Answer: Increase reserve requirements
Explanation:
Reserve requirements refer to the proportion of deposits that banks are required to leave with the Fed for safekeeping and the protections of depositors.
This amount reduces the amount of money that the banks can give out as loans and so is quite useful in monetary policy.
If the Fed is worried about increasing inflation due to extremely rapid economic expansion, the way to rein this in is to embark on a contractionary monetary policy.
One way to do so is to increase the reserve requirement which would mean that banks have to hold more money. Should this happen then the money supply in the economy would decrease which would ideally decrease inflation and reduce the funds available for both investment and consumption which would lead to a decrease in economic activity as well.
Which of the following statements would best characterize someone who is not culturally competent in working with others from different cultures?a. The person varies the rate of their speaking.b. The person uses facial expressions when communicating.c. The person pays attention to verbal and non-verbal behavior.d. The person fills "silence" during conversations.
Answer: The person fills "silence" during conversations
Explanation:
Culture is simply regarded as people's way of life. The way if life include their food, the kind of music they listen to, their religion, language, their beliefs, values etc.
Someone who is not culturally competent in working with others from different cultures would usually be silent during conversations. This is because the person doesn't know much about the culture and can't really be involved in the conversation.
Conor Airlines Inc. recently issued $50 par value preferred stock that pays a 8.25% dividend rate per year. Yahoo.finance shows that the stock has a beta of 0.97. The current risk-free rate is 2.50% and the market return is 11%. Assuming that CAPM holds, what is the intrinsic value of this preferred stock?
Answer: $38.39
Explanation:
First calculate the required return according to CAPM;
Required return = Risk free rate + beta ( market return - risk free rate)
= 2.50% + 0.97 ( 11% - 2.50%)
= 10.745%
Then using the Dividend discount model and remembering that there is no growth rate;
Value = Next dividend / ( required return - growth rate)
= (50 * 8.25%) / ( 10.745% - 0)
= 4.125/10.745%
= $38.39
Answer:
$38.29
Explanation:
Ke = Rf+Beta*(Rm-Rf)
Ke=0.0250+0.97*(0.11+0.0250)
Ke=0.10745
Ke=10.75 appr.
Po= Dividend / (Ke-g)
Po= 50*0.0825 / (0.10745 - 0)
Po=4.125/0.10745
Po=38.3899
Po=38.29
Thus, the intrinsiv value of this preferred stock is $38.29
Pharoah Company has a factory machine with a book value of $90,800 and a remaining useful life of 7 years. It can be sold for $27,200. A new machine is available at a cost of $407,400. This machine will have a 7-year useful life with no salvage value. The new machine will lower annual variable manufacturing costs from $640,100 to $581,800. Prepare an analysis showing whether the old machine should be retained or replaced. (In the first two columns, enter costs and expenses as positive amounts, and any amounts received as negative amounts. In the third column, enter net income increases as positive amounts and decreases as negative amounts. Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).)
Answer:
Analysis of Total cost over the period of 7 years
Retain Old Buy New Total
1.Variable Operating Cost $640,100 $581,800 ($58,300)
2.Old Machine Book Value
Retain; Annual Depreciation $12,971 $0 ( $12,971)
Replace: Lump sum Written Off $0 $90,800 $90,800
3.Old Machine Disposal Value $0 ($27,200) ($27,200)
4.Initial Purchase Cost New $0 $407,400 $407,400
Total Cost $653,071 $1052,800 $399,729
Explanation:
Replacement of Machine is a Capital Investment or Long term decision.One aspect of asset replacement is how to deal with book value (written down value) of old equipment.
Night Shades, Inc. (NSI), manufactures biotech sunglasses. The variable materials cost is $11.13 per unit, and the variable labor cost is $7.29 per unit.Required:a. What is the variable cost per unit?b. Suppose the company incurs fixed costs of $875,000 during a year in which total your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) production is 190,000 units. What are the total costs for the year?c. If the selling price is $44.99 per unit, does the company break even on a cash basis? I depreciation is $435,000 per year, what is the accounting break-even point?
Answer:
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Unitary direct material cost= $11.13
Unitary direct labor cost= $7.29
A.
Total variable cost per unit= 11.13 + 7.29= $18.42
B. Fixed costs= $875,000
Production= 190,000
Total costs= 875,000 + 18.42*190,000= $4,374,800
C.
