Answer: C. Increase
Explanation:
An oligopoly is a market structure in which a few firms dominate. When a market is shared between a few firms, it is said to be highly concentrated. Although only a few firms dominate, it is possible that many small firms may also operate in the market.
Where few firms dominate the equilibrium price will increase because the demand will be high, and this will make the equilibrium price increase.
The statement above is TRUE.
Social mobility refers to the movement of individuals or families within or between social strata in a particular society. It means a change in social status relative to one's present location with a given society. Social mobility in US does not depend on where one start in the class system; one can come from the lowest class strata and become one of the richest individual and an individual from a very rich family can also end up as a p.auper. A lot of factors come to play in these situations.
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Explanation:
c. Determine the amount of prepaid insurance the company will report on its pro forma balance sheet at the end of the fourth quarter.
The answer is 5400 because "at the end of the 4th quarter is only consists of 3 months (oct-dec). By taking the total amount you paid for all 6 months minus what you have to pay for 3 months.
Answer:
These questions are incomplete since the article relating to Hologen company is not attached. However, I would answer them this way.
Explanation:
1) A floating rate bond has a shorter duration; almost zero and it has lower sensitivity to interest rates compared to a fixed rate bond.This means that the former has a lower interest rate risk. Investors tend to demand floating rate bonds when they expect future interest rates to rise because their prices would be close to their par values as their interest rates would also increase. On the other hand, fixed bond's interest rates are inversely related to their prices.
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For an issuing company, borrowing money floating rates terms could be riskier for cashflow management purposes . Every time interest rates increases, it means that the company would pay higher interests to lenders which could hurt its profitability. The fluctuations could also negatively affect future financial planning unlike issuing fixed rate bonds whose coupon payments are constant hence decreasing the volatility of earnings.
