The value of what businesses provide to other businesses is captured in the final products at the end of the production chain. During the production chain the product goes through various steps to reach its end result. Each step in the chain adds more value to the product. Once it reaches the end of the chain the true test is the value it provides to business that ends up using the item. An example of this is a home being built. During each stage of the home building process the home is getting closer to its true test, when the owners move in. From the floor being poured to the walls going up, each step makes the house closer to becoming someones home.
<span>Heavy speculation is a bad idea in any market since it has a tendency to inflate prices to unrealistic levels. That is basically what many investors prior to the Great Depression did when they thought the market would keep going higher and higher. They borrowed money, sold their houses, etc.. to buy into the stock market thanks to that kind of speculation without even considering the underlying reasons for why the market is there in the first place.</span>
Answer:
b. $ 50,000
Explanation:
Investment cost
720000
Book value of net asset
100000
420000
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520000
Excess
200000
Allocated as follows
Land and equipment 50000
overvaluation of bonds payable 40000
Undervaluation of inventory 60000
Total 150000
Un allocated amount
Goodwill 50000
Total 200000
