The major benefit of diversification is the:

What is the expected return on a portfolio that will decline in value by 13% in a recession, will increase by 16% in normal times, and will increase by 23% during boom times? Each scenario has an equal likelihood of occurrence.

If a firm earns the WACC on its assets, then:

Janice has $5,000 invested in a bank that pays 11.0% annually. How long will it take for her funds to triple?

A firm’s debt has a par value of $1,000,000.  The market value of this debt is $1,100,000. The coupon rate is 7% and the debt has 8 years left to maturity. Interest is paid annually. The tax rate is 40%. There are 100,000 shares of stock outstanding with a par value of $20 per share. The per share stock price is $25. What should be the approximate debt ratio for this firm?

Which of the following bank accounts has the highesteffective annual return?

A stock has a beta of 1.4 and an expected return of 13.53%. What is the risk-free rate if the market rate of return is 10.6%?

Investment projects that plot above the security market line have:

How much should you pay for a $1,000 bond with 10% coupon, annual payments, and 5 years to maturity if the interest rate is 12%?

Which of the following changes offer the greatest chance of changing a project’s NPV from negative to positive?