"It can be difficult to understand the nature of competition between firms in a market which is driven by change factors like technology, and capital driven mergers. Because of this the Federal Trade Commission has begun to look less at market share and more at the data on actual ______________________________.

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Answer 1

Answer: competition between the businesses.

Explanation:

The Federal Trade Commission was put in place to protect the consumers in the marketplace. This was done by stopping deceptive, fraudulent and unfair practices that exist in the marketplace.

Based on the above analysis in the question, the Federal Trade Commission has begun to look less at market share and more at the data on actual competition between businesses.


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An assembly line with 17 tasks is to be balanced. The longest task is 2.4 minutes, and the total time for all tasks is 18 minutes. The line will operate for 450 minutes per day.Required:a. What are the minimum and maximum cycle times? b. What range of daily output is theoretically possible for the line? c. What is the minimum number of workstations needed if the maximum output rate is to be sought?d. What cycle time will provide an output rate of 125 units per day?

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Answer

a)Minumum cycle time = 2.4 Minutes And Maximum cycle time = 18 Minutes

b)=187.5 units per day and 25 units per day

c) 8 workstation

d)2.6min/cycle

Explanation:

Given:

output rate = 125 units per day

Operating time= 450 minutes per day

What are the minimum and maximum cycle times?

Minimum Cycle time = duration of the longest task

Therefore,Minimum cycle time = 2.4 minutes

Maximum cycle time = addition of the task

Maximum Cycle Time = 18 minutes

Therefore, Minumum cycle time = 2.4 Minutes And Maximum cycle time = 18 Minutes

B)B)What range of daily output is theoretically possible for the line?

Range of daily output = Operating time / minimum Cycle time

At 2.4 minutes Cycletime

= 450/2.4

=187.5 units per day

At Cycle time 18 Minutes

= 450/18

Cycle time 18 minutes = 25 units per day

C)What is the minimum number of workstations needed if the maximum output rate is to be sought?

number of workstation=(D× summation of all task)/Operating time

number of workstation=(187.5*18)/450

= 7.5= 8 workstation

D)What cycle time will provide an output rate of 125 units per day?

cycle time= Operating time/output rate

=450/125

= 2.6min/cycle

Empirical evidence from 1960 to 2010 shows that convergence in economic growth is occurring in which of the following cases?

a. All low-income countries are catching up to all high-income countries.
b. Low-income industrial countries are catching up to high-income developing countries.
c. Low-income developing countries are catching up to high-income industrial countries.
d. Low-income industrial countries are catching up to high-income industrial countries.

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Answer:

Correct Answer:

c. Low-income developing countries are catching up to high-income industrial countries.

Explanation:

The evidence which shows that low income developing countries are catching up to high-income industrial countries could be found in the series of developmental strides made by some countries like Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Indonesia, Vietnam etc over the years. Most of their achievements is at par with most European countries in different sectors such as educational, and social sectors.

Food Shoppe Galore had the following information: Total market value of a company’s stock: $650 million Total market value of the company’s debt: $150 million What is the weighted average of the company’s debt?

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Answer:

18.75%

Explanation:

Food Shoppe galore has a total market value stock of $650 million

The total market value of the company's debt is $150 million

The first step is to calculate the total market value of the company's capital

= $150,000,000 + $650,000,000

= $800,000,000

Therefore, the weighted average of the company's debt can be calculated as follows

= $150,000,000/$800,000,000

= 0.1875×100

= 18.75%

Hence the weighted average of the company's debt is 18.75%

Hoosier Manufacturing operates a production shop that is designed to have the lowest unit production cost at an output rate of 145 units per hour. In the month of July, the company operated the production line for a total of 265 hours and produced 30,400 units of output.What was its capacity utilization rate for the month?