To calculate the break-even point in units, we need to use the following formula:
Break-even point in units= fixed costs/ contribution margin per unit
Break-even point in units= 875,000 / (44.99 - 18.42)
Break-even point in units= 32,932 units
D. Depreciation= $435,000
Accounting break-even point= (875,000 - 435,000) / 26.75
Accounting break-even point= 16,449 units
Julie is working on formulating a marketing plan to increase the market share of Little Debbie Snack Cakes. According to the discussion in class, which one of the following strategies would Julie find most effective as a way to increase Little Debbie's long-term market share?
a. Increase product quality
b. Increase product innovation
c. Increase advertising
d. Increase sales promotion
Answer:
Correct answer:
d. Increase sales promotion
Explanation:
For Julie who owns the Little Debbie Snacks Cakes, in order for her to increase the market share of his company, there will be need for her to increase her sales promotion. This would be through series of campaign which she could run like "Buy 2 get 1 FREE" or "A dozen order free delivery + gift" etc.
The total purchase of the products and services of the firm and the percentage that goes to the company's capital is the term definition of market share.
If the consumers buy for instance 50 chocolates, out of which the 25 are from one company, and in that case, that company holds 25% market share.
The correct option is d. Increase sales promotion
Option d. Increase sales promotion is correct because for Julie who owns the Little Debbie Snacks Cakes, in order for her to increase the market share of his company, there will be a need for her to increase her sales promotion. This would be through a series of campaigns.
Options a, b, and c are wrong because they do not the effective way to increase the sale of the products and services. The options are focusing on the other promotional and advertising activities and the efficiency and effectiveness of the product section.
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Mr. and Mrs. Haley are purchasing beachfront property in an upscale development. The home comes equipped with all furnishings. The Haleys want to get a mortgage that will cover the purchase price plus all the furnishings. What kind of mortgage are they looking for?
Answer: package mortgage
Explanation:
From the question, we are informed that Mr and Mrs. Haley are purchasing beachfront property in an upscale development and that the home comes equipped with all furnishings.
We are further told that the Haleys want to get a mortgage that will cover the purchase price plus all the furnishings. This shows that they are looking for package mortgage.
A package mortgage is a form of mortgage whereby the personal property and the furniture will have to be included when buying the house.
Mojo Mining has a bond outstanding that sells for $2,120 and matures in 18 years. The bond pays semiannual coupons and has a coupon rate of 6.66 percent. The par value is $2,000. If the company's tax rate is 40 percent, what is the aftertax cost of debt?
A. 3.96%
B. 6.24%
C. 5.82%
D. 3.66%
E. 3.45%
Answer:
D. 3.66%
Explanation:
For computing the after tax cost of debt we need to apply the RATE formula i.e to be shown in the attachment
Given that,
Present value = $2,120
Future value or Face value = $2,000
PMT = $2,000 × 6.6% ÷ 2 = $66.60
NPER = 18 years × 2 = 36 years
The formula is shown below:
= Rate(NPER;PMT;-PV;FV;type)
The present value come in negative
So, after solving this,
1. The pretax cost of debt is 3.05% × 2 % = 6.10%
2. And, the after tax cost of debt would be
= Pretax cost of debt × ( 1 - tax rate)
= 6.10% × ( 1 - 0.40)
= 3.66%
Derrick Iverson is a divisional manager for Holston Company. His annual pay raises are largely determined by his division’s return on investment (ROI), which has been above 20% each of the last three years. Derrick is considering a capital budgeting project that would require a $3,080,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. Holston Company’s discount rate is 17%. The project would provide net operating income each year for five years as follows:
Sales $3,400,000
Variable expenses 1,450,000
Contribution margin 1,950,000
Fixed expenses:
Advertising, salaries, and other fixed
out-of-pocket costs $670,000
Depreciation 828,000
Total fixed expenses 1,498,000
Net operating income $452,000
Required:
a. Compute the project's net present value.
b. Compute the project's simple rate of return.
c. Would the company want Derrick to pursue this investment opportunity?
d. Would Derrick be inclined to pursue this investment opportunity?
Answer:
a. Project's net present value is $1,015,163.09
b. Simple rate of return is 15%
c. Yes. The reason is that the project has a positive net present value of $1,015,163.09.
d. No. The reason is that the simple rate of return of 15% obtained in part b is lower the division’s return on investment (ROI), which has been above 20% each of the last three years.
Explanation:
a. Compute the project's net present value.
To compute this, we first calculate the annual cash inflow as follows:
Annual cash inflow = Net operating income + Depreciation = $452,000 + $828,000 = $1,,280,000
Now, the project's net present value can be calculated using the formula for calculating the present of an ordinary annuity as follows:
PV = P * [{1 - [1 / (1 + r)]^n} / r] …………………………………. (1)
Where;
PV = Present value of the annual cash flow = ?
