Answer:
The answer is III) make simultaneous trades in two markets without any net investment.
Explanation:
Arbitrage is simultaneously buying an asset ( may be currency, securities...) in a low-priced market and sell it in a high-priced market.
As a results, the investor earns profit from price differences in the two markets without risk and net investment. It is because the two trading happens at the same time once price differences in any two markets are recognized ( arbitrage opportunities recognized) and the proceed of selling the asset is immediately used for financing/returning to the buying of the asset.
Thus, (III) is the correct answer.
Answer:
(a) increase its dividend;
dividends are increased for two reasons:
- the company has excess cash and it doesn't have any possible investments on hand
- the board and upper management want to increase the stock price and higher dividends always result in higher stock prices, even if it is only in the short run.
(b) buy back some of its common stock shares;
- the company has excess cash and the board and upper management believe that the stock price is too low.
(c) pay down some of its debt;
- the company has excess cash and it considers that the cost of its debt is too high and it can get cheaper financing from other sources if needed.
(d) increase its use of internal financing;
- the board and upper management considers that the company needs to invest in new or existing projects and they consider that the financing costs are too high. Also, on the long run if things work well, the stock price should increase.
(e) take the public firm private
- the company has excess cash and the board and upper management believe that the stock price is too low. It is similar to (b) only on an extreme situation.
The estimates of the manufacturing overhead and of machine-hours were made at the beginning of the year for the purpose of computing the company's predetermined overhead rate for the year.
Answer:
d. doesn’t have an employer-sponsored pension or retirement plan.
Explanation:
The Pension Protection Act provides for the benefit of employees, which is through their own and employer contributions.
This is a policy to provide benefit at times when the person turns old or is not physically fit to perform any job and this, provides pension in terms of money.
Here, if Seng being a single mother is not eligible for this, means that she did not had any employer who could sponsor her for such plan.
As this pension plan had to be sponsored by the employer Seng might did not had any employer.
Answer:
WoodCore Inc. is involved in exporting.
Explanation:
Exporting is the act of producing a good in the home country, and selling the product abroad.
WoodCore Inc. is involved in exporting because, as an American company, it finishes its products in the United States, but ships a part of the production for sale in Europe.
If instead, it obtained the finished goods from Europe, and sold them in the United States, WoodCore Inc. would be involved in importing.