We would like to invest $10,000 into shares of companies XX and YY.

Shares of XX cost $20 per share. The market analysis shows that their expected return is $1 per share with a standard deviation of $0.5.
Shares of YY cost $50 per share, with an expected return of $2.50 and a standard deviation of $1 per share.

Returns from the two companies are independent. In order to maximize the expected return and minimize the risk (standard deviation or variance), is it better to invest

a. All $10,000 into XX
b. All $10,000 into YY
c. $5,000 into each company

Answer:

c. $5,000 into each company

Explanation:

Let X be the actual (random) return from each share of XX, and  Y be the actual return from each share of YY. Computing the returns from each option:

A) Investing $10,000 into XX

Given that variance = (standard deviation)²

Since XX cost $20 per share, only 500 shares can be bought.

Expected value = 500 * E(x) = 500 * 1 = 500

Variance = 500² * Var(x) = 500² * 0.5² = 62500

B) Investing $10,000 into YY

Since YY cost $50 per share, only 200 shares can be bought.

Expected value = 200 * E(y) = 200 * 2.5 = 500

Variance = 200² * Var(y) = 200² * 1² = 40000

C) Investing $5,000 into each company

Since XX cost $20 per share and YY cost $50 per share, only 250 shares of XX and 100 shares of YY can be bought.

Expected value = 250 * E(x) + 100 * E(y) = 250 * 1 + 100 * 2.5 = 500

Variance = 250² * Var(x) + 100² * Var(y) = 250² * 0.5² + 100² * 1 = 25625

Since all options have the same expected return, but option C has the lowest variance hence it is the least riskiest. So the best option is C

Which option enables you to keep the last grammatical change?​

g Jefferson & Sons purchase $5,000 of merchandise from the Claremont Company with terms of 3/10, n/30. How much discount is Jefferson & Sons entitled to take if it pays within the allowed discount period of 10 days

The annual worth for years 1 through infinity of $50,000 now, $10,000 per year in years 1 through 15, and $20,000 per year in years 16 through infinity at 10% per year is closest to

At the beginning of the current season on April 1, the ledger of Granite Hills Pro Shop showed Cash $ 3,360: inventory $ 3,500: and Common Stock $ 6,860. The following transactions were completed during April 2017.Apr. 5 Purchased golf bags, clubs, and balls on account from Arnie Co. $ 1,500, terms 3/10, n/60.7 Paid freight on Arnie purchase $ 80.9 Received credit from Arnie Co. for merchandise returned $700.10 Sold merchandise on account to members $1,420, terms n/30. The merchandise sold had a cost of $ 770.12 Purchased golf shoes, sweaters, and other accessories on account from Woods Sportswear $ 1,060, terms 2/10, n30.14 Paid Arnie Co. in full.17 Received a credit from Woods Sportswear for merchandise returned $60.20 Made sales on account to members $ 820, terms n/30. The cost of the merchandise sold was $550.21 Paid Woods Sportswear in full.27 Granted an allowance to members for clothing that did not fit properly $70.30 Received payments on account from members $1,370.1. Journalize the April transactions using a perpetual inventory system.2. Prepare an income statement through gross profit for the month of April 2017.

Danner Company expects to have a cash balance of $58,050 on January 1, 2017. Relevant monthly budget data for the first 2 months of 2017 are as follows.Collections from customers: January $109,650, February $193,500.Payments for direct materials: January $64,500, February $96,750.Direct labor: January $38,700, February $58,050. Wages are paid in the month they are incurred.Manufacturing overhead: January $27,090, February $32,250. These costs include depreciation of $1,935 per month. All other overhead costs are paid as incurred.Selling and administrative expenses: January $19,350, February $25,800. These costs are exclusive of depreciation. They are paid as incurred.Sales of marketable securities in January are expected to realize $15,480 in cash. Danner Company has a line of credit at a local bank that enables it to borrow up to $32,250. The company wants to maintain a minimum monthly cash balance of $25,800.Prepare a cash budget for January and February.

Joy is looking into many different career choices. She is leaning toward the Information Technology cluster. Why
would this be a better career choice than some of the other options she was looking into?
O IT jobs are projected to increase fourteen percent between 2010 and 2020.
O IT jobs are projected to increase twenty-two percent between 2010 and 2020.
O IT jobs are projected to increase thirty-five percent between 2010 and 2020.
O IT jobs are projected to increase forty-seven percent between 2010 and 2020.

