The depreciation method with the smallest annual depreciation in the first year of life is

Which of the following cannot be valued using the cost less accumulated depreciation method?

Consider an US-based foundation with spending rate of 3 percent and cost of earning investment returns has averaged 50 basis points annually. The asset allocation and the set of capital market expectations are shown below.  The expected long-term inflation rate is 2.5 percent. Table 3 Capital Market Expectations Asset class E(ri) si Correlations A B C D A US equities 9% 18% 1       B Ex-US equities 8 14 0.60 1     C US bonds 4 8 0.30 0.20 1   D Real estate 1 7 0.50 0.40 0.10 1    Table 4 Corner portfolios Portfolio E(rp) sp Sp wi A B C D 1 9.0% 18.0% 0.39 100% 0% 0% 0% 2 7.9 16.7 0.35 65 35 0 0 3 7.5 15.4 0.38 37 53 0 10 4 5.0 12.4 0.36 0 25 43 32 5 4.6 10.1 0.32 0 11 55 34 What is the foundation return requirement in percent?

When does the NCRP recommend the scheduling of elective examinations to minimize the possibility of irradiating an embryo?

Which of the following is considered an unethical and unacceptable practice?

Types of gonadal shielding include which of the following?Flat contact shieldsShaped contact shieldsShadow shields

The ability to obtain a given equity position at a reduced capital investment, and therefore magnify returns, is known as

Harold and Kumar are employees with White Castle Advisors. White Castle offers independent investment advice to institutional clients throughout the U.S and Canada. Harold’s and Kumar’s primary responsibility is evaluating the performance of portfolio managers that White Castle’s clients are considering. When necessary, they create customized benchmarks and use the Sharpe, Treynor, ex-post alpha, and M2 measures. These measures adjust a manager’s return for the risk undertaken, where risk is defined as total using the standard deviation or as systematic using beta. Harold and Kumar are preparing an analysis of the performance of the Alpha and Omega Mutual funds. Alpha and Omega are being considered by the endowment of Citi University as an addition to its portfolio. Chuck Prince is the portfolio manager for the Citi endowment. Citi’s current endowment is well diversified, consisting of U.S. and international stocks and bonds, hedge funds, real estate investment trusts, and a small cash position necessary to meet next Quarter’s expenses. In  addition  to  the  Alpha  and  Omega Mutual funds under consideration, Prince is also considering adding  individual  bonds  to  Citi’s  portfolio because individual bonds have become  increasingly  more  liquid.  Harold  believes  that  municipal  bonds would be a good consideration because their  after-tax  return  is  often  higher  than  that  available  from corporate bonds. Prince informs them that Citi  is  also  considering  adding  BBB  rated  bonds  as  a  small portion of their portfolio, but Kumar  believes  that  this  is  probably  not  a  good  idea  because,  although  he has not reviewed Citi’s  investment  policy  statement,  endowments  typically  have  a  low  ability  and willingness to take risk because the endowment must meet the  spending  needs  created  by  university operating budgets, student scholarships, and faculty salaries. The most recent risk and return measures for both Alpha and Omega are shown below. The minimum acceptable return (MAR) for Citi is the 5.0% spending rate on the endowment, which the endowment has determined using a geometric spending rule. The T-bill return over the same fiscal year was 4.5%. The return on the Wilshire-5000 was used as the market index. The Wilshire 5000 index had a return of 10% with a standard deviation of 21% and a beta of 1.0. Analyzing the results of their performance evaluation, Harold notices that the results demonstrate that the Alpha portfolio is less diversified than the Omega portfolio. Kumar adds that the Omega portfolio would be a better addition to the Citi portfolio than the Alpha fund.                                                                                                  Alpha                Omega                                                   Return                                     16.5%                15.9%                                                   Std. Deviation                         38.1%                35.6%                                                   Beta                                          0.8                    1.25                                                   Downside Deviation               14.9%                14.0%Which of the two funds is showing a better performance using M-squared measure?

Occupational exposure of the radiographer can be kept ALARA through individual monitoring and other protective measures. Therefore, because exposure from radiation-related jobs will not alter the _________, radiation workers may receive a larger equivalent dose than members of the general population.

The information ratio of a US Fund for 2017 against the S&P 500, its benchmark index, is 1. For the same time period, the fund’s Sharpe ratio is 2, the fund has a tracking error of 7% against the S&P 500, and the standard deviation of fund returns is 5%.  The risk-free rate·  in  the US is  4%.  Calculate the return for the S&P 500 during the time period