P = Annual cash inflow = $1,280,000
r = Discount rate = 17%, or 0.17
n = Equipment useful years = 5
Substitute the values into equation (1) to have:
PV = $1,280,000 * [{1 - [1 / (1 + 0.17)]^5} / 0.17]
PV = $4,095,163.09
Project's net present value = PV - Project's initial investment = $4,095,163.09 - $3,080,000 = $1,015,163.09
b. Compute the project's simple rate of return
This can be computed as follows:
Simple rate of return = Net operating income / Initial investment = $452,000 / $3,080,000 = 0.15, or 15%
c. Would the company want Derrick to pursue this investment opportunity?
Yes. The reason is that the project has a positive net present value of $1,015,163.09.
Note that had it been the net present value of the project was negative, the company would not want to Derrick to pursue this investment opportunity since the decision of the company is based on whether the project's NPV is positive or negative.
d. Would Derrick be inclined to pursue this investment opportunity?
No. The reason is that the simple rate of return of 15% obtained in part b is lower the division’s return on investment (ROI), which has been above 20% each of the last three years.
Pursuing this investment opportunity will therefore reduce the Overall ROI of the division and Derrick will not get annual pay raises if this happens.
Annual demand for a product is 13,000 units; weekly demand is 250 units with a standard deviation of 40 units. The cost of placing an order is $100, and the time from ordering to receipt is four weeks. The annual inventory carrying cost is $0.65 per unit.a. To provide a 98 percent service probability, what must the reorder point be?b. Suppose the production manager is told to reduce the safety stock of this item by 100 units. If this is done, what will the new service probability be?
Answer:
a. Reorder point is 1,164 units to provide a 98 percent service probability.
b. the new service probability will be 79% if production manager reduces the safety stock by 100 units.
Explanation:
a. To provide a 98 percent service probability, what must the reorder point be?
This can be calculated as follows:
Step 1: Calculation of optimal order quantity
The optimal order quantity also known as economic order quantity (EOQ) using the following formula:
[tex]EOQ = \sqrt{\frac{2 *D*O}{C} }[/tex] ........................................... (1)
Where,
EOQ = Optimal order quantity = ?
D = Annual demands = 13,000
O = Ordering cost = $100
C = Carrying cost of annual inventory = $0.65 per unit
Substituting the values into equation (1), we have:
[tex]EOQ = \sqrt{\frac{2*13,000*100}{0.65} }[/tex]
[tex]EOQ = \sqrt{\frac{2,600,000}{0.65} }[/tex]
[tex]EOQ = \sqrt{4,000,000}[/tex]
EOQ = 2,000 units
Step 2: Calculation of standard deviation during the lead time
This can be calculated using the following formula:
[tex]SL = \sqrt{L*(S)^{2} }[/tex] ................................................. (2)
Where;
SL = Standard deviation during the lead time = ?
L = Lead time = 4
S = Standard deviation = 40
Substituting the values into equation (2), we have:
[tex]SL = \sqrt{4 *(40)^{2} }[/tex]
[tex]SL = \sqrt{4*1,600}[/tex]
[tex]SL =\sqrt{6.400}[/tex]
SL = 80
Also, z = 2.05 from the standard normal distribution
Step 3: Calculation of reorder point
Total calculate reorder point, we use the following formula:
R = (d * L) + (z * SL) ............................................ (3)
Where;
R = Reorder point = ?
d = Weekly demand = 250
L = Lead time = 4
z = 2.05
SL = Standard deviation during the lead time = 80
Substituting the values into equation (3), we have:
R = (250 * 4) + (2.05 * 80)
R = 1,000 + 164
R = 1,164 units
Therefore, reorder point is 1,164 units to provide a 98 percent service probability.
b. Suppose the production manager is told to reduce the safety stock of this item by 100 units. If this is done, what will the new service probability be?
ISS = Initial safety stock = z * SL = 2.05 * 80 = 164
If the safety stock is reduced by 100 units, we have:
NSS = New safety stock = ISS - 100 = 164 - 100 = 64
The new z (nz) can be obtained as follows:
NSS = nz * SL ................................................. (4)
Where;
NSS = 64
nz = new z = ?
SL = Standard deviation during the lead time = 80
Substituting the values into equation (4) and solve for nz, we have:
64 = nz * 80
nz = 64 / 80
nz = 0.80
For the new z, nz = 0.80, from Standard Normal distribution, the new service probability is 79%.
Therefore, the new service probability will be 79% if production manager reduces the safety stock by 100 units.
Shares in prince and nice have a beta of 0.9. The expected returns to the market are 10% and the risk free rate of return is 4%. What is the cost of equity capital for prince and nice?
