We would like to invest $10,000 into shares of companies XX and YY.

Shares of XX cost $20 per share. The market analysis shows that their expected return is $1 per share with a standard deviation of $0.5.
Shares of YY cost $50 per share, with an expected return of $2.50 and a standard deviation of $1 per share.

Returns from the two companies are independent. In order to maximize the expected return and minimize the risk (standard deviation or variance), is it better to invest

a. All $10,000 into XX
b. All $10,000 into YY
c. $5,000 into each company

Answer:

c. $5,000 into each company

Explanation:

Let X be the actual (random) return from each share of XX, and  Y be the actual return from each share of YY. Computing the returns from each option:

A) Investing $10,000 into XX

Given that variance = (standard deviation)²

Since XX cost $20 per share, only 500 shares can be bought.

Expected value = 500 * E(x) = 500 * 1 = 500

Variance = 500² * Var(x) = 500² * 0.5² = 62500

B) Investing $10,000 into YY

Since YY cost $50 per share, only 200 shares can be bought.

Expected value = 200 * E(y) = 200 * 2.5 = 500

Variance = 200² * Var(y) = 200² * 1² = 40000

C) Investing $5,000 into each company

Since XX cost $20 per share and YY cost $50 per share, only 250 shares of XX and 100 shares of YY can be bought.

Expected value = 250 * E(x) + 100 * E(y) = 250 * 1 + 100 * 2.5 = 500

Variance = 250² * Var(x) + 100² * Var(y) = 250² * 0.5² + 100² * 1 = 25625

Since all options have the same expected return, but option C has the lowest variance hence it is the least riskiest. So the best option is C

Given the following information about a fully amortizing loan, calculate the lender’s yield (rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent): loan amount: $166,950; term: 30 years; interest rate: 8%; monthly payment: $1,225.00; discount points: 2.

A factory costs $290,000. You forecast that it will produce cash inflows of $85,000 in year 1, $145,000 in year 2, and $230,000 in year 3. The discount rate is 10%. a. What is the value of the factory

At the end of the current year, Leer Company reported total liabilities of $315,000 and total equity of $115,000. The company's debt ratio on the last year-end was:

QUESTION 1
The prices for all furniture sold at American Furniture Warehouse end in $9.99, such as $599.99, $899.99, etc. American Furniture Warehouse uses
O a. odd-even pricing.
b.price lining
c. bundle pricing.
d. product-line pricing.
Oe. dynamic pricing.

Sandy Kupchack just graduated from State University with a bachelor’s degree in history. During her four years at the university, Sandy accumulated $10,000 in student loans. She asks for your help in determining the amount of the quarterly loan payment. She tells you that the loan must be paid back in five years and that the annual interest rate is 8%. Payments begin in three months.

Required:
Determine Sandy's quarterly loan payment.

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Estella Osage publishes an online travel magazine. In need of​cash, the business applies for a loan with National Bank. The bank requires borrowers to submit financial statements. With little knowledge of​ accounting, Estella​ Osage, the​ owner, does not know how to proceed.The explanations for how to prepare each​ statementRequirements:1. What are the four financial statements that the business will need to​ prepare?2. Is there a specific order in which the financial statements must be​ prepared?3. Explain how to prepare each statement.Requirements​ 1, 2, and 3. What are the four financial statements that the business will need to​ prepare? Is there a specific order in which the financial statements must be​prepared? Explain how to prepare each statementIn the first​ column, select the four financial statements that the business will need to prepare. In the second​ column, select the number corresponding with the order the financial statements must be prepared. If there is no specific​ order, select​ "n/a" for each statement. In the third​ column, select the letter grouping that corresponds with the proper explanations for how to prepare each statement.1. Financial statement 2. Order 3. How to preparea. Each asset account is listed separately and then totaled. Cash is always listed first.b. Each dollar amount is calculated by evaluating the cash column on the transaction detail.c. Each expense account is listed separately from largest to smallest and then subtotaled if necessary.d. Financing activities include cash contributions by the owner and owner withdrawals of cash.e. Investing activities include the purchase and sale of land and equipment.f. Liabilities are listed separately and then totaled. Liabilities that are to be paid first are listed first.g. Net income is calculated as total revenues minus total expenses.h. Operating activities involve cash receipts for services provided and cash payments for expenses paid.i. The beginning capital is listed first and will always be the ending capital from the previous time period.j. The ending cash balance must match the cash balance on the balance sheet.k. The header includes the name of the​ business, the title of the​statement, and the​ date, listed as a period of time.  l. The header includes the name of the​ business, the title of the​statement, and the​ date, listed as a specific date.m. The​ owner's contribution and net income are added to the beginning capital.n. The​ owner's equity is taken directly from the statement of​owner's equity.o. The​ owner's withdrawals are subtracted from capital. If there had been a net​loss, this would also be subtracted.p. The revenue accounts are always listed first and then subtotaled if necessary.q. This statement must always balance. Assets​ = Liabilities​ + Equity

