Matthews Corporation Has a Beta of 1

question 43

Multiple Choice

Matthews Corporation has a beta of 1.2. The annualized market return yesterday was 13%, and the risk-free rate is currently 5%. You observe that Matthews had an annualized return yesterday of 17%. Assuming that markets are efficient, this suggests that

• A) bad news about Matthews was announced yesterday.
• B) good news about Matthews was announced yesterday.
• C) no news about Matthews was announced yesterday.
• D) interest rates rose yesterday.
• E) interest rates fell yesterday.

Identify capital-intensive and labor-intensive technologies.

Calculate the optimal method of production based on the cost of capital and labor.

Understand the concepts of marginal and average products of labor.

Recognize how firms make decisions on output supply and production methods.

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