Answer:
9.4%
Explanation:
using the CAPM formula, the cost of equity (Re) is:
Re = Rf + B(Rm - Rf)
Rf = risk free rate = 4%Rm = market risk = 10%B = beta = 0.9Re = 4% x [0.9 x (10% - 4%)] = 4% x (0.9 x 6%) = 4% x 5.4% = 9.4%
The cost of equity (Re) refers to the required rate of return that investors expect to receive from a certain investment, e.g. stocks or any particular project
UPS, a delivery services company, has a beta of , and Wal-Mart has a beta of The risk-free rate of interest is and the market risk premium is %. What is the expected return on a portfolio with 40% of its money in UPS and the balance in Wal-Mart?
The question is incomplete as it does not contain values. The following is the complete question.
UPS, a delivery services company, has a beta of 1.2, and Wal-mart has a beta of 0.8. The risk-free rate of interest is 4% and the market risk premium is 7%. What is the expected return a portfolio with 40% of its money in UPS and the balance in Wal-Mart?
Answer:
The expected return of the portfolio is Portfolio r = 0.1072 or 10.72%
Explanation:
The expected return of a portfolio is the weighted average of the individual stocks' expected returns that form up the portfolio.
The formula for portfolio's expected return is as follows,
Portfolio r = wA * rA + wB * rB + ... + wN * rN
Where,
w is the weight of each stock in the portfolior is the expected return of each stockTo calculate the expected return of the portfolio, we will first calculate the expected return of UPS and Wal Mart using the CAPM equation.
The formula for expected return under CAPM is,
r = rRF + Beta * rpM
Where,
rRF is the risk free raterpM is the risk premium of marketr UPS = 0.04 + 1.2 * 0.07
r UPS = 0.124 or 12.4%
r Wal Mart = 0.04 + 0.8 * 0.07
r Wal Mart = 0.096 or 9.6%
Portfolio r = 0.4 * 0.124 + 0.6 * 0.096
Portfolio r = 0.1072 or 10.72%
Beyer Company is considering the purchase of an asset for $190,000. It is expected to produce the following net cash flows. The cash flows occur evenly within each year.
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Total
Net cash flows $50,000 $31,000 $60,000 $140,000 $30,000 $311,000
Compute the payback period for this investment.
Answer:
Pay back period =3 years 4 months
Explanation:
The payback period is the estimated length of time it takes cash inflow from a project to recoup the cash outflow.
The payback period uses cash flows and not profit.
The payback period can be determined by accumulation the cash inflow consecutively to ascertain the length of time it will take the sum to equate the initial cost.
This will be done as follows:
The sum of the cash in flows for the first three years would equal
50,000 + $31,000 + $60,000 = 141,000
The balance required to equate 190,000 would be
balance = 190,000 - 140,000 = 50,000
Pay back period = 3 years + (50,000/140,000)× 12 months
= 3 years 4 months
Pay back period =3 years 4 months
You, as the team leader, were not aware of the concerns of the Marketing Department, although certain members of your team have known about the concerns for some time. Which symptom of Groupthink (Irving Janis) may your team be displaying
Answer:
Self-Appointed Mindguards
Explanation:
This is an incomplete information
Irving Janis identified eight symptoms of Groupthink: Illusion of Invulnerability, Belief of Inherent Morality of the Group, Collective Rationalization, Out-group Stereotypes, Self-Censorship, Illusion of Unanimity, Direct Pressure on Dissenters, and Self-Appointed Mindguards. You are leading a Decision Making Team and suspect that your team may be suffering from Groupthink. Identify which symptom your team may be displaying.Group of answer choices Self-Appointed Mindguards. Belief in Inherent Morality of the Group. Illusion of Unanimity. Self-Censorship.
The self-appointed mind guards refer to the actions where the company or community members or both secure their group that contains the contradicting views and decisions
here, in the given situation, as a team leader, you dont know the concerns but your team is known about the concerns
So this symptom reflects the self-appointed mind guards
Identify whether each example in the following table belongs in M1, M2, or both.
Example M1 M2
Juanita has $8,000 in a six-month certificate of deposit (CD).
Charles has a $10 bill in his wallet.
Gilberto has $3,000 in a savings account.
Answer:
Juanita has $8,000 in a six-month certificate of deposit (CD)
Conclusion: M2
Charles has a $10 bill in his wallet.
Conclusion: M1
Gilberto has $3,000 in a savings
Conclusion: M2
Definition of Terms
M1 money supply are those monies that are liquid such as cash and demand deposits.
M2 money supply are less liquid in nature and includes M1 + savings and time deposits, certificates of deposits, and money market funds.
The total factory overhead for Bardot Marine Company is budgeted for the year at $600,000 divided into two departments: Fabrication, $420,000, and Assembly, $180,000. Bardot Marine manufactures two types of boats: speedboats and bass boats. The speedboats require 8 direct labor hours in Fabrication and 4 direct labor hours in Assembly. The bass boats require 4 direct labor hours in Fabrication and 8 direct labor hours in Assembly. Each product is budgeted for 250 units of production for the year.Required:a. Determine the total number of budgeted direct labor hours for the year in each department.b. Determine the departmental factory overhead rates for both departments.c. Determine the factory overhead allocated per unit for each product using the department factory overhead allocation rates.
