Clara Holmes, CFA, is attempting to model the importation of an herbal tea into the United States. She gathers 24 years of annual data, which is in millions of inflation-adjusted dollars. The real dollar value of the tea imports has grown steadily from $30 million in the first year of the sample to $54 million in the most recent year. 2022-01-07 Laura James is the head portfolio manager for Nati... 2022-01-07 Laura James is the head portfolio manager for Nati... 2022-01-07 Tess Mulroney, a veteran options investor, wishes to do some speculating and hedging with options, but isn’t sure the derivatives currently available are attractively priced. Before making any transactions, Mulroney puts her calculator to work to determine a fair price for the options. 2022-01-07 Joseph Glass, CFA, is a consultant who provides ad... 2022-01-07 Susan Baker is a new hire at Crinson Bank’s Chicago office. She has joined the risk arbitrage desk where she will be training to take advantage of price discrepancies in the U.S. T-note futures and spot markets. 2022-01-07 James Sigmund, CFA, is the Head of International Equity for Pell Global Advisors (PGA). Sigmund is considering investing in the country of Zuflak as part of an emerging market portfolio. Sigmund is aware of the risks in investing in emerging markets and is preparing a valuation report regarding this investment. He estimates that Zuflak government debt would be rated BB, and has gathered the following market information for use in analyzing Zuflak. 2022-01-07 Zelda Haggerty was recently promoted to project manager at Verban Automation, a maker of industrial machinery. Haggerty’s first task as project manager is to analyze capital-spending proposals. 2022-01-07 Clara Holmes, CFA, is attempting to model the importation of an herbal tea into the United States. She gathers 24 years of annual data, which is in millions of inflation-adjusted dollars. The real dollar value of the tea imports has grown steadily from $30 million in the first year of the sample to $54 million in the most recent year. 2022-01-07 Joseph Glass, CFA, is a consultant who provides ad... 2022-01-07