Answer:
equal to one.
Explanation:
Systemic risk are risk that are inherent in the economy. They cannot be diversified away. They are also known as market risk. examples of this risk include recession, inflation, and high interest rates. Investors should seek compensation for systemic risk. Systemic risk is measured by beta. The higher beta is, the higher the systemic risk and the higher the compensation demanded for by investors
The market has a beta of one. If a portfolio has the same level of systematic risk that is the same as that of the market, its beta would be equal to 1.
If the portfolio is less risky than the market, its beta would be less than one
If the portfolio is more risky than the market, its beta would be greater than one
To decrease the money supply, the Federal Reserve could a. decrease the required reserve ratio. b. conduct an open market purchase of U.S. Treasury securities. c. increase the discount rate. d. forbid the reselling of U.S. Treasury securities.
Answer: c. increase the discount rate.
Explanation:
The discount rate of a country is the rate at which the central bank in that country loans money out to the financial institutions.
When this rate is low, more financial institutions will borrow money as opposed to when it is high. Banks borrowing money increases the money supply in the economy so if the Federal Reserve wants to reduce money supply, it should increase the discount rate which would dissuade banks from borrowing from the Fed thereby limiting money supply.
For each of the following products and services, indicate whether it is more likely produced in a process operation or in a job order operation.
1. Beach towels
2. Bolts and nuts
3. Lawn chairs
4. Headphones
5. Designed patio
6. Door hardware
7. Cut flower arrangements
8. House paints
9. Concrete swimming pools
10. Custom tailored dresses
11. Grand pianos
12. Table lamps
Answer:
S/n Product and services Indication
1 Beach towels Process operation
2 Bolts and nuts Process operation
3 Lawn chairs Process operation
4 Headphones Process operation
5 Designed patio Job order operation
6 Door hardware Process operation
7 Cut flower arrangements Job order operation
8 House paints Process operation
9 Concrete swimming pools Job order operation
10 Custom tailored dresses Job order operation
11 Grand pianos Job order operation
12 Table lamps Process operation
DEFINITION TERM 1. Investments in debt securities that are not held-to-maturity or trading. 2. Investments in debt securities that are actively traded. 3. Investments in debt securities intended to be held until maturity. 4. Investments in equity securities with significant influence.
Answer:
1. Available-for-sale securities.
2. Trading.
3. Held-to-maturity.
4. Significant influence.
Explanation:
An investment can be defined as the acquisition of fixed capital assets, items or goods for the sole purpose of generating income in the future. The goal of all investors is to purchase assets or properties that would appreciate over time i.e an increase the value of the assets compared to when it was acquired.
The various types of an investment include the following;
1. Available-for-sale securities: investments in debt securities that are not held-to-maturity or trading.
2. Trading: investments in debt securities that are actively traded. This type of debt securities are usually reported as current assets.
3. Held-to-maturity: investments in debt securities intended to be held until maturity. Depending on the maturity of the debt securities, held-to-maturity securities are reported in long-term or current assets.
4. Significant influence: investments in equity securities with significant influence.
A natural monopoly arises whenA. a single firm aggressively forces other competitors to exit and industry.B. a single firm has a monopoly over natural resources.C. two firms merge into a single firm in order to capture more of the market.D. a single firm can produce more cheaply than multiple firms due to a downward-sloping average total cost curve.
Answer:
D
Explanation:
A monopoly is when there is only one firm operating in an industry. there are usually high barriers to entry of firms. the demand curve is downward sloping. it sets the price for its goods and services.
An example of a monopoly is a utility company
A natural monopoly occurs due to the high start-up costs or a large economies of scale.
