Describe at least two factors of an investment that you would want to consider before putting money into that specific investment. (2-4 sentences. 2.0 points) 8. Calculate the return on investment in dollars and as a percentage for an investment that you purchase for $500 and sell for $600. (2.0 points) TIP: If you don't remember how to calculate return on investment, review the Calculating ROI pages in Section 4, Lesson 2.
1. Tammy Monahan is considering the purchase of a home entertainment center. The product attributes and weights she plans to consider are: portability .1 sound projection .6 warranty .3 Tammy rated the brands as follows: portability sound projection warranty Brand A 6 8 7 Brand B 9 6 8 Brand C 5 9 6 Using the Consumer Buying Matrix presented in Chapter 8, conduct a quantitative product evaluation rating for each brand. What other factors is Tammy likely to consider when making her purchase? 2.
The text reminds us that “Economic analysis is based on the notion that individuals assign priorities to their wants and choose their most preferred options from among the available alternatives.”(Brickley et al., 2009, p.18) For Stella, she could use a little nudge into what she “ranks” is her best priority or alternative. Ultimately, for Stella what is the “trade-off”? Furthermore, “The opportunity cost of using a resource for a given purpose is its value in its best alternative use.”(Brickley et al., 2009, p.20) The opportunity cost of purchasing a new car is the value of her current situation (alternative). If her current vehicle is paid for her sunk cost has already been associated with her current vehicle if she owns one and her perspective costs would be her future payments on a new vehicle. If she spends twenty-one thousand in cash from her savings account to purchase a new car what she “could have” done with that money on an alternative solution is the opportunity cost.
Penn Medical Center, a for-profit hospital, is considering the purchase of a new 64-slice CT scanner. The cost of the new scanner is $5 million and will be depreciated over 10 years on a straight line basis to $0 savage value. The tax rate is 40%. The financing options include either borrowing the full cost of the scanner or leasing a scanner. The lease option is a 5-year lease with equal before-tax lease payments of $950,000 per year.
Husky used annual observations from 20 prior years to estimate each of the four equations. Following are a definition of the variables used in the four equations and a statistical summary of these equations: St = Forecasted sales in dollars for Lockit in period t St–1 = Actual sales in dollars for Lockit in period t – 1 Gt = Forecasted U.S. gross domestic product in period t Gt–1 = Actual U.S. gross domestic product in period t – 1 Nt–1 = Lockit’s net income in period t – 1 Required: 1. Write Equations 2 and 4 in the form Y = a + bx. 2. If actual sales are $1,500,000 in 2009, what would be the forecasted sales for Lockit in 2010?
Old press – Originally purchased 3 years ago at an installed cost of $400,000, it is being depreciated under MACRS using a 5-year recovery period. The old press has a remaining economic life of 5 years. It can be sold today to net $420,000 before taxes; if it is retained, it can be sold to net $150,000 before taxes at the end of 5 years. Press A – This highly automated press can be purchased for $830,000 and will require $40,000 in installation costs. It will be depreciated under MACRS using a 5-year recovery period.
d. List at least four operating costs your business might have. (1.0 points) Rent Utilities Inventory Payroll e. Consider the industry of your company and the current economy, and then explain how these factors might impact your company’s sales. If you do not think these factors would impact your sales, explain why they wouldn't. (2-4 sentences. 2.0 points) f. If you had $5,000 to start this company, which department would get the most funding?
a. b. What is the minimum level of synergies for Vodafone shareholders to at least break even on the deal? Estimate the market’s assessment on December 17, 1999 about the likelihood that the deal will succeed. To do so, construct a merger arbitrage position where you buy one Mannesmann share (at the price prevailing on December 17, 1999) and sell short 53.7 Vodafone shares. Assume that the deal finalizes in 3 months time and a risk—free interest rate of 5.5%.
d. increase by $1,400. status: incorrect (0.0) correct: a your answer: b feedback: Incorrect. [600 × $3] - [700 × ($8 - $6)] = $400 decrease ________________________________________ 3 The following information pertains to the Norfolk Company's three products: Assume that Product C is discontinued and the extra space is devoted to the production of Product A. Product A production is increased to 500 units per year, but the selling price on all units of A is reduced to $7.00. Assuming everything
Public Question Time value of money 1. Harry invested $10,600 in an account that pays 4 percent simple interest. How much money will he have at the end of five years? a. 12,897 b.