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Answer:

79.1%

Explanation:

Hoosier manufacturing operates a production shop that is modelled to have the lowest unit of production

The output rate is 145 units per hour

In the month of July the company operated the production line for 265 hours

30,400 units of output were produced

Therefore, the capacity utilization rate can be calculated as follows

= 30,400 units/265 hours ×145

= 30,400/38,425

= 0.791×100

= 79.1%

Hence the capacity utilization rate for the month is 79.1%

The following is a list of costs that were incurred in the production and sale of large commercial airplanes:

a. Salary of chief compliance officer of company
b. Power used by painting equipment
c. Instrument panel installed in the airplane cockpit
d. Annual bonus paid to the chief operating officer of the company
e. Turbo-charged airplane engine
f. Interior trim material used throughout the airplane cabin
g. Cost of normal scrap from production of airplane body
h. Hourly wages of employees that assemble the airplane
i. Salary of the marketing department personnel
j. Cost of paving the headquarters employee parking lot
k. Cost of electrical wiring throughout the airplane
l. Cost of electronic guidance system installed in the airplane cockpit
m. Salary of plant manager
n. Cost of miniature replicas of the airplane used to promote and market the airplane
o. Human resources department costs for the year
p. Metal used for producing the airplane body
q. Annual fee to a celebrity to promote the aircraft
r. Hydraulic pumps used in the airplane’s flight control system
s. Yearly cost of the maintenance contract for robotic equipment
t. Prebuilt leather seats installed in the first-class cabin
u. Depreciation on factory equipment
v. Special advertising campaign in Aviation Worldmagazine
w. Oil to lubricate factory equipment
x. Masks for use by painters in painting the airplane body
y. Decals for cockpit door, the cost of which is immaterial to the cost of the final product
z. Salary of chief financial officer

Required:
a. Classify each cost as either a product cost or a period cost.
b. Indicate whether each product cost is a direct materials cost, a direct labor cost, or a factory overhead cost.
c. Indicate whether each period cost is a selling expense or an administrative expense.

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Answer:

Correct Answer:

PRODUCT COST:

The following falls under direct material cost:

b. Power used by painting equipment

c. Instrument panel installed in the airplane cockpit

e. Turbo-charged airplane engine

f. Interior trim material used throughout the airplane cabin

l. Cost of electronic guidance system installed in the airplane cockpit.

p. Metal used for producing the airplane body

r. Hydraulic pumps used in the airplane’s flight control system

The following falls under direct labour cost:

j. Cost of paving the headquarters employee parking lot

t. Pre-built leather seats installed in the first-class cabin

y. Decals for cockpit door, the cost of which is immaterial to the cost of the final product

The following falls under factory overhead cost:

u. Depreciation on factory equipment.

PERIOD COST:

The following falls under selling expenses:

g. Cost of normal scrap from production of airplane body

h. Hourly wages of employees that assemble the airplane

i. Salary of the marketing department personnel

m. Salary of plant manager

n. Cost of miniature replicas of the airplane used to promote and market the airplane

o. Human resources department costs for the year

q. Annual fee to a celebrity to promote the aircraft

w. Oil to lubricate factory equipment

x. Masks for use by painters in painting the airplane body

z. Salary of chief financial officer

The following falls under an administrative expenses:

a. Salary of chief compliance officer of company

d. Annual bonus paid to the chief operating officer of the company

s. Yearly cost of the maintenance contract for robotic equipment

v. Special advertising campaign in Aviation Worldmagazine.

Explanation:

A U.S. manufacturing company operating a subsidiary in an LDC (less-developed country) shows the following results:
U.S. LDC
Sales (units) 100,000 20,000
Labor (hours) 20,000 15,000
Raw materials (currency) $20,000 FC 20,000
Capital equipment (hours) 60,000 5,000
a. Calculate partial labor and capital productivity figures for the parent and subsidiary. Do the results seem confusing?
b. Compute the multifactor productivity figures for labor and capital together. Do the results make more sense?
c. Calculate raw material productivity figures (units/$ where $1=FC 10). Explain why these figures might be greater in the subsidiary.

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Answer:

a. Labor Productivity:

Country     Sales (Units)    Labour (hours)     Productivity (Sales/Labour hours)

U.S              100,000              20,000              5 units / hours

LDC             20,000                15,000               1.33 units/ hours

Capital Productivity

Country     Sales (Units)    Capital (hours)     Productivity (Sales/Capital hours)

U.S              100,000               60,000                1.67 units / hour

LDC             20,000                 5,000                  4 units / hours

Conclusion: Yes, the result seems confusing. The labour productivity in U.S. is higher than LDC while the capital productivity in U.S. is lower than LDC which is contradictory.

b. Multi-factor productivity for Labor and Capital

Country      Sales                  Input                  Productivity

                  (Units)         (Labor + Capital)       (units/hours)

U.S.          100,000                80,000                1.25 units/hour

                                       (20,000 + 60,000)

LDC           20,000                 20,000                1 units/hour

                                        (15,000 + 5,000)

Conclusion: Yes it make sense as multi-factor productivity is better than partial productivity. Labor and capital are subtitles and that gives better presentation of the productivity.

c. Raw material productivity

Country      Sales           Raw material            Productivity

                  (Units)            (Currency)              (units/hours)

U.S.            100,000         $20,000                  5 units per dollar

LDC            20,000          = $2,000                 10 units per dollar        

Conclusion: The figures are greater in subsidiary because the price paid for raw material is much slower than the parent country.