Natural monopolies are usually the only company providing a service in a particular region
Characteristics of natural monopolies
they have a large fixed cost The firms have a low marginal costThey occur naturally through the free market. It does not occur by government regulation or any other forceTwo years ago, Global Airlines sold a $250 million bond issue to finance the purchase of new jet airliners. These bonds were issued in at par value with an original maturity of 12 years and a coupon rate of 12%. Determine the value today of one of these bonds to an investor who requires a 14% rate of return on these securities. Is it a discount or premium bond and why
Answer:
$897
Explanation:
Calculation to determine the value today
Using Financial calculator to determine the Present value (PV)
N = (12- 2) = 10 years
I = 14%
PMT =12%*1,000=120
FV = $1000
PV=?
Hence;
PV = $896.68
PV=$897 (Approximately)
Therefore the value today is $897
Llewelyn Company purchased 1,000 shares of its own $10 par value common stock when the market price of the stock was $36 per share. What journal entries would be used to record the purchase of treasury stock?
Answer: Increase the treasury stock account and decrease the cash account by $36,000.
Explanation:
The journal entries that would be used to record the purchase of treasury stock will be to increase the treasury stock account and decrease the cash account by $36,000.
Note that the $36000 was calculated as:
= 1,000 shares × $36 per share
= $36,000
Cross-training occurs: Group of answer choices when employers need to enhance the effectiveness of training by reducing employees' job duties. when e-learning is used as the primary mode for delivering the content of a training program. when the training takes place outside the employing organization. when people are trained to do more than one job.
Answer:
When people are trained to do more than one job
Explanation:
Cross-training
This is simply defined as a type of training usually in diverse areas so as to improve the overall performance
It uses the good qualities or effectiveness of each training method and combining them to remove the limitations of each method.The origin of cross-training is the said to be triathlon which came about in the 1970s.
Its aims specifically is to combine exercise in which five components of fitness cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, body composition.
Cross training uses more than one type of training such as
•Fartlek training on Tuesdays
• Circuit training on Thursdays
• Weight training on Saturdays
Advantages of Cross training
1. It is very good if an individual is involved.
2. It has more than one activity
3. It is an activity that is made up of different types of events etc.
A corporate bond with a 6% coupon (paid semiannually) has a yield to maturity of 7.5%. The bond matures in 20 years but is callable at $1050 in ten years. The maturity value is par. Calculate the bond’s yield to call. % terms w/o $ sign. (HINT: Find the current price and then solve for YTC.)
Answer:
Yield to Call = 8.66%
Explanation:
The computation of the yield to call is shown below:
First determine Current Price of Bond,
PV = [FV = 1,000, PMT = 30, N = 40, I = 0.075 ÷2]
PV = $845.87
Callable Price = $1,050
Now
Calculating Yield to Call,
I = [PV = -845.87, FV = 1,050, N = 20, PMT = 30]
I = 8.66%
Yield to Call = 8.66%
Management at Bank ABC is attempting to determine which types of instruments to use for risk management. When comparing exchange-traded instruments to over-the-counter (OTC) instruments, which characteristic should the bank associate with exchange-traded instruments
Answer:
Options and Swaps.
Explanation:
Hedging is the process of offsetting risk associated with an asset by taking an opposite position in an underlying asset. The hedging may be profitable or it may be in no loss situation. The most common method of hedging is use of derivatives. It is used to minimize foreign exchange and interest rate movement risks. The few common derivatives are futures, swaps and options.
Maximum diversification benefit can be achieved if one were to form a portfolio of two stocks whose returns had a correlation coefficient of:
Answer:
-1.0
Explanation:
Diversification in a portfolio can be regarded as spreading of investments by investors so that risk can be minimized. The correlation coefficient "r" that exist between two securities allows us to know how return that's gotten from one security is related to returns from another security. For instance, it is possible for two securities within same sector to move in the same direction, i.e it is possible to be positively correlated, in this sense when price of one goes up , the other price also goes up this might not be with the same margin.
As regards negative correlation, there is movement of security returns in opposite directions, in this sense there is least relationship between the securities. Hence with r= 1 there is movement of the two stocks in opposite direction hence Maximum diversification.
