The financial meltdown of 2008 was in part due to <u>quants </u>demonstrating the dangers of relying too heavily on the quantitative techniques of scientific management.
<h3>How did the financial meltdown of 2008 happen?</h3>
There were several reasons for the financial meltdown that the United States saw in 2008 and one of them was the overreliance on Quants.
Quants were quantitative models that were used to decide on the financial assets to invest in. They failed to predict the risks associated with Mortgage Backed Securities and this contributed in part to the meltdown.
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Answer: 189400
Explanation:
The dollar amount of sales that must be made to produce the target income would be:
= (Fixed costs + Target profit) / Contribution margin ratio
= (80000 + 14700) / 50%
= 94700 / 50%
= 94700 / 0.5
= 189,400
Answer:
The Journal entries are as follows:
(1)
Equipment A/c Dr. $71,890
To cash $3,790
To accounts payable $68,100
(To record the purchase of equipment)
Workings:
Equipment value:
= Purchase price + Sales tax + Freight charges for shipment of equipment + Installation of equipment
= 64,000 +4,100 + 890 + 2,900
= $71,890
Cash Paid:
= Freight charges for shipment of equipment + Installation of equipment
= 890 + 2,900
= $3,790
Accounts payable = Purchase price + Sales tax
= 64,000 +4,100
= $68,100
(2)
Prepaid Insurance A/c Dr. $1,090
To cash A/c $1,090
(To record any expenditures not capitalized in the purchase of equipment)
Answer & Explanation:
Modiglani's Life cycle Hypothesis depicts spending & consumption pattern of people, in order to stabilise / or smoothen their consumprtion. The theory has following phases :
- Early (Non Working) Age, Low Income stage : Borrowings are done, to cover up for lack of income that yields desirable stable consumption level.
- Youth, Earning (Working) Age : Savings are done, through surplus of income level over desirable stable consumption level.
- Old, Post retirement (Non working age) : Dissavings are done, funds from previous savings are used to cover for lack of income that yields desirable stable consumption level.
Implication rate for entire economy saving rate : It implies that economy's savings rate is high, if more population comprises of middle aged working population.
B.) moral I think. Hope this helps
