Cost of equity is calculated as -
Cost of equity = Risk free return + Beta * (Market risk - Risk free return)
Given,
Risk free return = 5.3 %
Market risk = 12 %
Beta = 1.05
Cost of equity = 5.3 % + (1.05*(12-5.3%))
Cost of equity = 12.335 % or 12.24 %
Answer:
A) Diffusion of responsibility; escalation of commitment.
Explanation:
Diffusion of responsibility relates to the concept of psychology in which the individual tends to create the responsibility of some different person, because the group size is to large and then the individual thinks not to take the responsibility.
Escalation of commitments relates to the fact that an individual continues with all the previous decisions and do not alter his actions, in consideration to the current circumstances.
In the given instance, John Walker the CEO never met any of the employees of third-world nation, and therefore, he continues his decision, that this plant shall be closed as he once again do not study all the plants, but believes illogically that the close of this plant will be beneficial to company.
Answer:
Greetings, fellow companions. Today I want to talk to you about preparing for the future, for retirement, or anything else in your lives. Please listen carefully as we might save money, but not plan our life. The first factor that makes planning our future so important is that we all have things we want to do in our lives, but not having a strategy separate us from reaching our goals. The second factor that makes me talk about this is that majority of us are not prepared for what the future might have for us. Therefore we need to reduce our risks and our exposure to the events that are most likely going to be part of our life, like paying for our children's college or building a family business. Therefore, I invite you to plan your future, because if we don't do it. We are not going to be able to accomplish our goals.
Explanation:
The reasons backing my answer are that in the first place planning for the future is not very common, even though when we have savings accounts or retirement funds accounts. However, that is only a part of the whole process. Because we might not have seen the full picture to know exactly what are our requires steps to accomplish our goals. For example, if we want a strawberry farm that could provide money for our family, and their children we need to have the land, the knowledge, and the plans to develop our goal. Because if we only save and leave the planning for later. We might overwait, and when never take the first step. What would be the case if a strawberry farm would cost only fifty thousand dollars, and we keep working until we have five hundred thousand. We might have more money but we would have no plan, and we might have time past so far that we might help the children with the farm.
Answer:
$132,400
Explanation:
Calculation for the Insurance expense
Using this formula
Insurance expense= 2017 Ending Balance in prepaid insurance account+ Amount paid for insurance-2018 Ending Balance in prepaid insurance account
Let plug in the formula
Insurance expense=$68,400+$106,000-$42,000
Insurance expense=$132,400
Therefore the Insurance expense recorded 2018 would be $132,400
The question is incomplete:
A consumer values a car at $30,000 and a producer values the same car at $20,000. If the transaction is completed at $24,000, what level of sales tax will result in unconsummated transaction?
a. 0%
b. 25%
c. 20%
d. 40%
Answer:
d. 40%
Explanation:
The unconsummated transaction would occur when the price that the customer has to pay is higher than the value that he gave to the car. According to that, the answer would be the tax that would increase the final price to more than $30,000:
0%: $24,000
25%: 24,000*1.25= $30,000
20%: 24,000*1.20= $28,800
40%: 24,000*1.40= $33,600
The answer is that the amount of tax will result in an unconsummated transaction is 40%.