It should be noted that Maximum diversification benefit can be achieved if one were to form a portfolio of two stocks whose returns had a correlation coefficient of -1.0
Skysong Industries borrows $22000 at 5% annual interest for six months on October 1, 2022. Which is the appropriate entry to accrue interest if Skysong employs a December 31, 2022, fiscal year?
Answer and Explanation:
The journal entry is shown below:
Interest Expense [$22,000 × 5% × 3 ÷ 12] $275
To Interest payable $275
[Being accrued interest expense is recorded]
Here interest expense is debited as it increased the expense and credited the interest payable as it also increased the liability
A French family flies from Paris, France to New York City where they have a brief layover before flying to Montreal, Canada. While in New York the family has a $25 dollar lunch at a hot dog stand near Time Square. How does this lunch contribute to U.S. GDP?
a. U.S. GDP remains unchanged, but French GDP increases by 22 Euros ($25 U.S.).
b. GDP decreases by $25
c. GDP increases by $25
d. GDP does not change since the family is not from the U.S.
Answer:
C
Explanation:
Gross domestic product is the total sum of final goods and services produced in an economy within a given period which is usually a year
GDP calculated using the expenditure approach = Consumption spending by households + Investment spending by businesses + Government spending + Net export
Consumption spending includes spending by households on goods and services. Consumption spending includes :
spending on durables - e.g. buying a laptop
spending on nondurables - e.g. buying clothes, food
spending on services - e.g. payment of hospital bill
the purchase of a textbook by a student is an example of consumption spending on durable goods
Investment - It includes purchases of goods and services made by businesses in the production of goods and services
Government spending - It includes government consumption expenditure and gross investment. The purchase of a new limousine for the president is an example of consumption expenditure
Net export = export - import
the purchase of hotdog constitutes consumption of non durable goods and this would increase US GDP by $25
There is no toll charge to drive on freeway A. If there is freeway congestion at 9 a.m., there will be greater freeway congestion at 11 a.m. if _______.
1. more people carpool at 11 a.m. than at 9 a.m.
2. none of these options.
3. the demand to drive on the freeway is the same at both times.
4. the demand to drive on the freeway at 9 a.m. is greater than the demand to drive on the freeway at 11 a.m.
5. the demand to drive on the freeway at 11 a.m. is greater than the demand to drive on the freeway at 9 a.m.
Answer:
5
Explanation:
If there is greater freeway congestion at 11 a.m than at 9am, it means that more people are using the road at 11am compared to 9am. This means that the demand to drive on the freeway at 11 a.m. is greater than the demand to drive on the freeway at 9 a.m.
If more people carpool at 11 a.m. than at 9 a.m, there would be less cars on the road at 11am. this would make the freeway less congested at 11am when compared to 9am
Suppose velocity is constant, but real GDP is not independent of the money supply. If this is the case, a 10 percent increase in the money supply will:
Answer: d. have an unpredictable effect on inflation.
Explanation:
Changes in money supply affect inflation with an increase in money supply causing inflation to rise and a decrease calling inflation to fall. Real GDP is supposed to be independent of the money supply as it is not meant to be affected by inflation.
If a situation arises where real GDP is not actually independent of the money supply then that means that it is not independent of inflation either. Should the money supply therefore rise, the effect on the prices of goods and services (real GDP) in the economy will be unpredictable as it might go either way.