When given one variable value, the value of other variables can be easily estimated. This applies to which type of graph? a. Line c. Scale b. Bar d. Both A and B

Effective versus nominal interest ratesBank A pays 8% interest compounded annually on deposits, while Bank B pays 7% compounded daily. Based on the EAR (or EFF%), which bank should you use?A. You would choose Bank A because its EAR is higher.B. You would choose Bank B because its EAR is higher.C. You would choose Bank A because its nominal interest rate is higher.D. You would choose Bank B because its nominal interest rate is higher.E. You are indifferent between the banks and your decision will be based upon which one offers you a gift for opening an account.Could your choice of banks be influenced by the fact that you might want to withdraw your funds during the year as opposed to at the end of the year? Assume that your funds must be left on deposit during an entire compounding period in order to receive any interest.A. If funds must be left on deposit until the end of the compounding period (1 year for Bank A and 1 day for Bank B), and you think there is a high probability that you will make a withdrawal during the year, then Bank A might be preferable.If funds must be left on deposit until the end of the compounding period (1 year for Bank A and 1 day for Bank B), and you have no intentions of making a withdrawal during the year, then Bank B might be preferable.B. If funds must be left on deposit until the end of the compounding period (1 day for Bank A and 1 year for Bank B), and you think there is a high probability that you will make a withdrawal during the year, then Bank B might be preferable.C. If funds must be left on deposit until the end of the compounding period (1 year for Bank A and 1 day for Bank B), and you think there is a high probability that you will make a withdrawal during the year, then Bank B might be preferable.D. If funds must be left on deposit until the end of the compounding period (1 day for Bank A and 1 year for Bank B), and you think there is a high probability that you will make a withdrawal during the year, then Bank A might be preferable.

Christiansen Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with the following three activity cost pools: Activity Cost Pool Total Activity Fabrication 70,000 machine-hours Order Processing 500 orders Other Not applicable The Other activity cost pool is used to accumulate costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs: Wages and Salaries $420,000 Depreciation 160,000 Occupancy 200,000 Total $780,000 The distribution of resource consumption across activity cost pools is given below: Activity Cost Pools Fabrication Order Processing Other Total Wages and Salaries 60% 20% 20% 100% Depreciation 5% 60% 35% 100% Occupancy 25% 50% 25% 100%
The activity rate for the Order Processing activity cost pool is closest to:_______.
A. $312 per order
B. $676 per order
C. $780 per order
D. $560 per order

Plum Corporation began the month of May with $1,400,000 of current assets, a current ratio of 1.90:1, and an acid-test ratio of 1.70:1. During the month, it completed the following transactions (the company uses a perpetual inventory system).

May 2 Purchased $75,000 of merchandise inventory on credit.
8 Sold merchandise inventory that cost $55,000 for $150,000 cash.
10 Collected $26,000 cash on an account receivable.
15 Paid $29,500 cash to settle an account payable.
17 Wrote off a $5,000 bad debt against the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts account.
22 Declared a $1 per share cash dividend on its 69,000 shares of outstanding common stock.
26 Paid the dividend declared on May 22.
27 Borrowed $120,000 cash by giving the bank a 30-day, 10% note.
28 Borrowed $135,000 cash by signing a long-term secured note.
29 Used the $255,000 cash proceeds from the notes to buy new machinery.

Required
Prepare a table showing Plum's (1) current ratio, (2) acid-test ratio, and (3) working capital, after each transaction. Round ratios to two decimals.

Cost of Goods Manufactured for a Manufacturing Company The following information is available for Ethtridge Manufacturing Company for the month ending July 31:
Cost of direct materials used in production $1,150,000
Direct labor 966,000
Work in process inventory, July 1 316,400
Work in process inventory, July 31 355,500
Total factory overhead 490,500
Determine Ethtridge's cost of goods manufactured for the month ended July 31.
Ethtridge Manufacturing Company
Statement of Cost of Goods Manufactured
For the Month Ended July 31
Factory overhead 1,150,000
Manufacturing costs incurred during July Cost of direct materials used in production $1,150,000
Direct labor 966,000
Factory overhead 490,500
Total manufacturing costs incurred Work in process inventory, July 31
355,500 Total factory overhead 490,500
Determine Ethtridge's cost of goods manufactured for the month ended July 31
Ethtridge Manufacturing Company
Statement of Cost of Goods Manufactured
For the Month Ended July 31
Factory overhead 1,150,000
Manufacturing costs incurred during July Cost of direct materials used in production 1,150,000
Direct labor 966,000
Factory overhead 490,500
Total manufacturing costs incurred $ 2,606,500
Total manufacturing costs
Factory overhead -355,500
Cost of goods manufactured 2,567,400

Moreno Motors Inc. identifies that bikers are usually the first users of their newly launched products. The firm sends consultants to biker rallies to discover how bikers who use Moreno motorcycles modify them to extend their usage, as well as the desired benefits. Recent visits revealed that bikers were seeking items, such as bolt-on chrome products, horsepower performance enhancers, and improved braking systems in Moreno motorcycles. In this example, Moreno Motors Inc. is studying which of the following groups of customers?
a) lead users.
b) mainstream customers.
c) laggards.
d) captive customers.
e) spinners.

