Ray Crofford Is Evaluating Investment Alternatives to Invest $100,000 Which $\quad$

question 56

Multiple Choice

Ray Crofford is evaluating investment alternatives to invest $100,000 which he inherited from his grandfather.His investment advisor has identified four alternatives and constructed the following payoff table which shows expected profits (in $10,000's) for various market conditions. $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$ $\quad$$\quad$$\text { Market Condition }$
$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|}\hline \text { Investment } & \text { Bull } & \text { Neutral } & \text { Bear } \\\hline \text { T-Bills } & 3 & 3 & 3 \\\hline \text { Stocks } & 21 & 11 & -30 \\\hline \text { Bonds } & 15 & 4 & -3 \\\hline \text { Mixture } & 13 & 6 & -10 \\\hline\end{array}$

For the 'T-Bills' and 'Bonds' choices, the indifference value of Hurwicz's alpha is _____.

• A)0.8267
• B)0.7134
• C)0.6555
• D)0.3333
• E)0.5000

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