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No one can write down a vision for your future, its your vision and future.
Answer:
The question is missing the options which are below:
A Real risk-free rate differences.
B Tax effects.
C Default risk differences.
D Maturity risk differences.
E Inflation differences.
The correct answer is option C,default risk differences.
Explanation:
Default risk is the increase in return given to an investor to compensate the investor for the likely losses that may arise due to the inability of the borrower to make funds available to the investor on the maturity date or even in required amount.
Different debt instruments have different default risk depending on their credit rating as rated by international rating agencies.Such rating is a function of many factors,which includes:
Balance sheet position
Profitability
Liquidity strength of the company
Macro-economic factors and some others.
Liquidity refers to the ability of the company to settle obligations such as repayment of bonds and interest when due.
Invariably,liquidity has a higher impact in determining credit rating as well as default risk of an instrument.
The best example of how companies are upgrading themselves to meet changing customer preferences is personified in option (C) making online shopping services available.
Since customers nowadays prefer to shop online more often than not, many companies are now providing online marketplaces in combination with their traditional brick and mortar stores. Some companies do not even have a pop up store – they purely do their transactions online.
Answer: The demand is shared with the new company that enters the market.
Explanation: The Cournot duopoly is an imperfect competition model, that is, the law of supply and demand is not freely used, in which two companies with equal costs compete with homogeneous goods in a static environment, that is, with the same characteristics.
For example: A leading brand of soda in the market, get a competitor that has the same characteristics. People will prefer one of the two brands and they will always lead the market, but they will have to divide the market.
