TABLE 16-7 the Number of Passengers Arriving at San Francisco on the on the Amtrak

question 124

Short Answer

TABLE 16-7
The number of passengers arriving at San Francisco on the Amtrak cross-country express on 6 successive Mondays were: 60, 72, 96, 84, 36, and 48.
-Referring to Table 16-7, the number of arrivals will be exponentially smoothed with a smoothing constant of 0.1. The smoothed value for the second Monday will be_____ .

Grasp the relationship between risk and return as depicted by the Security Market Line (SML).

Understand the implications of changes in market conditions (e.g., risk-free rate, market risk premium) on the SML.

Recognize the difference between systematic (market) risk and unsystematic (business-specific) risk.

Learn how to calculate the risk premium for individual securities.

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