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The Camel Company is considering two mutually exclusive projects with the following cash flows. Project A cash flow: Year O $-75; Year 1 $30; Year 2 $35; Year 3 $35. Project B cash flow: Year O $-60; Year 1 $25; Year 2 $30; Year 3 $25; What is the crossover rate (incremental IRR)? 13.94% 14.47% 15.44% 15.86% None of the above Sarah has completed some risk & return calculations for a portfolio that contains two assets, X and Y. She found that the portfolio had zero variance but both individual assets, X and Y, had positive standard deviations. Which of the following is FALSE? The two assets' returns must have a perfectly negative correlation. The portfolio has a zero standard deviation One of the two assets in this portfolio must be a riskless asset. The portfolio exhibits strong diversification effects. None of the above NPV and IRR can provide contradictory decisions for mutually exclusive projects when the risk of the projects may differ. the scale of the projects may differ. the discount rates on the projects may differ. All of the above. None of the above A financial instrument pays $100,000 at the end of each of the next two years. The APR is 8%. In the first year the interest rate is compounded annually. In the second year the interest rate is compounded semi-annually. What is the present value of the financial instrument? $177,933.01 $178,069.98 $178,199.65 $179,234.13 None of the above