ribosomes would have the most direct effect on ________.

What factors influence the size of the zone of inhibition for an antibiotic? Check all that apply.

Is this bacterial isolate positive or negative for catalase activity?