 

Note: $1 = FC 10

$20,000 = FC 10

FC = $20,000 / 10 = $2,000

Justin and Lauren are equal partners in the PJenn Partnership. The partners formed the partnership seven years ago by contributing cash. Prior to any distributions, the partners have the following bases in their partnership interests:

Partner Outside Basis
Justin $22,000
Lauren 22,000

On December 31 of the current year, the partnership makes a pro rata operating distribution of:

Partner Distribution
Justin Cash $25,000
Lauren Cash $18000
Property 9,000 (FMV)
($2,000 to partnership)

Requried:
a. What is the amount and character of Justin's recognized gain or loss?
b. What is Justin's remaining basis in his partnership interest?
c. What is the amount and character of Lauren's recognized gain or loss?
d. What is Lauren's basis in the distributed assets?
e. What is Lauren's remaining basis in her partnership interest?

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Answer:

PJenn Partnership

a. The amount and character of Justin's recognized gain or loss:

Justin has a recognized gain of $3,000 ($25,000 - $22,000).  The character of Justin's recognized gain or loss must have substantial economic effect.

b. Justin's remaining basis in his partnership interest = $1,000 ($2,000/2) in the property distribution to the partnership.

c. The amount and character of Lauren's recognized gain or loss:

Lauren has a recognized gain of $3,000 ($25,000 - $22,000).  The character of Justin's recognized gain or loss must have substantial economic effect.

d. Lauren's basis in the distributed assets is $22,000, which is her outside basis.

e.Lauren's remaining basis in her partnership interest = $1,000 ($2,000/2) in the property distribution to the partnership.

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Partner Outside Basis    Partner Distribution

Justin $22,000              $25,000 cash

Lauren 22,000             $18,000 cash + $7,000 in property

Property $2,000 to Partnership

Justin and Lauren's recognized gain or loss is determined by the amount of the sale minus the partner's interest, which is often referred to as the partner's outside basis.

Justin's and Lauren's remaining basis in the partnership is the amount of the fair market value of property remaining after Lauren's share in the property.

An increase in input prices causes:___________
a) the market supply to shift inward, driving the equilibrium price downward.
b) the market supply to shift outward, leading to a higher equilibrium price.
c) the market supply to shift inward, driving the equilibrium price higher.
d) the supply curve to decrease and the demand curve to decrease.

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Answer: the market supply to shift inward, driving the equilibrium price higher.

Explanation:

An increase in input prices will result into a rise in the production costs. This will result in a leftward shift of the supply curve.

Therefore, the market supply will shift inward, driving the equilibrium price higher. This simply means that there will be lesser supply of the product and hence, increase in price.

. A particular parcel of real estate (land) is sold for $20,000,000 and was originally purchased for $10,000,000. On a taxable sale, explain a circumstance (type of investor, intent, entity, etc.) that would pay the following U.S. federal income tax results on the $10,000,000 gain (exclude the 3.8% net investment income tax and any state taxes in the calculation):

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Question Completion:

Choices: a. No tax liability on the sale b. $2,000,000 of tax c. $2,960,000 of tax d. $2,100,000 of tax

Answer:

b. $2,000,000 of tax for individuals

Explanation:

Long-term capital gains tax is a tax on profits from the sale of an asset which an investor has held for more than a year. The approved long-term capital gains tax rates are 0%, 15% or 20% depending on your taxable income bracket and whether you are filing as a single or jointly as married.  But, an important point to note is that long-term capital gains tax rates are generally lower than short-term capital gains tax rates, thus encouraging investors to hold assets for a longer time.  Short-term capital gains tax rates are the rates applicable to the normal individual income tax brackets.

A firm has a debt-to-equity of 0.69 and a market-to-book ratio of 3.0. What is the ratio of the book value of debt to the market value of equity?