Answer:
Fabrication, $420,000 / 3,000 = $140 per hour
Assembly, $180,000 / 3,000 = $60 per hour
speedboats
8 direct labor hours in Fabrication x 250 = 2,000 hours4 direct labor hours in Assembly x 250 = 1,000 hoursbass boats
4 direct labor hours in Fabrication x 250 = 1,000 hours8 direct labor hours in Assembly x 250 = 2,000 hoursa. Determine the total number of budgeted direct labor hours for the year in each department.
3,000 labor hours in Fabrication and 3,000 labor hours in Assembly
b. Determine the departmental factory overhead rates for both departments.
Fabrication = $140 per hour
Assembly = $60 per hour
c. Determine the factory overhead allocated per unit for each product using the department factory overhead allocation rates.
speedboats
Fabrication $1,120Assembly $240bass boats
Fabrication $560Assembly $480Which of the following statements accurately brings out the difference between technology enthusiasts and early adopters?
A. While the customer segment in the introduction stage consists of early adopters, the customers entering the market in the growth stage are technology enthusiasts.
B. Unlike technology enthusiasts, early adopters' demand is fueled more by intuition and vision rather than technology concerns.
C. While early adopters make up the smallest market segment, technology enthusiasts make up the mass market.
D. Firms need to communicate products' potential applications in a more direct way when attracting technology enthusiasts rather than early adopters.
Answer:
B. Unlike technology enthusiasts, early adopters' demand is fueled more by intuition and vision rather than technology concerns.
Explanation:
When a company is growing it attracts various types of customers that patronise their products.
The technology enthusiasts are those ones that will test a beta version of a product and make technological recommendations. They have passion for testing latest gadgets and have more knowledge of the product than the average customer.
Early adopters are those that adopt a product before most other people. They are less concerned with technology concerns, but rather are visionary.
They focus on the potential of a product and therefore promote it to other users. A trait of early adopter is that they want to stay ahead of the trend so they seek out new products.
Which of the following is not a recommended guideline for designing and administering a compensation and reward system that will truly motivate organization members, inspire their best efforts, and sustain high levels of productivity?
A. Make the performance payoff a major, not minor, piece of the total compensation package
B. Keep the time between achieving the target performance outcome and the payment of the reward as short as possible
C. Maintain a 50-50 balance between monetary and non-monetary rewards and a 50-50 balance between positive and negative incentives
D. Make sure that the performance targets that each individual or team is expected to achieve involve outcomes that the individual or team can personally affect
E. Absolutely avoid skirting the system to find ways to reward effort rather than results
Answer: C. Maintain a 50-50 balance between monetary and non-monetary rewards and a 50-50 balance between positive and negative incentives.
Explanation:
Employees generally prefer to be paid for their hardwork and so would prefer that their rewards are more monetary in nature than not. As good as non-monetary rewards are, they should not be on equal footing with monetary rewards. If they are, it could demotivate employees who will feel they are not getting paid their fair share.
Negative incentives get the job done but more often than not fail to positively motivate employees in such a way that they will bring out their best efforts. Negative incentives are more like punishments or the threat of them and so if they are on equal footing with positive investments, organization members will not be as motivated.
[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] On April 1, 2016, Cyclone's Backhoe Co. purchases a trencher for $318,000. The machine is expected to last five years and have a salvage value of $59,000. Compute depreciation expense for both years ending December 2016 and 2017 assuming the company uses the double-declining-balance method. (Enter all amounts positive values.)
Answer:
2016= Annual depreciation= $77,700
2017= Annual depreciation= $75,620
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Purchase price= $318,000.
Useful life= 5 years
Salvage value= $59,000
To calculate the depreciation expense, we need to use the following formula:
Annual depreciation= 2*[(book value)/estimated life (years)]
Annual depreciation= 2*[(318,000 - 59,000)/5]= 103,600
2016:
Annual depreciation= (103,600/12)*9= 77,700
2017:
Annual depreciation= [(259,000 - 77,700)/5]*2= 75,620
Hillsong Inc. manufactures snowsuits. Hillsong is considering purchasing a new sewing machine at a cost of $2.45 million. Its existing machine was purchased five years ago at a price of $1.8 million; six months ago, Hillsong spent $55,000 to keep it operational. The existing sewing machine can be sold today for $250,000. The new sewing machine would require a one-time, $85,000 training cost. Operating costs would decrease by the following amounts for years 1 to 7:
Year 1 $390,000
2 400,000
3 411,000
4 426,000
5 434,000
6 435,000
7 436,000
The new sewing machine would be depreciated according to the declining-balance method at a rate of 20%. The salvage value is expected to be $400,000. This new equipment would require maintenance costs of $100,000 at the end of the fifth year. The cost of capital is 9%.
