The Petersik family is considering purchasing a second home to use for short term rentals near the beach. If it purchases the house, they will place a down payment of $59,000 on the house. They estimate they will get an annual net rental profit of $10,000 after their mortgage and expenses are paid. After 20 years, they plan to pass the rental home along to their children, so assume the home has negligible salvage value. What would be the ERR if the Petersik family decides to invest in a rental home, assuming they keep the home for 20 years? Assume their MARR is 12%.
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The Petersik family is considering purchasing a second home to use for short term rentals near the beach. If it purchases the house, they will place a down payment of $62,000 on the house. They estimate they will get an annual net rental profit of $7,500 after their mortgage and expenses are paid. After 18 years, they plan to pass the rental home along to their children, so assume the home has negligible salvage value. What would be the ERR if the Petersik family decides to invest in a rental home, assuming they keep the home for 18 years? Assume their MARR is 14%.
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It is April, and Hans Anderson is planting his barley crop near Plunkett, Saskatchewan. He is concerned about losing his farm if his operations result in a loss at the end of the season. He expects to harvest 3,000 tonnes of barley and sell it in October. Futures contracts are available for October delivery with a futures price of $200 per tonne. Options with strike price of $200 per tonne are also available; puts cost $16 and calls cost $18.
a.Describe how Hans can fully hedge using futures contracts.
b. Given the strategy in a), what will be the total net amount received by Hans (for all 3,000 tonnes) if the price of barley in October is as follows:i .$150 per tonne; ii. $200 per tonne; iii. $250 per tonne
c. Describe how Hans can fully hedge using options.
d. Given the strategy in (c), what will be the total net amount received by Hans (for all 3,000 tonnes) if the price of barley in October is as follows:i. $150 per tonne; ii. $200 per tonne; iii. $250 per tonne
e. Hans has asked for your advice regarding hedging. Discuss how the each of the following individually will influence your advice.
i. Hans does not expect to have much cash available between May and September.
ii. Hans thinks there is a 25% chance his crop will be destroyed by hail before he has a chance to harvest it.
iii. Hans's farming business will go bankrupt if his net revenues in October do not cover his costs. He estimates his costs will be $600,000. If his business goes bankrupt, Hans's bank will foreclose and take his house and farm.
iv. Hans's farming business will go bankrupt if his net revenues in October do not cover his costs. He estimates his costs will be $800,000. If his business goes bankrupt, Hans's bank will foreclose and take his house and farm.
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Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic carwash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs: Fixed Cost per Month Cost per Car Washed Cleaning supplies $ 0.70 Electricity $ 1,300 $ 0.07 Maintenance $ 0.25 Wages and salaries $ 4,000 $ 0.30 Depreciation $ 8,500 Rent $ 1,900 Administrative expenses $ 1,700 $ 0.02 For example, electricity costs are $1,300 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,500 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.70 per car washed. The actual operating results for August appear below. Lavage Rapide Income Statement For the Month Ended August 31 Actual cars washed 8,600 Revenue $ 59,050 Expenses: Cleaning supplies 6,450 Electricity 1,865 Maintenance 2,365 Wages and salaries 6,910 Depreciation 8,500 Rent 2,100 Administrative expenses 1,770 Total expense 29,960 Net operating income $ 29,090 Required: Complete the flexible budget performance report that shows the company’s activity variances and revenue and spending variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)
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Godfather Pizza is a popular pizza restaurant near a university campus. This pizza shop is very popular as the price is reasonable, and the quality of the pizza is excellent. It has broad range of varieties, which students can choose the type of dough and topping. The everyday sales activity is high, which keep this pizza shop busy. However, Greg Taylor, the accountant noticed that there is a small profit compares to the sales. Greg starts analyzing the efficiency of the business, particularly inventory practices. He noticed that the owner had more than 60 items regularly carried in inventory. Of these items, the most expensive to buy and carry was cheese. Cheese was ordered in blocks at $27.50 per block. Annual usage totals 16 000 blocks.
Upon questioning the owner, Greg found that there are problems in managing the cheese. The size of the order was usually 600 blocks. The cost of carrying one block of cheese is 10% of its purchase price. It took 7 ten days to receive a new order when placed, which was done whenever the inventory of cheese dropped to 500 blocks. It costs $50 to place and receive an order.
Godfather Pizza stays open five days a week and operates 50 weeks a year. It closes during public holiday and Christmas day.
Requirements:
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A duplex is available for purchase near the university. You estimate that you can rent one of the units for $750 and the other for $650 a month. Expenses will be $125 a month. The current sales price is 165,000 and you estimate the property will be worth 360,000 in 10 years. What is your estimated annual IRR for this property?
Answer should be formatted as a percent with 2 decimal places.
What is the estimated annual rate of appreciation in the previous problem?
Answer should be formatted as a percent with 2 decimal places.
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What impact do you feel Baby Boomers are going to have on healthcare in the near future? How can we prepare for that?
