A professional investor that you know makes the following observation about the assets on his portfolio. “From experience and repeated observation of the assets in my portfolio, I have discovered that the variance of returns on the individual assets are quite small and not at all as large I thought initially when I invested in them.” How would you judge this observation if you believed that the investor is hindsight biased but might not be aware of it? What implications does this have for the efficient markets hypothesis.

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Production Budget

A budget can be defined as a financial plan designed by an undertaking for a definite period in the future that can contribute towards enhancing the financial success of the business undertaking. It is used to estimate the revenue and expenses. The budget generally takes into account both current and future income and expenses.