Instructions
Use the net present value method to determine whether Hillsong should purchase the new machine to replace the existing machine, and state the reason for your conclus
Answer:
NPV = 37,599 Negative
Explanation:
We can calculate the NPV of the new sewing machine by deducting the Present value of future cash inflows by Investment
Initial investment = Machine cost + Training cost - Salvage value
Initial investment = 2,450,000 + 85,000 - 250,000
Initial investment = 2,285,000
Year DF(9%) Present Value
1 Cash inflow 390,000 x 0.917 $357,798
2 Cash inflow 400,000 x 0.842 $336,672
3 Cash inflow 411,000 x 0.772 $317,367
4 Cash inflow 426,000 x 0.708 $301,789
5 Cash inflow 334,100 x 0.650 $217,077 (434,100 - 100,000)
6 Cash inflow 435,000 x 0.596 $259,376
7 Cash inflow 436,000 x 0.547 $238,507
7 Salvage value 400,000 x 0.547 $218,814
Present Value of cash inflow $2,247,401
Initial investment $2,285,000
NPV ($2,247,401 - $2,285,000) (37,599)
Conclusion: Hillsong should not purchase the new machine as the NPV of the machine is negative
he management accountant for Giada's Book Store has prepared the following income statement for the most current year: Cookbook Travel Book Classics Total Sales $68,000 $126,000 $53,000 $247,000 Cost of goods sold 40,000 66,000 21,000 127,000 Contribution margin 28,000 60,000 32,000 120,000 Order and delivery processing 21,000 24,000 11,000 56,000 Rent (per sq. foot used) 2,000 5,000 4,000 11,000 Allocated corporate costs 8,000 8,000 8,000 24,000 Corporate profit $ (3,000) $23,000 $9,000 $29,000 If the cookbook product line had been discontinued prior to this year, the company would have reported ________.
Answer:
Giada's Book Store
The company would have reported a total profit of $19,000, which is $10,000 less.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Income statement for the most current year:
Cookbook Travel Book Classics Total
Sales $68,000 $126,000 $53,000 $247,000
Cost of goods sold 40,000 66,000 21,000 127,000
Contribution margin 28,000 60,000 32,000 120,000
Order and delivery processing 21,000 24,000 11,000 56,000
Rent (per sq. foot used) 2,000 5,000 4,000 11,000
Allocated corporate costs 8,000 8,000 8,000 24,000 Corporate profit $ (3,000) $23,000 $9,000 $29,000
Corporate profit = $29,000
less allocated cookbook costs 10,000
Adjusted corporate profit = $19,000
b) Discontinuing the Cookbook product line would have eliminated the contribution the product line makes to defraying Rent and Allocated Corporate costs totalling $10,000 unless the Rental space was a variable cost.
If the capital stock is fixed and something happens to raise the marginal product of capital for any given quantity of capital, then the real rental price of capital will:
Answer: B) rise
Explanation:
The real rental price of capital refers to the cost of borrowing capital which is the interest payment on the capital less the capital gains made. As a result it is equal to the marginal product of capital which shows how much extra, a unit of capital enables the entity to produce.
Therefore, if marginal product of capital rises, as is the case in the question, so will the real rental price of capital.
Sea Blue manufactures flotation vests in Charleston, South Carolina. Sea Blue's contribution margin income statement for the month ended December 31, 2018, contains the following data:
Sea Blue
Income Statement
For the Month Ended December 31, 2018
Sales in Units 32,000
Net Sales Revenue $608,000
Variable Costs:
Manufacturing 96,000
Selling and Administrative 108,000
Total Variable Costs 204,000
Contribution Margin 404,000
Fixed Costs:
Manufacturing 124,000
Selling and Administrative 94,000
Total Fixed Costs 218,000
Operating Income $186,000
Suppose Overboard wishes to buy 4,600 vests from Sea Blue. Sea Blue will not incur any variable selling and administrative expenses on the special order. The Sea Blue plant has enough unused capacity to manufacture the additional vests. Overboard has offered $15 per vest, which is below the normal sales price of $19.
1. Identify each cost in the income statement as either relevant or irrelevant to Sea Blue's decision.
a. Variable Manufacturing Costs
b. Variable Selling and Administrative Costs
c. Fixed Manufacturing Costs
d. Fixed Selling and Administrative Costs
2. Prepare a differential analysis to determine whether Sea Blue should accept this special sales order.
3. Identify long-term factors Sea Blue should consider in deciding whether to accept the special sales order. In addition to determining the special order's effect on operating profits, Sea Blue's managers also should consider the following:
A. Will Sea Blue's other customers find out about the lower sale price Sea Blue accepted from Overboard? If so, will these other customers demand lower sale prices?