Which staff member usually does the work of both a front desk clerk and an accounting clerk?
A. Controller
B. Credit manager
C. Accounts receivable clerk
D. Night auditor

The following is a condensed version of the comparative balance sheets for Tamarisk Corporation for the last two years at December 31.
2020 2019
Cash $ 354,000 $ 156,000
Accounts receivable 360,000 370,000
Investments 104,000 148,000
Equipment 596,000 480,000
Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment (212,000 ) (178,000 )
Current liabilities 268,000 302,000
Common stock 320,000 320,000
Retained earnings 614,000 354,000
Additional information:
Investments were sold at a loss of $20,000; no equipment was sold; cash dividends paid were $60,000; and net income was $320,000.
Prepare a statement of cash flows for 2020 for Swifty Corporation. (Show amounts that decrease cash flow with either a - sign e.g. -15,000 or in parenthesis e.g. (15,000).)

Esquire Company needs to acquire a molding machine to be used in its manufacturing process. Two types of machines that would be appropriate are presently on the market. The company has determined the following (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1)Machine A could be purchased for $48,000. It will last 10 years with annual maintenance costs of $1,000 per year. After 10 years the machine can be sold for $5,000.Machine B could be purchased for $40,000. It also will last 10 years and will require maintenance costs of $4,000 in year three, $5,000 in year six, and $6,000 in year eight. After 10 years, the machine will have no salvage value.Required:Assume an interest rate of 8% properly reflects the time value of money in this situation and that maintenance costs are paid at the end of each year. Ignore income tax considerations. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to nearest whole dollar amount.)Calculate the present value of Machine A & Machine B. Which machine Esquire should purchase?

Blaine Air Transport Service, Inc., providing air delivery service for businesses, has been in operation for three years. The following transactions occurred in February:

February 1 Paid $275 for rent of hangar space in February.
February 2 Purchased fuel costing $490 on account for the next flight to Dallas.
February 4 Received customer payment of $820 to ship several items to Philadelphia next month.
February 7 Flew cargo from Denver to Dallas; the customer paid $910 for the air transport.
February 10 Paid $175 for an advertisement in the local paper to run on February 19.
February 14 Paid pilot $2,300 in wages for flying in January (recorded as expense in January).
February 18 Flew cargo for two customers from Dallas to Albuquerque for $3,800; one customer paid $1,600 cash and the other asked to be billed.
February 25 Purchased on account $2,550 in spare parts for the planes.
February 27 Declared a $200 cash dividend to be paid in March.

Required:
Prepare journal entries for each transaction. Be sure to categorize each account as an asset (A), liability (L). stockholders' equity (SE). revenue (R). or expense (E).

Much has been written about how to identify and interpret signs that indicate that a new organizational form is needed. Grinnell and Apple have identified five signs in addition to those previously described in Section 3.625:Management is satisfied with its technical skills, but projects are not meeting time, cost, and other project requirements.There is a high commitment to getting project work done, but great fluctuation in how well performance specifications are met.Highly talented specialists involved in the project feel exploited and misused.Particular technical groups or individuals constantly blame each other for failure to meet specifications or delivery dates.Projects are on time and to specification, but groups and individuals aren’t satisfied with the achievement. Grinnell and Apple state that there is a good chance that a matrix structure will eliminate or alleviate these problems. Do you agree or disagree? Does your answer depend on the type of project? Give examples or counterexamples to defend your answers.

Unemployment Type Rate (Percent) Frictional 3.2 Cyclical 0.0 Structural 1.1 Total unemployment 4.3 True or False: This economy is not currently at its natural rate of unemployment. gs

A seller uses a perpetual inventory system, and on April 4, it sells $5,000 in merchandise (its cost is $2,400) to a customer on credit terms of 3/10, n/30. Complete the two journal entries to record the sales transaction by selecting the account names from the drop-down menus and entering the dollar amounts in the debit or credit columns. The first journal entry is to record the revenue part of the transaction and the second journal entry is to record the cost part.
Date Account Title Debit Credit
April 4 selectMerchandise InventoryAccounts ReceivableCashCost of Goods SoldSales select2,4002,5002,6005,000 select2,4002,5002,6005,000
selectMerchandise InventoryAccounts ReceivableCashCost of Goods SoldSales select2,4002,5002,6005,000 select2,4002,5002,6005,000
selectMerchandise InventoryAccounts ReceivableCashCost of Goods SoldSales select2,4002,5002,6005,000 select2,4002,5002,6005,000
selectMerchandise InventoryAccounts ReceivableCashCost of Goods SoldSales select2,4002,5002,6005,000 select2,4002,5002,6005,000

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When an employee has perfect attendance for the month, he or she is given a $25 bonus. This would be an example of ________.