You just deposited $3,000 in a bank account that pays a 4.0% nominal interest rate, compounded quarterly. If you also add another $5,000 to the account one year (4 quarters) from now and another $7,500 to the account two years (8 quarters) from now, how much will be in the account three years (12 quarters) from now

A company is considering two mutually exclusive expansion plans. Plan A requires a $40 million expenditure on a large-scale integrated plant that would provide expected cash flows of $6.39 million per year for 20 years. Plan B requires a $13 million expenditure to build a somewhat less efficient, more labor-intensive plant with an expected cash flow of $2.91 million per year for 20 years. The firm's WACC is 9%.Calculate each project's NPV. Round your answers to two decimal places. Enter your answers in millions. For example, an answer of $10,550,000 should be entered as 10.55.Plan A $ millionPlan B $ millionCalculate each project's IRR. Round your answer to two decimal places.Plan A %Plan B %Graph the NPV profiles for Plan A and Plan B and approximate the crossover rate to the nearest percent.Calculate the crossover rate where the two projects' NPVs are equal. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.%

Analyze the impact of transactions on the accounting equation (LO2-2)
Below are the external transactions for Shockers Incorporated.
1. Issue common stock in exchange for cash.
2. Purchase equipment by signing a note payable.
3. Provide services to customers on account.
4. Pay rent for the current month.
5. Pay insurance for the current month.
6. Collect cash from customers on account.
Assets = Liabillities + Stockholder's Equilty
1. Increase = No effect + Increase
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Required: Analyze each transaction. Under each category in the accounting equation, indicate whether the transaction increases, decreases, or has no effect. The first item is provided as an example.

At the end of fiscal year 2018, Haley Legal Services and Delicious Doughnuts reported these adapted amounts on their balance sheets (all amounts in millions except for par value per share): EEB (Click the icon to view the balance sheet data.) Assume each company issued its stock in a single transaction. Journalize each company's issuance of its stock, using its actual account titles. Explanations are not required. (Enter amounts in millions. Record debits first, then credits. Exclude explanations from any journal entries.) Begin by joumalizing the Haley Legal Services common stock issuance.
Journal EntryData Table Accounts Debit Credit Milions Haley Legal Services Common stock, $0.01 par value, 2,400 shares issued S Additional paid-in capital 24 17,500 Delicious Doughnuts:
Common stock, no par value, 66 shares issued S 294

On June 3, Sweet Company sold to Chester Company merchandise having a sale price of $4,600 with terms of 2/10, n/60, f.o.b. shipping point. An invoice totaling $93, terms n/30, was received by Chester on June 8 from John Booth Transport Service for the freight cost. On June 12, the company received a check for the balance due from Chester Company.
Prepare journal entries on the Sweet Company books to record all the events noted above under each of the following bases.
(1) Sales and receivables are entered at gross selling price.
(2) Sales and receivables are entered at net of cash discounts.

A $3.6 million state lottery pays $15,000 at the beginning of each month for 20 years. How much money must the state actually have in hand to set up the payments for this prize if money is worth 5.8%, compounded monthly

At the end of each month, a company pays its employees. Payroll information below is for January, the first month of the fiscal year. Assume that none of the employees exceeds the Federal unemployment tax maximum salary of $7,000 in January. Salaries $ 1,000,000 Federal and state income taxes withheld 170,000 Federal unemployment tax rate 0.80 % State unemployment tax rate (after FUTA deduction) 5.40 % Social Security (FICA) tax rate 7.65 %

Required:
Record salaries expense and payroll tax expense for the January pay period.