- Do you think we will have enough staff to take care of this group of Baby Boomers! How are we going to manage that?
- What impact do you feel this may have beyond healthcare to housing, transportation, travel and more?
In: Economics
An African American woman approaches a pharmacist at the local drugstore near the hospital where she was given a prescription for chest congestion. She asks the pharmacist for oils in the store with camphor so she can rub it on her chest to help with her congestion. The pharmacist immediately tells her that to do so would be ridiculous and that she should not proceed with such a remedy but only use the medicine per her prescription. Did the pharmacist handle this communication correctly?
In: Nursing
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Near the end of 2017, the management of Babalu Musical Instrument Co., a new merchandising company, prepared the following estimated balance sheet for December 31, 2017. |
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BABALU MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COMPANY |
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Assets |
Liabilities and Equity |
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Cash |
$36,000 |
Accounts payable |
$365,000 |
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Accounts receivable |
520,000 |
Bank loan payable |
15,000 |
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Inventory |
165,000 |
Taxes payable (due 3/15/2018) |
91,000 |
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Total current assets |
721,000 |
Total liabilities |
$471,000 |
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Equipment |
$538,000 |
Common stock |
474,500 |
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Less accumulated depreciation |
67,250 |
470,750 |
Retained earnings |
246,250 |
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Total stockholders' equity |
720,750 |
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Total assets |
$1,191,750 |
Total liabilities and equity |
$1,191,750 |
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To prepare a master budget for January, February, and March of 2018, management gathers the following information. |
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Babalu Musical’s single product is purchased for $30 per unit and resold for $55 per unit. The expected inventory level of 5,500 units on December 31, 2017, is more than management’s desired level for 2018, which is 20% of the next month’s expected sales (in units). Expected sales are: January, 7,250 units; February, 8,750 units; March, 11,500 units; and April, 10,000 units. |
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Cash sales and credit sales represent 25% and 75%, respectively, of total sales. Of the credit sales, 70% is collected in the first month after the month of sale and 30% in the second month after the month of sale. For the December 31, 2017, accounts receivable balance, $125,000 is collected in January and the remaining $395,000 is collected in February. |
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Merchandise purchases are paid for as follows: 20% in the first month after the month of purchase and 80% in the second month after the month of purchase. For the December 31, 2017, accounts payable balance, $85,000 is paid in January and the remaining $280,000 is paid in February. |
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Sales commissions equal to 20% of sales are paid each month. Sales salaries (excluding commissions) are $60,000 per year. |
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General and administrative salaries are $144,000 per year. Maintenance expense equals $2,200 per month and is paid in cash. |
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Equipment reported in the December 31, 2017, balance sheet was purchased in January 2017. It is being depreciated over eight years under the straight-line method with no salvage value. The following amounts for new equipment purchases are planned in the coming quarter: January, $34,000; February, $98,000; and March, $29,500. This equipment will be depreciated under the straight-line method over eight years with no salvage value. A full month’s depreciation is taken for the month in which equipment is purchased. |
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The company plans to acquire land at the end of March at a cost of $145,000, which will be paid with cash on the last day of the month. |
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Babalu Musical has a working arrangement with its bank to obtain additional loans as needed. The interest rate is 12% per year, and interest is paid at each month-end based on the beginning balance. Partial or full payments on these loans can be made on the last day of the month. The company has agreed to maintain a minimum ending cash balance of $27,588 in each month. |
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The income tax rate for the company is 30%. Income taxes on the first quarter’s income will not be paid until April 15. |
Requirements:
Prepare a master budget for each of the first three months of 2018; include the following component budgets (show supporting calculations as needed directly behind that budget, and round amounts to the nearest dollar):
1.) Monthly cash budgets.
2.) Budgeted income statement for the entire first quarter (not for each month).
3.) Budgeted balance sheet as of March 31, 2018
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The branch manager of a nationwide bookstore chain (located near a college campus) wants to study characteristics of her store’s customers. She decides to focus on two variables: the amount of money spent by customers (on items other than textbooks) and whether the customers would consider purchasing educational DVDs related to graduate preparation exams such as the GMAT, CRE, or LSAT. The results from a sample of 70 customers are as follows: Amount spent; mean = $28.52, standard deviation = $11.39; 28 customers stated that they would consider purchasing the educational DVDs.
a. Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate for the population mean amount spent in the bookstore
b. Construct a 90% confidence interval estimate for the population proportion of customers who would consider purchasing educational DVDs
Assume the branch manager wants to of another store in the chain (also located near a college campus) wants to conduct a similar survey in his store. Answer the following questions:
c. What sample size is needed to have 95% confidence of estimating the population mean amount spent in this store to within plus/minus $2 if the standard deviation is assumed to be $10?
d. How many customers need to be selected to have 90% confidence of estimating the population proportion who would consider purchasing the educational DVDs to within plus/minus 0.04
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