In a Particular Year, Razorback Mutual Fund Earned a Return

question 14

Multiple Choice

In a particular year, Razorback Mutual Fund earned a return of 1% by making the following investments in asset classes: $$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | } \hline & \text { Weight } & \text { Return } \\\hline \text { Bonds } & 20 \% & 5 \% \\\hline \text { Stocks } & 80 \% & 0 \% \\\hline\end{array}$$ The return on a bogey portfolio was 2%, calculated from the following information. $$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | } \hline & \text { Weight } & \text { Return } \\\hline \text { Bonds (Lehman Brothers Index) } & 50 \% & 5 \% \\\hline \text { Stocks (S\&P 500 Index) } & 50 \% & - 1 \% \\\hline\end{array}$$
-The contribution of selection within markets to the Razorback Fund's total excess return was __________.

• A)-1.80%
• B)-1.00%
• C)0.80%
• D)1.00%
• E)none of the above

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Definitions:

Direct Labor-Hours

A measure of the total time worked by employees directly involved in the manufacturing process or providing services, often used to allocate manufacturing overhead.

Traditional Costing

Traditional Costing is a method of costing that allocates manufacturing overhead costs to products based on the volume of production resources consumed, such as labor hours or machine hours.

Overhead Assigned

The allocation of indirect costs to a particular production process or activity.

Direct Labor-Hours

A measure of the total hours worked by employees directly involved in the manufacturing process.