Answer and Explanation:
1. When there is high uncertainty in the market, there will be high yield spreads. This is because the higher the risk the higher the profit or compensation for risk
2.preferred stock positions pay more consistent dividends that common stock positions and also pay higher than bonds.
3.Accelerated depreciation is depreciation method in accounting that deducts higher depreciation expenses in the early life of an asset therefore leaving the company to pay less taxes on these assets and more cash flow. Increased cash flow consequently encourages and leads to more investment
Answer:
b. 6 pairs of jeans per crate of olives; and
c. 4 pairs of jeans per crate of olives
Explanation:
Olives Jeans Trade off Ratio (Olives:Jeans)
Spain 1 3 1:3 or 0.33:1 (1/3 = 0.33)
Denmark 1 11 1:11 or 0.09:1 (1/11= 0.09)
Spain & Denmark have less opportunity cost & hence comparative advantage than each other, in Olive & Jeans respectively.
Spain will export Olives to Denmark (importer). Denmark will export Jeans to Spain (Importer). Trade will be gainful if they get exchange ratio better than domestic exchange ratio.
- '2 jeans pairs per olive crate' not gainful trade ratio for Spain, as it is getting more i.e 3 jeans pair per olive crate at its own domestic ratio.
- '13 jeans per olive' not gainful for Denmark, as 0.07 = (1/13) olive per jeans is worse than its own domestic ratio i.e 0.09 = (1/11) olive per jeans
'4 jeans pairs per olive crate' is gaining trade ratio for:
- Spain: As it gets 4 i.e more than 3 pairs of jeans per olive crate
- Denmark : As it gets 0.25 = (1/4) i.e more than 0.09 olive crates per pair of jeans
'6 jeans pairs per olive crate' is gaining trade ratio for:
- Spain: As it gets 6 i.e more than 3 pairs of jeans per olive crate
- Denmark : As it gets 0.16 = (1/6) i.e more than 0.09 olive crates per pair of jeans
Both of them are gainful trade ratios, but:
- 1olive:4 jeans is more gainful for Denmark, as it is gaining relatively more than domestic exchange rate (0.25 is more > 0.09 than 4 > 3).
- 1olive:6jeans is more gainful for Spain as it is gaining relatively more than domestic exchange rate (6 is more > 3 than 0.16 > 0.09)
Answer:
6.14%
Explanation:
The offered investment has a nominal rate (N) of 6% compounded quarterly (n=4 times a year). The effective rate of return (R) is obtained by:
The effective rate of return that you will earn from this investment is 6.14%.
*Note that the amount invested is not relevant when determining the effective rate of return, which means that the rate would be the same for any amount.
Answer: Offer incentives to Customers to reduce Collection time.
Explanation:
Hanson’s Furniture Store should work to reduce the amount of time it takes to collect payments from customers. It takes them over 2 months to collect payments on average and compared to a payables payment in 30 days that's quite troublesome.
They should therefore work to reduce their Receivables Collection time.
One way they can do that is to offer incentives such as trade discounts. A popular one would be the 2/10, net 30 rule. This means that the customer would get a 2% discount if they pay in 10 days or else they will pay the full amount in 30 days. This incentive can go a long way in reducing Payables collection periods.
