Tanzlin Manufacturing's common stock has a beta of 1.5. If the expected risk-free return is 2% and the expected return on the market is 14%, what is the expected return on the stock?

Computer mouse and interface device maker AdvTechPRO is only a fraction the size of software giant Terminal Time Software Inc AdvTechPRO manufactures every variation of computer mouse imaginable (for left-handed people, wireless mice, shaped like

actual mice, LED mice, etc.). Through skillful ________, the firm dominates the PC mouse market, with Terminal Time Software as its runner up. A) centralization techniques B) niching C) brand imaging D) vertical integration E) benchmarking

Advocates of Fed independence fear that subjecting the Fed to direct presidential or congressional control would

A) impart an inflationary bias to monetary policy. B) force monetary authorities to sacrifice the long-run objective of price stability. C) make the so-called political business cycle even more pronounced. D) do all of the above. E) do only A and B of the above.