B. Will the special order customer come back again and again, asking for the same reduced price?
C. How will Sea Blue's competitors react? Will they retaliate by cutting their prices and starting a price war?
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer:
1. Variable Cost
Manufacturing 96,000 ( Relevent )
Selling and administrative 108,000 ( Irrelevent )
Fixed Cost
Manufacturing 124,000 ( Irrelevent )
Selling and administrative 94,000 (Irrelevent )
2. $55,200
3. A. If the regular customer found out about this order and will demand a lower price?
B. Will this order customer come back again and again asking the same reducted price?
C. Will this order price will start a price war with the competitors?
Explanation:
1. Calculation to Identify each cost in the income statement as either relevant or irrelevant to Sea Blue's decision.
Variable Cost
Manufacturing 96,000 ( Relevent )
Selling and administrative 108,000 ( Irrelevent )
Fixed Cost
Manufacturing 124,000 ( Irrelevent )
Selling and administrative 94,000 (Irrelevent )
2. Preparation of a differential analysis to determine whether Sea Blue should accept this special sales order.
Differential analysis
Expected increase in income in revenue
( 4,600 vest * $15 per vest ) 69,000
Less :Expected increase in Variable manufacturing
( 4,600 vest * $3 per vest) (13,800)
=$55,200
Variable manufacturing cost of $96,000 / divide by 32,000 units will give us $3
Based on the above calculation Sea blue should accept this order reason been that the order will increase their operating income by the amount of $55,200.
3. The manager of Sea blue should know that the sale might affect their regular sale in long run.
Therefore In addition to determining the special order's effect on operating profits, Sea Blue's managers also should consider:
A. If the regular customer found out about this order and will demand a lower price?
B. Will this order customer come back again and again asking the same reducted price?
C. Will this order price will start a price war with the competitors?
P&G's Vocalpoint is a group built on the premise that highly engaged individuals do not want to be bothered with learning about products.
a) true
b) false
Answer:
False
Explanation:
P&G Vocalpoint is an initiative by Procter and Gamble to promote their products through word of mouth.
In 2001 through it division Tremor 225,000 teenagers were recruited to create awareness on new products.
In December 2005, 600,000 influential mom's were recruited to promote products through word of mouth. The initiative was called Vocalpoint.
So the statement - P&G's Vocalpoint is a group built on the premise that highly engaged individuals do not want to be bothered with learning about products.
Is false
Conclusions and recommendations are the most widely read sections of any report. Conclusions summarize a nd explain your findings and are the heart of your report. The ability to draw sound conclusions and make clear recommendations from your research is crucial to business success.
When drawing conclusions, make sure you________.
Consider the scenario:
You are making recommendations after researching and writing a report on employee vacation time and job satisfaction. What writing tips should you keep in mind when writing your recommendations?
A. Your recommendations should always be the result of prior logical analysis.
B. Your recommendations should never be in the form of a command.
C. You can combine recommendations and conclusions.
D. You should use words such as maybe and perhaps.
E. You can omit conclusions and move straight to recommendations in short reports.
Answer:
a. When drawing conclusions, make sure you summarize and explain your findings.
b. Tips for writing recommendations:
A. Your recommendations should always be the result of prior logical analysis.
B. Your recommendations should never be in the form of a command.
Explanation:
A good conclusion touches the theme or main topic, summarizes the main points, and connects with the introduction, but with a sense of closure. Conclusions should be sound and logical. Irrelevant conclusions are annoying to the senses. Without a conclusion, the report will sound like one illogical move without clear direction and purpose.
Recommendations should address improvement efforts based on the problem(s) presented in the body of the report.
For the following investments, identify whether they are: Trading debt securities. Available-for-sale debt securities. Held-to-maturity debt securities. None of the above. Each case is independent of the other.
(a) A bond that will mature in 4 years was bought 1 month ago when the price dropped. As soon as the value increases, which is expected next month, it will be sold.
(b) 10% of the outstanding stock of Farm-Co was purchased. The company is planning on eventually getting a total of 30% of its outstanding stock.
(c) Bonds were purchased in December of this year. The bonds are expected to be sold in January of next year.
(d) Bonds that will mature in 5 years are purchased. The company would like to hold them until they mature, but money has been tight recently and they may need to be sold.
(e) Preferred stock was purchased for its constant dividend. The company is planning to hold the preferred stock for a long time.