In this exercise, decisions will be made in ethically ambiguous situations and then analyzed. As in the real world, all the background information on each situation will not be available, and assumptions will need to be made.It is recommended that the exercise be completed before reading the following mat e rial, and then revisited after you have completed the chapter.Name:Date:Part ISTEP 1Make decisions in the following situations. You will not have all the background information about each situation; instead you should make whatever assumptions you feel you would make if you were actually confronted with the decision choices described. Select the decision choice that most closely represents the decision you feel you would make personally. You should choose decision choices even though you can envision other creative solutions that were not included in the exercise.Situation 1. You are taking a very difficult chemistry course, which you must pass to maintain your scholarship and to avoid damaging your application for graduate school. Chemistry is not your strong suit, and because of a just-below-failing average in the course, you must receive a grade of 90 or better in the final examination, which is 2 days away. A janitor who is aware of your plight informs you that he found the master copy of the chemistry final in a trash barrel and saved it. He will make it available to you for a price, which is high, but which you could afford. What would you do?(a) I would tell the janitor thanks, but no thanks.(b) I would report the janitor to the proper officials.(c) I would buy the examination and keep it to myself.(d) I would not buy the examination myself, but I would let some of my friends, who are also flunking the course, know that it is available.
Situation 2. You have been working on some complex analytical data for 2 days now. It seems that each time you think you have them completed, your boss shows up with a new assumption or another "what if" question. If you only had a copy of a new software program for your personal computer, you could plug in the new assumptions and revise the estimates with ease.Then a colleague offers to let you make a copy of some software that is copyrighted. What would you do?(a) I would readily accept my friend’s generous offer and make a copy of the software.(b) I would decline to copy it and plug away manually on the numbers.(c) I would decide to go buy a copy of the software myself for $300 and hope I would be reimbursed by the company in a month or two.(d) I would request another extension on an already overdue project date.Situation 3. Your small manufacturing company is in serious financial difficulty. A large order of your products is ready to be delivered to a key customer, when you discover that the product is simply not right. It will not meet all performance specifications, will cause problems for your customer, and will require rework in the field; but this, you know, will not become evident until after the customer has received and paid for the order. If you do not ship the order and receive the payment as expected, your business may be forced into bankruptcy. And if you delay the shipment or inform the customer of these problems, you may lose the order and also go bankrupt. What would you do?(a) I would not ship the order and place my firm in voluntary bankruptcy.(b) I would inform the customer and declare voluntary bankruptcy.
(c) I would ship the order and inform the customer after I received payment.(d) I would ship the order and not inform the customer.

Tandy Company was issued a charter by the state of Indiana on January 15 of this year. The charter authorized the following:

Common stock, $6 par value, 120,000 shares authorized
Preferred stock, 11 percent, par value $13 per share, 5,000 shares authorized

During the year, the following transactions took place in the order presented:

a. Sold and issued 21,900 shares of common stock at $26 cash per share.
b. Sold and issued 2,800 shares of preferred stock at $30 cash per share.
c. At the end of the year, the accounts showed net income of $41,600. No dividends were declared.

Required:
Prepare the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet at the end of the year.

Which of the following statements about the operation of a C corporation is correct?

Ricardo Construction began operations on December 1. In setting up its accounting procedures, the company decided to debit expense accounts when it prepays its expenses and to credit revenue accounts when customers pay for services in advance. Prepare journal entries for items a through d and the adjusting entries as of its December 31 period-end for items e through g.


a. Supplies are purchased on December 1 for $2,000 cash.
b. The company prepaid its insurance premiums for $1,540 cash on December 2.
c. On December 15, the company receives an advance payment of $13,000 cash from a customer for remodeling work.
d. On December 28, the company receives $3,700 cash from another customer for remodeling work to be performed in January.
e. A physical count on December 31 indicates that the Company has $1,840 of supplies available.
f. An analysis of the insurance policies in effect on December 31 shows that $340 of insurance coverage had expired.
g. As of December 31, only one remodeling project has been worked on and completed. The $5,570 fee for this project had been received in advance and recorded as remodeling fees earned.

Marin Company produces two software products (Cloud-X and Cloud-Y) in two separate departments (A and B). These products are highly regarded network maintenance programs. Cloud-X is used for small networks and Cloud-Y is used for large networks. Marin is known for the quality of its products and its ability to meet dates promised for software upgrades. Department A produces Cloud-X, and department B produces Cloud-Y. The production departments are supported by two support departments, systems design and programming services. The sources and uses of the support department time are summarized as follows:_______.
To Total
Department Department Labor
From Design Programming A B Hours
Design - 5,000 1,000 9,000 15,000
Programming 400 - 600 1,000 2,000
The costs in the two service departments are as follows:_______.
Design Programming
Labor and materials (all variable) $ 50,000 $ 36,000
Depreciation and other fixed costs 40,000 4,000
Total $ 90,000 $ 40,000
Required:1. Determine the total support costs allocated to each of the producing departments using (a) the direct method, (b) the step method (design department goes first), and (c) the reciprocal method? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to nearest whole dollar amount.)2. The company is considering outsourcing programming services to DDB Services Inc. for $52.00 per hour. Should Marin do this?Note: there's 2 requirements , please make sure you do both with explaination :)