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Answer:

0.23

Explanation:

Debt to Equity  Ratio = Total debt/ Total common equity

Market to book Ratio = Market price per share / Book value per share

Book debt to Market equity Ratio = Debt to Equity  Ratio / Market to book Ratio

Book debt to Market equity Ratio = 0.69 / 3

Book debt to Market equity Ratio = 0.23

Therefore, the ratio is 0.23

If an economist wishes to determine whether there is evidence that average family incomes in a community exceeds $25,000:_______

a. either a one-tailed or two-tailed test could be used with equivalent results.
b. a one-tailed test should be utilized.
c. a two-tailed test should be utilized.
d. None of the above.

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Answer: one tailed test should be utilized

Explanation:

From the question, we are informed that an economist wishes to determine whether there is evidence that average family incomes in a community exceeds $25,000.

A one tailed test should be utilized because the region of rejection will just have to be based on one side.

Victorinox is the name of the company that manufactures Swiss army knives. As a result of new regulations governing what passengers could carry with them on airplane trips, the company has lost 30 percent of its business. In other companies, this might have led to business failure, but because Victorinox had _____ plans, it was able to continue to operate profitably.

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Answer: contingency plans

Explanation:

A contingency plan is a plan that's designed in order to take into consideration ever possible event or circumstance that may occur in the future.

The aim of a contingency plan is to help an organization hat back to its feet as soon as possible when an unforeseen event o circumstance happens.

Buckson Framing's cost formula for its supplies cost is $1,350 per month plus $18 per frame. For the month of June, the company planned for activity of 716 frames, but the actual level of activity was 713 frames. The actual supplies cost for the month was $14,820. The supplies cost in the flexible budget for June would be closest to:

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Answer:

c. $ 14,238

Explanation:

Computation of costs in the flexible budget

Planned activity                                                           716 units

Budgeted cost per unit                                              $ 18 per frame

Total planned variable cost - 716 units * $ 18            $ 12,888

Fixed monthly cost                                                      $   1,350        

Total supplies cost in  flexible budget for June      $ 14,238  

The other information regarding the actual costs and actual production are not required for determining the budgted cost for supplies.

A seller has accepted another offer, but your client doesn't want to give up. Even now, she can submit an offer to the seller, called a:

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Answer: b. backup offer

Explanation:

A backup offer is one that is made when an offer has already been made by another. With a backup offer, the person offering it is acknowledging that someone else has made another offer that was accepted but they still offer this in case the accepted offer falls through for whatever reason.

If the seller accepts this offer, they will have a contract with the person offering that legally obliges them to sell the good in question to the person offering if the current offer is not honored.

L Corporation produces and sells 15,100 units of Product X each month. The selling price of Product X is $21 per unit, and variable expenses are $15 per unit. A study has been made concerning whether Product X should be discontinued. The study shows that $72,000 of the $101,000 in monthly fixed expenses charged to Product X would not be avoidable even if the product was discontinued. If Product X is discontinued, the annual financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company of eliminating this product should be: Multiple Choice $10,400 ($61,600) ($39,400) $39,400

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Answer:

If Product X is discontinued, the company’s overall net operating income would: increase by $61,600

Explanation:

                                          Not drop        Drop       Difference

Sales                                   317,100                           317,100

(15100*21)

Less: Variable expenses   226,500                         226,500

(15,100 * 15)

Contribution margin            90,600                          90,600

Less: fixed expenses          101,000       72,000      29,000

Net operating income      -$10,400                         $61600

Conclusion: If Product X is discontinued, the company’s overall net operating income would: increase by $61,600

Drake Manufacturing makes a variety of​ products, including lawn mowers. ​'s Lawn Mower Division can use a​ component, K32, manufactured by ​'s Electrical Division. The market price for K32 is per unit. The variable cost per unit for K32 in the Electrical Division is ​$11, while the absorption cost per unit is $12. The divisions at use a negotiated price strategy to set transfer prices between divisions. The Electrical Division has excess capacity. What is the lowest acceptable transfer price to the Electrical Division? What is the highest acceptable transfer price that the Lawn Mower Division would pay?
1. ______the lowest acceptable transfer price to the Electrical Division.
a. $14, the difference between the variable cost and market price.
b. $11, the variable cost.
c. $12, the absorption cost.
d. $25, the market price.
2. ______is the highest acceptable transfer price that the Lawn Mower Division would pay.
a. $14, the difference between the variable cost and market price.b. $11, the variable cost. c. $12, the absorption cost.d. $25, the market price.