Consider the following projects. Project CO C1 C2 СЗ C4 C5 A -1,000 +1,000 0 0 0 10 B -2,000 |+1,000 |+1,000 +4,000 +1,000 +1,000 C -3,000 |+1,000 |+1,000 0 +1,000 +1,000 Assume that this firm's beta= 1.5 The expected market return is 12%. The risk free rate is 2.5%. This company can borrow debt at 5.2%. The firm has $5 billion in debt. It has 6 billion shares outstanding at $3 price/shr. The corporate tax rate (Tc) = 21% Question: What is the NPV of project B?a) $3,458
b) -$128
c) -$122
d) $2,158
Answer:
a) $3,458
Explanation:
The net present value is the present value of future cash flows discounted at the firm's weighted average cost of capital(which is the appropriate discount rate in this case) minus the initial investment outlay
cost of equity=risk-free rate+beta*(expected market return-risk free rate)
cost of equity=2.5%+1.5*(12%-2.5%)
cost of equity=16.75%
after-tax cost of debt=5.2%*(1-21%)
after-tax cost of debt=4.11%
WACC=(weight of equity*cost of equity)+(weight of debt*after-tax cost of debt)
weight of equity=value of equity/(value of equity+value of debt)
value of equity=6 billion*$3=$18 billion
value of debt=$5 billion
weight of equity=$18 billion/($18 billion+$5 billion)
weight of equity=78.26%
weight of debt=1-78.26%
weight of debt=21.74%
WACC=(78.26%*16.75%)+(21.74%*4.11%)
WACC=14.00%
present value of a future cash flow=future cash flow/(1+WACC)^n
n is the year in which the cash flow is expected, it is 1 for year 1 cash flow, 2 for year 2 cash flow ,and so on
NPV of project B=1000/(1+14%)^1+1000/(1+14%)^2++4000/(1+14%)^3+1000/(1+14%)^4+1000/(1+14%)^5-2000
NPV of project B=$ 3,458.00
If 2,500 units are produced, the total amount of indirect manufacturing cost incurred is closest to:
Answer: $14,550
Explanation:
Within a certain activity range, the fixed cost remains the same so in this activity range of $2,200 to $5,000, the fixed overhead cost will remain the same:
= 3 * 3,600 units
= $10,800
Variable overhead costs will vary by units:
= 2,500 * 1.50
= $3,750
Total cost = 10,800 + 3,750
= $14,550
In the information age, the obligations that individuals and organizations have concerning rights to intellectual property fall within the moral dimension of: __________
a) property rights and obligations.
b) accountability and control.
c) quality of life.
d) information rights and obligations.
e) system quality.
Answer:
a) property rights and obligations.
Explanation:
In the case of the information age, the liabilities at which the individuals and the organizations would be concerned related to the intellectual property could decline that lies with the moral dimension of the property rights and its liability as the intellectual property includes the property rights
SO as per the given situation, the option a is correct
Rocky Guide Service provides guided 1–5 day hiking tours throughout the Rocky Mountains. Wilderness Tours hires Rocky to lead various tours that Wilderness sells. Rocky receives $1,600 per tour day, and shortly after the end of each month Rocky learns whether it will receive a $160 bonus per tour day it guided during the previous month if its service during that month received an average evaluation of "excellent" by Wilderness customers. The $1,600 per day and any bonus due are paid in one lump payment shortly after the end of each month.
On July 1, based on prior experience, Rocky estimated there is a 40% chance it will earn the bonus for July tours. It guided a total of 10 days from July 1–July 15.
On July 16, based on Rocky’s view that it had provided excellent service during the first part of the month, Rocky revised its estimate to an 90% chance it would earn the bonus for July tours. Rocky also guided customers for 15 days from July 16–July 31.
On August 5 Rocky learned it did not receive an average evaluation of "excellent" for its July tours, so it would not receive any bonus for July, and received all payment due for the July tours.
Rocky bases estimates of variable consideration on the expected value it expects to receive.
Required:
Prepare the journal entries to record the transactions above.
Answer:
Please find the complete question in the attached file.
Explanation:
Rocky believed there would be a [tex]30\%[/tex] possibility of a July bonus for touring, i.e [tex]< 50\%[/tex], from July 1-July 15 (10 days)-. Therefore no bonus can be calculated as [tex]\$2,400[/tex] / day trip \times 10 days =[tex]\$2,400[/tex] throughout this duration.
The expected 15-day revenues from 16th July – 31st July may well be calculated as [tex]\$2,400 \times 15 \ days = \$36.000.[/tex] Rocky calculated that it would get the bonus [tex]80\%[/tex] of the time. Estimates a [tex]\$240/day\ bonus \times (10\ days + 15\ days) = \$6,000[/tex]
At year-end, Barr Co. had shipped $12,500 of merchandise FOB destination to Lee Co. Which company should include the $12,500 of merchandise in transit as part of its year-end inventory?
