Ray Crawford Is Evaluating Investment Alternatives to Invest $500,000 Which

question 49

Multiple Choice

Ray Crawford is evaluating investment alternatives to invest $500,000 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: For the 'Stocks' and 'Bonds' choices, the indifference value of Hurwicz's alpha is ___.

• A)0.82
• B)0.71
• C)0.65
• D)0.33
• E)0.50

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