Richard Is a Stock Market Day Trader

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Essay

Richard is a stock market day trader. His utility of wealth function is U(w) = 4
. Richard has seen a recent upward trend in the price of Yahoo stock. He feels that there is a 30% chance the stock will rise from $175 per share to $225. Otherwise, he believes the stock will settle to about $150 per share. Richard's current wealth is $1.75 million. Assume that if Richard purchases the stock, he will use his entire wealth. Given his risk preferences, will Richard buy Yahoo?

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Definitions:

Constant Returns to Scale

A situation where increasing all inputs by the same proportion results in output increasing by that same proportion, indicating linear scalability of production processes.

Economies of Scale

Refers to the cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, with cost per unit of output generally decreasing with increasing scale.

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages reaped by companies when production becomes efficient, leading to a decrease in the per-unit cost as output increases.