Answer: Barr Co.
Explanation:
Merchandise in transit refers to the merchandise which has already left the seller's shipping dock but hasn't gotten to the buyer's shipping dock.
In this case, since Barr Co. shipped the $12,500 of merchandise FOB destination to Lee Co and the goods have gotten to Lee Co, the company that they should include the $12,500 of merchandise in transit as part of its year-end inventory is Barr Co.
which one between vodacom and mtn can be considered as price leader in south africa ?
Explanation:
Vodacom, it's one of the most popular everywhere
Specter Co. has identified an investment project with the following cash flows. Year Cash Flow 1 $ 810 2 1,110 3 1,370 4 1,500 a. If the discount rate is 11 percent, what is the present value of these cash flows
Answer:
3620.46
Explanation:
Use basic principles to find the present value of a cash flow
PV(1+i)ⁿ=CF
CF*(1+i)⁻ⁿ=PV
so we would have
[tex]810(1+.11)^{-1}+1110*1.11^{-2}+1370*1.11^{-3}+1500*1.11^{-4}=[/tex]3620.459284
which rounds to 3620.46
Barraza Corporation uses a weighted-average process costing system. Barraza has two direct materials. One of these materials is added at the beginning of the production process. The other material is added when processing is 50% complete. When will the equivalent units of production for these two materials be equal?
A. when processing on beginning work in process is less than 50% complete at the start of the period.B. when processing on beginning work in process is more than 50% complete at the start of the period.C. when processing on ending work in process is over 50% complete.D. when processing on ending work in process is less than 50% complete.
Answer:
Barraza Corporation
The equivalent units of production for these two materials will be equal when:
C. when processing on ending work in process is over 50% complete.
Explanation:
The reason for this option is that one of the two materials is added at the beginning of the production process, and the other is added when processing has reached 50% completion. Therefore, their equivalent units will become equal when processing on ending work in process is over 50% complete. By that time, 100% of each material would have been added.
valued at $850,000 by a real estate expert. The president of the company is questioning the accuracy of the firm’s latest balance sheet because it shows a book value of $550,000 for the building. How would you explain this situation to the president
Question Completion:
A building owned by Hopewell Company was recently valued at $850,000 by a real estate expert.
Answer:
Book Value and Fair Value
There is a difference between the book value and the fair value of an asset. The book value is based on the asset's historical cost. The fair value is the current market price of the asset. In reporting long-term assets, the acceptable basis is the historical cost or the cost of acquiring the asset. This cost is further reduced by annual depreciation charges. The fair value is not often the acceptable basis for reporting long-term assets unless the entity is no longer a going concern or the asset has suffered an impairment loss.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculation:
Fair value by a real estate expert = $850,000
Book value (historical cost) = $550,000
Difference between fair value and book value = $300,000
The explanation regarding the given situation is described below:
It considered the fair value of the asset at the time of valuation of an asset. At the time of valuation of the asset in the balance sheet, the asset should be recorded like = cost of the asset - depreciation. The asset valuation should be recorded at the book value always not the fair value.Learn more: brainly.com/question/17429689
Why the mode of pollination in maize is cross-pollination? Why it is important to cover the ear shoot with a butter paper bag before the emergence of silks? What could be the consequences if a few silks emerge before bagging? (Marks4)
Answer:
Its advisable to cover the ears as shot may enters or fly in air.
Explanation:
The cross-pollination is a type of pollination n which the sperm-laden pollen is a transfer from one cone of flower of one plant. This created flowering in plants. Wheat is a self-pollinated crop and for cross foliation to take place what florets must be opened. This is done to allow for genetic diversity and is only available for short peroid of time. Once the skills are viable they make already to be contaminated with foreign pollen and its vital that ears are bagged before the process. As the consequences could be that pollen might fly away.A firm that purchases a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) information system benefits by getting a standardized system without having to absorb development costs, but risks getting a system that does not align with the firm's businesses processes and existing technologies.
a. True
b. False
Answer: True
Explanation:
Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software refers to the software products which are readily made and hence are available in the market for purchase.
