Answer:
c The economy is slowing down and headed towards recession
Explanation:
The global rating agency downgraded many home builders including Hovnanian and cited problems in the mortgage market. The financial crisis of 2008/9 was triggered by slump in mortgage market. The sales result of Hovnanian indicates decline in home sales. There seems to be a liquidity squeeze as banks stopped new lending for mortgages.
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shareholders' equity=
(fixed assets+current assets)-liabilities
shareholders' equity=(700+490)−460
=730...answer
(Note that the amount of retained earnings is not provided so you must use total assets minus total liabilities to derive the correct answer)
Orders come in through brokerage firms that are members of the exchange and flow down to floor brokers who go to a specific spot on the floor where the stock trades. At this location, known as the trading post, there is a specific person known as the specialist whose job is to match buyers and sellers.
Answer:
b. Income to the investor in the period of declaration.
Explanation:
The dividend received will be a income for investors because the dividend received is the return on securities. It will not be deducted from the equity balance neither it is an expense for investors. A direct increase in retained earning to settles the previous losses is the fair value adjustment.
Answer:
Option (2) is correct.
Explanation:
A supply curve is a graphical representation of quantity supplied of a commodity at every price level. The law of supply states that there is a direct relationship between the price of the product and the quantity supplied of the product.
This is one of the main reason of upward sloping supply curve. This means that as the price of a product increases then as a result the quantity supplied for that good also increases.
Demand curve is a downward sloping curve which shows that there is an inverse relationship between the price of the good and the quantity demanded for that good.