-Given the Prices for a and B at the Start

question 5

Multiple Choice

$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|}\hline \text { Asset } & \begin{array}{c}\text { Price at } \\\text { start of } \\\text { period (\$) }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Price at } \\\text { end of } \\\text { period (\$) }\end{array} \\\hline \text { A } & \$ 3.25 & \$ 4.25 \\\hline \text { B } & \$ 4.12 & \$ 3.85 \\\hline & & \\\hline\end{array}$
-Given the prices for A and B at the start and end of the period,calculate the price-weighted return on a portfolio consisting of assets A and B.

• A) \(7.22 \%\)
• B) \(7.85 \%\)
• C) \(8.02 \%\)
• D) \(8.65\%\)

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Wage Rate

The standardized amount of money paid to an employee per unit of time or piece of work completed.

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