Use the Information for the Question(s)below

question 19

Multiple Choice

Use the information for the question(s) below.
Suppose you have $10,000 in cash and you decide to borrow another $10,000 at a 6% interest rate to invest in the stock market.You invest the entire $20,000 in an exchange traded fund (ETF) with a 12% expected return and a 20% volatility.
-The volatility of your investment is closest to:

• A)40%.
• B)20%.
• C)30%.
• D)24%.

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Definitions:

Activity Pools

Groups of related activities in activity-based costing that accumulate costs to be allocated to cost objects.

Activity-Based Cost

A costing method that assigns overhead and indirect costs to specific activities, providing a more accurate reflection of the costs associated with producing specific products or services.

Indirect Labor

Costs associated with employees who do not directly produce goods but whose services are necessary for the manufacturing process.

Activity Pools

These refer to groups of related tasks or activities in a business that consume resources and are used in activity-based costing for assigning costs to products or services.