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Answer:

b. $11, the variable cost.d. $25, the market price.

Explanation:

1. The Electrical Division has excess capacity so supplying the Lawn Mower Division can be done and they will still be able to sell to outside customers. They should therefore only charge the variable cost to make component K32 which is $11 as they are in the same company.

2. The highest acceptable transfer price that the Lawn Mower division would pay is the market price of $25. At a price higher than this, it would make no sense to source the component from the Electrical division because the Lawn Mower division could simply source it from the market and save on costs.

Canadian logging companies sell timber in the United States. To the U.S., the timber is a(n)_____, and for Canadians, the timber is a(n) _____.

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Answer: import; export

Explanation:

Canadian logging companies sell timber in the United States. To the U.S., the timber is an import, and for Canadians, the timber is an export.

An import is a good that is brought into a country and sold from another country while an export is a good that a country sells to other country. Timber is a export to the United States since it's brought from Canada.

A self-employed client has an annual income of $200,000 and is in a high tax bracket. He is not covered by a retirement plan and would like to make the maximum contribution to one to reduce his taxable income. He believes that he will be in a lower tax bracket once he retires. The BEST recommendation is to contribute to a:

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Answer:

Simplified Employee Pension IRA (SEP)

Explanation:

Simplified employee pension IRA is most suitable for this client because it is easy to set up and operate. Most importantly it requires a maximum of 20% of the contributor's income. The amount required is capped at $54,000.

In this case 20% of the employee's income is 0.20 * 200,000 = $40,000

So this is a right fit.

Roth IRA will not work because maximum contribution is $5,500

Traditional IRA will also not work because it requires a maximum contribution of $5,500 or when it is a 401(k) plan a maximum of $18,000. It is also expensive to set up and operate as it is designed for big companies.

Ballpark has shares of par common stock outstanding. Ballpark announces a stock split of for1. What is the effect of the​ split?

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Answer:

The answer is 'it increases the number of shares outstanding'

Explanation:

Stock split increases the number of shares outstanding. It causes dilution of earnings per share.

For example, ABC Inc. has 50,000 shares outstanding and it announces a stock split of 3-for- 1.

This means that any shareholder that has 1 will exchange that 1 share for 3 shares. So at the end of the stock split the total number of shares outstanding will be 150,000 shares (50,000 x 3)

Mortgage insurance rates vary with the perceived riskiness of the loan.Which of the following scenarios would result in a higher mortgage insurance premium?
A) Lower loan-to-value ratio
B) Shorter loan term
C) Stronger credit record of the borrower
D) A "cash-out" refinancing loan

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Answer: D) A "cash-out" refinancing loan

Explanation:

A "cash-out" refinancing loan refers to when a person replaces the mortgage that they have on a house with a newer, larger mortgage than the balance of the previous mortgage on the house.

The difference between this new mortgage and the old one can then be withdrawn in cash.

This would attract a higher mortgage insurance premium because the value of debt has now increased because as earlier mentioned, the new mortgage will be larger than the previous one so to cater for this, the insurance premiums will rise.

Jiminy’s Cricket Farm issued a bond with 30 years to maturity and a semiannual coupon rate of 4 percent 2 years ago. The bond currently sells for 107 percent of its face value. The company’s tax rate is 21 percent. The book value of the debt issue is $60 million. In addition, the company has a second debt issue on the market, a zero coupon bond with 10 years left to maturity; the book value of this issue is $35 million, and the bonds sell for 76 percent of par.

Required:
a. What is the company’s total book value of debt?
b. What is the company’s total market value of debt?
c. What is your best estimate of the aftertax cost of debt?

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Answer:

a. What is the company’s total book value of debt?

total book value of debt = $60,000,000 + $35,000,000 = $95,000,000

 

b. What is the company’s total market value of debt?

total market value of debt = ($60,000,000 x 1.07) + ($35,000,000 x 0.76) = $64,200,000 + $26,600,000 = $90,800,000

c. What is your best estimate of the after tax cost of debt?

weight of debt (using market value):

$64,200,000 / $90,800,000 = 70.7%

$26,600,000 / $90,800,000 = 29.3%

YTM bond I = {1,200,000 + [(60,000,000 - 64,200,000)/56]} / [(60,000,000 + 64,200,000)/2] = 1,125,000 / 62,100,000 = 1.8115 x 2 = 3.62%

