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Consider an economy with two types of firms, S and U. The S firms always move together, but U firms move independently of each other. For both types of firms there is a 70% probability that the firm will have a 20% return and a 30% probability that the firm will have a -30% return.
-What care, if any, should be taken when selecting shares for an investment portfolio?
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Definitions:

Producer Surplus

The difference between what producers are willing to accept for a good or service and the actual price they receive, representing economic gain.

Marginal Cost

The increase in total cost that arises from producing one additional unit of a product or service.

Maximize Profit

To maximize profit, a firm seeks to increase the difference between its total revenues and total costs through optimal pricing strategies and efficient production.

Marginal Cost

Marginal cost represents the increase or decrease in the total cost of production when the quantity produced is incremented by one unit.