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Your answer will be the amount invested in Stocks (rounded to whole dollars).

Your answer will be the amount invested in Stocks (rounded to whole dollars).

Practical Management Science
Practical Management Science
6th Edition
ISBN:9781337406659
Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.
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You have a new job as a Financial Planning assistant. Your client wants to invest money in stocks, bonds, and treasuries that have the dividend yields shown in the table below. Your job is to allocate their money across these three investments such that the total dollars of stocks is at least $10,000 less than the total dollars in bonds plus treasuries. In addition, they have identified the maximum investment in each of those three investment types (also shown below). Maximize the dividends earned. Your answer will be the amount invested in Stocks (rounded to whole dollars). Use Scenario 4 Stocks: yield % Bonds: yield % Treasuries: yield % Stocks: $ max Bonds: $ max Treasuries: $ max 27,042 Scenario 1 2.22 2.04 1.93 170,000 60,000 50,000 Scenario 2 1.71 1.98 1.88 400,000 180,000 200,000 Scenario 3 1.14 3.03 2.08 410,000 300,000 75,000 Scenario 4 1.25 1.48 2.55 800,000 280,000 500,000
Transcribed Image Text:You have a new job as a Financial Planning assistant. Your client wants to invest money in stocks, bonds, and treasuries that have the dividend yields shown in the table below. Your job is to allocate their money across these three investments such that the total dollars of stocks is at least $10,000 less than the total dollars in bonds plus treasuries. In addition, they have identified the maximum investment in each of those three investment types (also shown below). Maximize the dividends earned. Your answer will be the amount invested in Stocks (rounded to whole dollars). Use Scenario 4 Stocks: yield % Bonds: yield % Treasuries: yield % Stocks: $ max Bonds: $ max Treasuries: $ max 27,042 Scenario 1 2.22 2.04 1.93 170,000 60,000 50,000 Scenario 2 1.71 1.98 1.88 400,000 180,000 200,000 Scenario 3 1.14 3.03 2.08 410,000 300,000 75,000 Scenario 4 1.25 1.48 2.55 800,000 280,000 500,000
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