The mean value of land and buildings per acre from a sample of farms is ​$1400​, with a standard deviation of ​$200. The data set has a​ bell-shaped distribution. Assume the number of farms in the sample is 74. ​
(a) Use the empirical rule to estimate the number of farms whose land and building values per acre are between ​$1200 and ​$1600.
(b) If 29 additional farms were​ sampled, about how many of these additional farms would you expect to have land and building values between ​$1200 per acre and ​$1600 per​ acre?

For each of the following pairs of goods, state whether the cross-price elasticity is likely positive, negative, or zero. Explain your answers.
a. Hulu and Netflix.
Close to zero. While they are substitutes they are not close substitutes.
Negative. They are complements.
Positive. They are close substitutes.
b. Tortilla chips and salsa.
Close to zero. While they are substitutes they are not close substitutes.
Negative. They are complements.
Positive. They are close substitutes.
c. Movie and popcorn.
Positive. They are close substitutes.
Close to zero. While they are substitutes they are not close substitutes.
Negative. They are complements.
d. Running shoes and high heels.
Negative. They are complements.
Positive. They are close substitutes.
Close to zero. While they are substitutes they are not close substitutes.

a. Using the information below, and assuming that you want to maintain your purchasing power from 2011, what nominal wage should you demand in each of the given years? Instructions: Round your answers to 2 decimal places. CPI Values and Nominal Wages YearCPINominal Wage (dollars)2011211.7$78,5202012213.5370902013223.82014221.1 b. Assume that your annual wage in 2014 was $82,920. This represents

Yancey Productions is a film studio that uses a job-order costing system. The company’s direct materials consist of items such as costumes and props. Its direct labor includes each film’s actors, directors, and extras. The company’s overhead costs include items such as utilities, depreciation of equipment, senior management salaries, and wages of maintenance workers. Yancey applies its overhead cost to films based on direct labor-dollars.At the beginning of the year, Yancey made the following estimates:Direct labor-dollars to support all productions $ 8,260,000Fixed overhead cost $ 4,956,000Variable overhead cost per direct labor-dollar $ 0.17Required:1. Compute the predetermined overhead rate. (I found the answer: .77 per DL$)2. During the year, Yancey produced a film titled You Can Say That Again that incurred the following costs:Direct materials $ 1,386,000Direct labor cost $ 2,478,000Compute the total job cost for this particular film.Direct Materials: $1,386,000Direct Labor: $2,478,000

Antwaun wants to purchase new photography equipment. He sees an advertisement on a store's website for a 35% sale on 85mm lenses this weekend . If the original price of the lens he wanted is $599, what is the new price of the lens once it goes on sale ?​

A relocation of a short stretch of rural highway feeding into Route 390 northwest of Dallas is to be made to accommodate new growth. The existing road is now unsafe, and improving it is not an alternative. Alternate new route locations are designated as East and West. The initial investment by government highway agencies will be $3, 950,000 for East and $5, 500,000 for West. Annual highway maintenance costs will be $120,000 for East and 590,000 for the shorter location West. Relevant annual road user costs, considering vehicle operation, time end route, fuel, safety, mileage, and so on, are estimated as $880,000 for East and only $690,000 for West. Assume a 20 year service life and i = 7 %. C
1. What is the present worth of the benefits and costs of route West over route East? PW benefits of route West over route East: $ PW costs of route West over route East: $ Carry all interim calculations to 5 decimal places and then round your Final answer to the nearest dollar. The tolerance is plusminus 50. Using incremental D/C ratio analysis, which alternative should be selected?
2. Compute the appropriate B/C ratio(s) and decide whether East or West should be constructed.

Assume that you have a $100,000 account and you are willing to risk 5% of your capital on an idea. You determine that the there is $4 of risk in your trade. What should be your maximum position size

a. Fethe's Funny Hats is considering selling trademarked, orange-haired curly wigs for University of Tennessee football games. The purchase cost for a 2-year franchise to sell the wigs is $20,000. If demand is good (40% probability), then the net cash flows will be $27,000 per year for 2 years. If demand is bad (60% probability), then the net cash flows will be $6,000 per year for 2 years. Fethe's cost of capital is 13%. What is the expected NPV of the project?

b. If Fethe makes the investment today, then it will have the option to renew the franchise fee for 2 more years at the end of Year 2 for an additional payment of $20,000. In this case, the cash flows that occurred in Years 1 and 2 will be repeated (so if demand was good in Years 1 and 2, it will continue to be good in Years 3 and 4). Write out the decision tree. Note: The franchise fee payment at the end of Year 2 is known, so it should be discounted at the risk-free rate, which is 4%. Use decision-tree analysis to calculate the expected NPV.

