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1. Suppose TouchTech, a hand-held computing firm, is selling stocks to raise money for a new lab—a practice known as___project__ finance. Buying a share of TouchTech stock would give Nick____equity interest in____ the firm. In the event that TouchTech runs into financial difficulty, _____bonds_____will be paid first.
2. Correct statements:
a. Expectations of a recession that will reduce economy-wide corporate profits will likely cause the value of Nick's shares to decline.
c. An increase in the perceived profitability of TouchTech will likely cause the value of Nick's shares to rise.
d. Alternatively, Nick could invest by purchasing bonds issued by the government of Japan.
3. Assuming that everything else is equal, a bond issued by a government that is engaged in a civil war most likely pays a ___higher__ interest rate than a bond issued by the government of Japan.
Explanation:
When Nick purchases stock in the private company, he invests in the equity of the company. Project finance can be done through equity financing or debt financing. Equity financing gives Nick an equity interest in the TouchTech and a share in the decision-making of the business, whereas debt financing pays a fixed amount of interest periodically without a share in the decision-making of the company.
Answer: Promise of returns comparable to Treasury bonds.
Explanation: Treasury bonds are debt security assets bought from the government of the United States which have a fixed interest rate, and a maturity period of about 10 years. They are very safe form of investment with little risk involved.
An investment with returns similar to that of treasury bonds, can be a legit form of investment because the interest rate is relatively reasonable.
The answer is C
“There’s nothing we can do about it”
A,B and D have a positive tone.
But C sounds kinda mean
Answer:
Each of L team leaders has D group directors, making the total number of group directors equal to (L)(D). And each of those group directors has F fundraisers, again requiring multiplication: that total is (L)(D)(F). (You can try this by plugging in small numbers - if each of 2 leaders has 3 directors, you know there would be 6 directors)
So while statement 1 is not sufficient (there are multiple combinations that could get you to 81, such as L = 1, D = 2, and F = 39; or L = 1, D = 5, and F = 15), statement 2 guarantees that there is only one team leader. This is because 5 is a prime number, and you know that the number of group directors = LD. The only possible way for LD to equal 5 is if L is 1 and D is 5, or if D is 1 and L is 5. And since the stimulus tells you that there are more directors than leaders, the combination must be 5 directors and 1 leader. Accordingly, statement 2 is sufficient.
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