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3 years ago

Interest rates and decisions

Business

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svetoff [14.1K]3 years ago

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Answer:

a. No, the firm needs to take the volatility of short-term rates into account.

Explanation:

Short term interest rates are more volatile than the long term interest rates. If the company chooses to finance its operations solely from short term financing than it will need to incorporate the affect of volatility in the short term interest rates to identify the net returns. The volatility should be calculated with the risk factor and required rate of return of the funds.

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Claxton Company purchased a van on January 1, 2018, for $820,000. The estimated life of the van was five years, and its estim

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Answer:

The depreciation expense for 2020 is $215,100

Explanation:

Given

Claxton Company purchased a van on January 1, 2018, for $820,000.

Useful life = 5 years

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Annual depreciation = ($820,000- $103,000)/5

= $717,000/5

= $143,400

At the beginning of 2020, the asset would have been depreciated for 2 years (2018 and 2019)

Net book value = $820,000 - 2($143,400)

= $533,200

Since the residual value remains the same after a revision of the estimated useful life from 5 years to 4 years

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The five competitive forces are as follows;

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$\text { Flotation cost, } \mathrm{F}=8 \% \text { of current price }=\$ 50 * 8 \%=\$ 4 \\
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. C) a drop in the foreign exchange value of the dollar.

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