One benefit of this is that when it's purchased, the company gets a standardized system without having to absorb development cost. Despite this advantage, it has a disadvantage as the company can risk getting a system which doesn't align with the businesses processes and existing technologies of the company.
Harry has worked as a general manager at Gringard, a supply chain management firm, for eleven years of his professional life. Gringard is a company that still follows a traditional business model and has not significantly changed its human resource management and talent development processes. Harry is now joining Alivron Inc., a company that focuses on a customer-driven supply chain approach. Which of the following is a change Harry should expect to find in his new company?
a. He should expect Alivron to emphasize strong operational skills rather than cross-functional collaboration skills.
b. He wil most likely need to move from following an agile approach to an analytical approach.
c. He will most likely need to work variable shifts so that he can connect with all his team members.
d. He should expect Alivron's distribution centers to run only two shifts Monday through Friday.
Answer:
C. He will most likely need to work variable shifts so that he can connect with all his team members.
Explanation:
He will most likely need to work variable shifts so that he can connect with all his team members.
In his new company, he will most likely need to work variable shifts so that he can connect with all his team members.
Variable shifts is called rotating shifts because it is different from the conventional workdays.
The Variable shifts are programmed to schedule the employees to cover 24 hour a day, 7 days per week operations.
Hence, In the new company, he will most likely need to work variable shifts so that he can connect with all his team members.
Therefore, the Option C is correct.
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If the price of an airline ticket from SFO to LAS were to increase by 10%, from $100 to $110 roundtrip, while all other demand factors remain at their initial values, the quantity of rooms demanded at the Triple Sevens from rooms per night to rooms per night. Because the cross-price elasticity of demand is
Answer:
Quantity demanded declined to 250 rooms per night from 300 rooms per night.
Cross price elasticity of demand is negative.
Explanation:
Cross price Elasticity of demand = [change in quantity demand/ current demand] / [ % change in price]
Cross price elasticity of demand = {[300 - 250] / 300 } / 10
Cross price elasticity of demand is = -1.6
You paid $9,700 for a $10,000 par value Treasury bill maturing in 3 months. What is the holding-period return if you hold the treasury bill until maturity
Answer:
The holding-period return if the treasury bill is held until maturity is:
= $300.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Par value of Treasury bill = $10,000
Price paid for the bill = 9,700
Holding-period return = $300
Maturity period of the bill = 3 months
b) The holding-period return, otherwise called the yield, is the total return earned on the Treasury bill investment during the 3 months that it is held. The holding period is the 3-months time the Treasury bill is held by an investor, which corresponds to the period between the purchase date and sale date of the Treasury bill.
traight-line depreciation is a typical example of a: Multiple Choice curvilinear cost. mixed cost. variable cost. fixed cost. step-variable cost.
Answer:
fixed cost.
Explanation:
Straight-line depreciation is a typical example of a fixed cost.
Sandhill Co. Bonita Industries Net cash provided by operating activities $ 81,330 $91,400 Average current liabilities 49,800 94,900 Net income 181,900 181,900 Capital expenditures 37,660 69,250 Dividends paid 4,570 9,920Compute free cash flow for both companies and compare. (Show a negative free cash flow with either a-sign e.g.-15,000 or in parenthesis e.g. (15,000).) Bonita Industries Windsor Inc. Free cash flow $ $ v 's free cash flow is better.
Answer:
Free cash flow = Net cash flow from operating activities - Capital expenditures - Dividends paid
Sandhill free cash flow
= 81,330 - 37,660 - 4,570
= $39,100
Bonita industries
= 91,400 - 69,250 - 9,920
= $12,230
Sandhill Free cash flow is better.