(D)
Life membership fees received by a club is
A. Revenue receipt
(B)
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D)
Capital receipt
None of these​

Your uncle Abdallah is celebrating his 33th birthday today and wants to start saving for his retirement at the age of 63. He wants to be able to withdraw AED 100,000 from his saving account on each birthday for 20 years following his retirement. The first withdraw will be on his 64th birthday. Your uncle intends to invest his money in a local bank in Abu Dhabi that offers 7% interest rate per year. He wants to make equal payments on each birthday into the account established in the local bank for his retirement fund.
1. If your uncle starts making these deposits on his 33th birthday and continues to make deposits until he is 63, what amount must he deposit annually to be able to make the desired withdrawals at retirement?
2. If your uncle has just inherited a large sum of money, so instead of making equal payments, he has decided to pay one lump sum payment on his 33th birthday to cover his retirement needs. What amount does he have to deposit?
3. If your uncle’s employer informs your uncle that he will contribute AED 1,000 to your uncle account every year. Also, if your uncle expects AED100,000 from another investment on his 53th birthday, which he will also put into the retirement account. What amount must he deposit annually now to be able to make the desired withdrawals at retirement.

Sandhill Company expects to have a cash balance of $61,550 on January 1, 2017. These are the relevant monthly budget data for the first two months of 2017.

1. Collections from customers: January $86,550, February $161,550.
2. Payments to suppliers: January $55,550, February $90,550.
3. Wages: January $31,490, February $41,490. Wages are paid in the month they are incurred.
4. Administrative expenses: January $22,490, February $25,490. These costs include depreciation of $1,000 per month. All other costs are paid as incurred.
5. Selling expenses: January $16,490, February $21,490. These costs are exclusive of depreciation. They are paid as incurred.
6. Sales of short-term investments in January are expected to realize $13,490 in cash. Sandhill Company has a line of credit at a local bank that enables it to borrow up to $25,000. The company wants to maintain a minimum monthly cash balance of $35,550.

Required:
Prepare a cash budget for January and February.

Answer the following questions about prepaid​ expenses:
a. On ​1, Tree Service prepaid for six​ months' rent. Give the adjusting entry to record rent expense at Include the date of the entry and an explanation. Then post all amounts to the two accounts​ involved, and show their balances at adjusts the accounts only at ​31, the end of its fiscal year.
b. On ​1, Tree Service paid for supplies. At ​31, has of supplies on hand. Make the required journal entry at 31. Then post all amounts to the accounts and show their balances at 31. Assume no beginning balance in supplies.
c. On ​1, Tree Service prepaid for six​ months' rent. Give the adjusting entry to record rent expense at Include the date of the entry and an explanation. Then post all amounts to the two accounts​ involved, and show their balances at adjusts the accounts only at ​31, the end of its fiscal year. Prepare the adjusting journal entry to record the rent expense at 31.

Park Corporation is planning to issue bonds with a face value of $710,000 and a coupon rate of 7.5 percent. The bonds mature in 8 years and pay interest semiannually every June 30 and December 31. All of the bonds were sold on January 1 of this year. Park uses the effective-interest amortization method and also uses a discount account. Assume an annual market rate of interest of 8.5 percent. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, and PVA of $1) (Use the appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided. Round your final answer to whole dollars.)
Required 1. Prepare the journal entry to record the issuance of the bonds. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

Present and future value tables of $1 at 3% are presented below:

N FV $1 PV $1 FVA $1 PVA $1 FVAD $1 PVAD $1
1 1.03000 0.97087 1.0000 0.97087 1.0300 1.00000
2 1.06090 0.94260 2.0300 1.91347 2.0909 1.97087
3 1.09273 0.91514 3.0909 2.82861 3.1836 2.91347
4 1.12551 0.88849 4.1836 3.71710 4.3091 3.82861
5 1.15927 0.86261 5.3091 4.57971 5.4684 4.71710
6 1.19405 0.83748 6.4684 5.41719 6.6625 5.57971
7 1.22987 0.81309 7.6625 6.23028 7.8923 6.41719
8 1.26677 0.78941 8.8923 7.01969 9.1591 7.23028
9 1.30477 0.76642 10.1591 7.78611 10.4639 8.01969
10 1.34392 0.74409 11.4639 8.53020 11.8078 8.78611
11 1.38423 0.72242 12.8078 9.25262 13.1920 9.53020
12 1.42576 0.70138 14.1920 9.95400 14.6178 10.25262
13 1.46853 0.68095 15.6178 10.63496 16.0863 10.95400
14 1.51259 0.66112 17.0863 11.29607 17.5989 11.63496
15 1.55797 0.64186 18.5989 11.93794 19.1569 12.29607
16 1.60471 0.62317 20.1569 12.56110 20.7616 12.93794

You want to invest $20,000 today to accumulate $22,500 to buy a car. If you can invest at an interest rate of 3% compounded annually, how many years will it take to accumulate the required amount?