On January 1, 2021, NFB Visual Aids issued $720,000 of its 20-year, 8% bonds. The bonds were priced to yield 10%. Interest is payable semiannually on June 30 and December 31. NFB Visual Aids records interest expense at the effective rate and elected the option to report these bonds at their fair value. On December 31, 2021, the fair value of the bonds was $600,000 as determined by their market value in the over-the-counter market. General (risk-free) interest rates did not change during 2021. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)
Required:
1-a. Determine the price of the bonds at January 1, 2021.
1-b to 4. Prepare the necessary Journal entries.

Executive compensation packages often tie performance to bonus and incentive awards, supplemental retirement packages, perquisites, and severance pay, in order to encourage the management team to align their performance with organizational goals. In an attempt to minimize agency problems in a company (potential conflict of interest between the company's managers and shareholders), attractive compensation packages are created to retain and encourage managers. In the best interest of shareholders, compensation packages should be structured in a way such that managers have an incentive to maximize the___________ value of the company’s stock price.

Vision Tech is a software company based out of San Francisco. Its stockholders are mostly individual investors and there is relatively little institutional ownership. If several pension and mutual funds were to take large positions In Vision Tech's stock, would direct shareholder intervention be more or less likely to motivate the firm's management?

a. Less likely
b. More likely

The following is a condensed version of the comparative balance sheets for Tamarisk Corporation for the last two years at December 31.
2020 2019
Cash $ 354,000 $ 156,000
Accounts receivable 360,000 370,000
Investments 104,000 148,000
Equipment 596,000 480,000
Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment (212,000 ) (178,000 )
Current liabilities 268,000 302,000
Common stock 320,000 320,000
Retained earnings 614,000 354,000
Additional information:
Investments were sold at a loss of $20,000; no equipment was sold; cash dividends paid were $60,000; and net income was $320,000.
Prepare a statement of cash flows for 2020 for Swifty Corporation. (Show amounts that decrease cash flow with either a - sign e.g. -15,000 or in parenthesis e.g. (15,000).)

Assume that you are part of the accounting team for Logan Digital. The company currently expects to sell 362 units for total revenue of $16,300 each month. Logan Digital estimates direct materials costs of $3,150, direct labor costs of $4,200, variable overhead costs of $2,100, and variable selling and administrative costs of $1,050. Fixed costs of $4,800 are also expected, which includes fixed overhead and selling and administrative costs. Using this information, complete the contribution margin income statement shown below.
Logan Digital is examining cost behavior patterns. Your recommendation is to first determine the break-even point in units. First, calculate the contribution margin (CM) per unit (rounded to the nearest dollar).
Next, complete the formula below to determine the break-even units.
Total Fixed Costs / Contribution Margin per Unit = Units
A profit-volume graph helps managers to visualize the relationship between profits and units sold. The data for Logan Digital has been used to construct the profit-volume graph below. The purple points (diamond symbols) plot the profit line. The operating loss is the shaded area bordered by the red points (cross symbols). The operating profit is the area bounded by the green points (triangle symbols). Graph the correct profit-value graph.
APPLY THE CONCEPTS: Effect of Changes to Sales Price, Variable Costs and Fixed Costs
Now consider each of the following scenarios for Logan Digital. Calculate the contribution margin (CM) per unit, rounded to nearest dollar, and the new break-even point in units, rounded to the nearest whole unit, for each scenario separately.
Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3
Logan will dispose of a machine in the factory. The depreciation on that equipment is $500 per month. After some extensive market research, Logan has determined that a sales price increase of $2 per unit will not affect the sales volume and will be effective immediately. Logan has been experiencing quality problems with a materials supplier. Changing suppliers will improve the quality of the product but will cause direct materials costs to increase by $1 per unit.

A Corporation sells a single product for $20 per unit. Last year, the company's sales revenue was $300,000 and its net operating income was $24,000. If fixed expenses totaled $96,000 for the year, the break-even point in unit sales was: A) 12,000 units B) 9,900 units C) 15,000 units D) 14,100 units

The adjusted trial balance of Dawson Company contained the following information. Assume the tax rate is 33%:
Debit Credit
Sales revenue $425,000
Sales returns and allowances $ 20,000
Sales discounts 5,000
Cost of goods sold 300,000
Operating expenses 61,000
Interest revenue 2,000
Interest expense 1,000
Compute the gross profit. rate(%)