1. What is the amount of self-employment tax that would be paid by Andy for the year assuming he earned $104,600 while working as an employee of Car Company, $3,000 in interest, $2,500 in dividends and an additional $25,000 from a sales business he owns?
2. What is the impact of the Fed Policy on the equity market (last 10 years, say)?
3. Using the data in the following? table, and the fact that the correlation of A and B is 0.42, calculate the volatility? (standard deviation) of a portfolio that is 60% invested in stock A and 40% invested in stock B. Realized Returns Year Stock A Stock B 2008 −14?% 16?% 2009 17?% 25?% 2010 99?% 14?% 2011 −9?% −5?% 2012 33?% −15?% 2013 9?% 35?%