YTM bond II = (35 / 26.6)¹/¹⁰ - 1 = 2.78%

after tax cost of debt = (0.707 x 3.62% x 0.79) + (0.293 x 2.78% x 0.79) = 2.02% + 0.64% = 2.66%

The production sector would NOT include Group of answer choices a Florida orange grove a California wine grower a meat packing plant

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Answer: Meat packing plant

Explanation:

The options to the question are:

A. California wine grower

B. meat packing plant

C. horticultural nursery

D. Florida orange grove

E. none of the above

Of all the options given in the question, the correct answer is meat packing plant. It should be noted that the meat packaging plant will not be part of the production sector due to the fact that no productive activities are taking place, it only involves in services.

In Sammy's fast food restaurant, she produces sandwiches, soups, and other items for customers in her town. Which of the following is a fixed input for the production function at Sammy's restaurant?
a) the employees hired to help make the food.
b) the loaves of bread used to make sandwiches.
c) the cans of tomato sauce used to make soups.
d) the dining room where customers eat their meals

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Answer:

d) the dining room where customers eat their meals

Explanation:

In the given situation, since it is mentioned there is a Sammy's fast food restaurant that generates the sandwiches, soups, and other items for customers

So based on the options given, the last option should be considered as a fixed input for the production function as the dining room is a fixed plus non-movable item so the same is to be considered

hence, the correct option is d.

Answer:

D

Explanation:

I would say D because you want to give a good impression on your customers so they want to come back and know that you will take good care of them.

Sound Systems (SS) has 200,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a market price of $37 a share. SS recently paid an annual dividend in the amount of $1.20 per share. The dividend growth rate is 4 percent. SS also has 4,500 bonds outstanding with a face value of $1,000 per bond that are selling at 99 percent of par. The bonds have a 6 percent coupon and a 6.7 percent yield to maturity. If the tax rate is 34 percent, what is the weighted average cost of capital?

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Answer:

the weighted average cost of capital is 6.31 %

Explanation:

Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is the return required by the providers of long term permanent source of capital to the firm.

WACC = Ke × (E/V) + Kp × (P/V) + Kd × (D/V)

Ke = Cost of equity

    = $1.20 / $37.00 + 0.04

    = 0.0724 or 7.24 %

E/V = Weight of Equity

      = (200,000 × $37) ÷ (200,000 × $37 + 4,500 × $1,000 × 99%)

      = $7,400,000 ÷ ($7,400,000 + $4,455,000)

      = 62.42 %

Kd = Cost of Debt

    = Interest × (1 - tax rate)

    = 6.70 % × (1 - 0.34)

    = 4.42 %

D/V = Weight of Debt

      = (4,500 × $1,000 × 99%) ÷ (200,000 × $37 + 4,500 × $1,000 × 99%)

      = $4,455,000 ÷ ($7,400,000 + $4,455,000)

      = 37.28 %

Therefore,

WACC = 7.24 % × 62.42 % +  4.42 % × 37.28 %

           = 6.31 %

If the current interest rate is 5% and your semi-annual coupon paying bond has a duration of 5.33 years, how much will the price of the bond change if the interest rate increases by 1 basis point?

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Answer:

Percentage change in price = -5.33 * 0.00005

Explanation:

Percentage change in price = - modified duration * (Change in yield in BP/100)

Percentage change in price = -5.33 * ((0.01/2)/100)

Percentage change in price = -5.33 * (0.005/100)

Percentage change in price = -5.33 * 0.00005

Sonny's BBQ Company recently issued $85 par value preferred stock that pays an annual dividend of $9. Analysts estimate that the stock has a beta of 1.01. The current T-bill rate is 2.4%. The S&P 500's expected return is 12.1%. Assuming that CAPM holds, what is the intrinsic value of this preferred stock?

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Answer:

Intrinsic value=$73.77

Explanation:

The Dividend Valuation Model(DVM) is a technique used to value the worth of an asset.

According to this model, the value of an asset is the sum of the present values of the future cash flows would that arise from the asset discounted at the required rate of return.

