Automatic stabilizers in the economy smooth business cycles by:
On May 1, 1997 Bluefish Co. bought 100 bonds (face value $1,000 and stated interest 10%) of
Hawkeye Inc., interest payable semiannually on July 1, and January 1. The bond price was 920 excluding accrued interest. Due to short-term nature of the investment Bluefish put this in marketable debt securities section of its current assets. At the end of 1997 the interest revenue from this investment on income statement should be:
Economic analysis suggests that patent laws, which can often be used to limit the entry of potential competitors into an industry,
A portfolio with 10 stocks has a weighted average return of 5.5% and a variance of 25. What is the
8 5% confidence interval for the weighted average?
Which type of demand for money will tend to fall as the perceived risk in other financial assets falls?