(f) A bond that matures in 10 years was purchased. The company is investing money set aside for an expansion project planned 10 years from now.
Answer:
(a) A bond that will mature in 4 years was bought 1 month ago when the price dropped. As soon as the value increases, which is expected next month, it will be sold. - Trading Debt Securities
Trading debt securities such as these are held only for a short time before they are sold with the goal being short term profit.
(b) 10% of the outstanding stock of Farm-Co was purchased. The company is planning on eventually getting a total of 30% of its outstanding stock. - None of the Above
This is an Equity Investment.
(c) Bonds were purchased in December of this year. The bonds are expected to be sold in January of next year. - Trading Debt Securities
Like the bond in (a), this is being held for a short while only and then it will be sold so it is a Trading debt security.
(d) Bonds that will mature in 5 years are purchased. The company would like to hold them until they mature, but money has been tight recently and they may need to be sold. - Available-for-sale debt securities
Available for sale debt securities are to be sold before maturity and therefore have no certain selling time. The bond above has no selling time as it might be sold at any point so it is an Available-for-sale debt security.
(e) Preferred stock was purchased for its constant dividend. The company is planning to hold the preferred stock for a long time. - None of the above.
This is an Equity investment as well.
(f) A bond that matures in 10 years was purchased. The company is investing money set aside for an expansion project planned 10 years from now. - Held-to-maturity debt securities.
Held to Maturity bonds are bought with no intention of selling and the company hopes to hold them till they mature like this bond which will be held for 10 years.
Skysong, Inc. reports the following liabilities (in thousands) on its December 31, 2020, balance sheet and notes to the financial statements. Accounts payable $4,392.0 Mortgage payable $6,845.0 Unearned rent revenue 1,650.0 Notes payable (due in 2023) 351.0 Bonds payable 2,003.0 Salaries and wages payable 651.0 Current portion of mortgage payable 2,228.0 Notes payable (due in 2021) 2,584.0 Prepare the liabilities section of Skysong’s balance sheet as at December 31, 2020.
Answer:
Skysong, Inc.
Liabilities section
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $4,392Salaries and wages payable $651Unearned rent revenue $1,650Mortgage payable $2,228Notes payable $2,584Total current liabilities $11,505Long term liabilities:
Mortgage payable $4,617 Notes payable (due in 2023) $351Bonds payable $2,003Total long term liabilities $6,971Total liabilities: $18,476
Cullumber Company incurs these expenditures in purchasing a truck: cash price $26,070, accident insurance (during use) $1,780, sales taxes $1,550, motor vehicle license $320, and painting and lettering $2,050.Required:What is the cost of the truck?
Answer:
$29,720
Explanation:
Calculation for the cost of the truck of Cullumber Company
COST OF TRUCK
Purchase Price $26,070
Sales tax $1,550
Insurance during shipping $1,780
Motor vehicle license $320
Total Cost of Truck $29,720
Therefore the cost of the truck for Cullumber Company will be $29,720
The FREC is investigating a claim by a buyer that the broker had not given the proper disclosure to the buyer before the buyer purchased a home. The broker has paperwork dating back three years from the date of the signing of the document in question, and one year after the legal action of the case. Is the broker protected?
Answer:
No
Explanation:
The Florida Real Estate Commission was constituted in 1926. Members are appointed by the Governor.
The aim of FREC is to protect ye public from bad practices by brokers. They have the authority to impose disciplinary action on lisensees.
According to requirement of the FREC the broker is required to keep records of transactions 5 years after the transaction occurred and 2 years after any legal action.
In this case the broker kept his records 3 years after the transaction and 1 year after legal action.
So he is not protected from disciplinary action by the FREC
Three grams of musk oil are required for each bottle of Mink Caress, a very popular perfume made by a small company in western Siberia. The cost of the musk oil is $2.20 per gram. Budgeted production of Mink Caress is given below by quarters for Year 2 and for the first quarter of Year 3:Budget Production, in bottlesYear 2:First 72,000Second 102,000Third 162,000Fourth: 112,000Year 3:First 82,000Musk oil has become so popular as a perfume ingredient that it has become necessary to carry large inventories as a precaution against stock-outs. For this reason, the inventory of musk oil at the end of a quarter must be equal to 20% of the following quarter’s production needs. Some 43,200 grams of musk oil will be on hand to start the first quarter of Year 2.Required:
Prepare a direct materials budget for musk oil, by quarter and in total, for Year 2. (Round "Unit cost of raw materials" answers to 2 decimal places.)
Answer:
Since there is not enough room here, I used an excel spreadsheet and attached it.
Explanation:
Year 2 Year 3
First Second Third Fourth First
Budgeted prod. 72,000 102,000 162,000 112,000 82,000
in bottles
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?
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