Price = D/Kp

D- Dividend payable

Kp- cost of preferred stock

So will need to work out the cost of equity using CAPM

The capital asset pricing model (CAPM): relates the price of a share to the market risk or systematic risk. The systematic risk is that which affects all the all the economic agents, e.g inflation, interest rate e.t.c  

This model is considered superior to DVM. Hence, we will use the CAPM

Using the CAPM , the expected return on a asset is given as follows:  

E(r)= Rf +β(Rm-Rf)  

E(r) =? , Rf- 2.4%, Rm- 12.1% β- 1.01

E(r) = 2.4% + 1.23×(12.1- 2.4)%  = 12.20 %

Cost of preferred stock= 12.20 %

Using the dividend valuation model

Intrinsic value = 9/0.1220=73.77

Intrinsic value=$73.77

Use goal seek to answer this question. All else equals, to have a net income of 20,000, the COGS margin percentage must be ______, and the gross profit must be ______. Review Later

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Answer:

Use goal seek to answer this question. All else equals, to have a net income of 20,000, the COGS margin percentage must be 40%, and the gross profit must be $17,250.

Explanation:

The income statement is missing, so I looked it up and the information given was:

Revenue 100,000 COGS 40,000 Gross Profit 60,000 Salaries Marketing Rent Earnings Before Tax 23,000Income Tax 25% Net Income ?

Since COGS are$40,000 and total sales are $100,000, the COGS margin percentage = 40,000 / 100,000 = 40%

Since earnings before taxes are $23,000 and taxes are 25%, then net income = $23,000 x (1 - 25%) = $23,000 x 75% = $17,250

Which of the following statements are TRUE regarding the sale of a long position in a restricted long margin account?

I. 50% of the proceeds of the sale are credited to SMA
II. 100% of the proceeds of the sale are credited to SMA
III. There is a 0% retention requirement of the sale for a restricted account
IV. There is a 50% retention requirement of the sale for a restricted account

a. I and III
b. I and IV
c. II and III
d. II and IV

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Answer:

b

Explanation:

50% of the proceeds of the sale are credited to SMA

and

There is a 50% retention requirement of the sale for a restricted account

Yellowstone Corporation has just announced the repurchase of $125,000 of its stock. The company has 39,000 shares outstanding and earnings per share of $3.29. The company stock is currently selling for $76.09 per share. What is the price–earnings ratio after the repurchase?

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Answer:

The price–earnings ratio after the repurchase is 22.18

Explanation:

First calculate Numbers of new shares

New Shares = Old Shares - ( Repurchased Shares / Price per share )

New Shares = 39,000 - ( $125,000 / $76.09 )

New Shares = 39,000 - 1,642.79

New Shares = 37,357.21 shares

New compute the old earning

Old  Earning = EPS x Numbers of old shares = $3.29 x 39,000 = $128,310

New compute revised Earning per share

Revised EPS = Earning / New shares = $128,310 / 37,357.21 shares = $3.43

Now we need to calculate the Price earning ratio

P/E Ratio = Price per share / Revised earning per share = $76.09 / $3.43 = 22.18 times

Hughey Co. as lessee records a capital lease of machinery on January 1, 2011. The seven annual lease payments of $350,000 are made at the end of each year. The present value of the lease payments at 10% is $1,704,000. Hughey uses the effective-interest method of amortization and sum-of-the-years'-digits depreciation (no residual value). Round to the nearest dollar.

a) Prepare an amortization table for 2 011 and 2012.
b) Prepare all of Hughey's journal entries for 2011.

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Answer:

Both requirements are solved below

Explanation:

An amortization table can be made as follows

DATA

Lease term = 7years

annual lease payments = $350,0000

Present value of the leases payment = $1,704,000

Implicit interest rate = 10%

Requirement A Amortization table for 2011 and 2012

Date   Annual payment  Effective    decreased      Balance

                                          interest        liability                                                                                                                     $1,704,000

12/31/11      $350,000      $170,400     $179,600     $1524,400

12/31/12      $350,000     $152,440     $197,560     $1,326,840

Requirement B journal entries for 2011

January 1  

Entry

                                      DEBIT           CREDIT

Leased machinery     $1,704,000

Lease liability                                   $1,704,000

December 31

Entry

                                      DEBIT           CREDIT

Interest expense       $170,400

Lease liability             $179,600

Cash                                                  $350,000

December 31

Entry

                                                   DEBIT           CREDIT

Depreciation expense(w)         $426,000

Accumulated depreciation                            $426,000

Working

Sum of the years =  (7+6+5+4+3+2+1)    = 28

Cost = $1,704,000

Residual value = $0

Estimated life = 7years

Depreciation expense = $1,704,000 x 7/28

Depreciation expense = $426,000

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