Ray Crofford Is Evaluating Investment Alternatives to Invest $100,000 Which

question 69

Multiple Choice

Ray Crofford is evaluating investment alternatives to invest $100,000 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: If Ray uses the maximax criterion,the appropriate choice would be ___.

• A)T-Bills
• B)Stocks
• C)Bonds
• D)Mixture
• E)none

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Definitions:

Profit-maximizing

A strategy where a firm sets its production level and pricing to achieve the highest possible profit.

Resource Combination

The process of organizing and combining different resources like capital, labor, and raw materials, to produce goods or services.

MRPS

Marginal Revenue Product of Labor, a measure of the additional revenue generated by hiring an additional worker, holding other factors constant.

Profit-maximizing Rule

A principle guiding businesses to set their output and prices at levels where marginal cost equals marginal revenue to maximize profit.