A. computer stocks currently provide an expected rate of return of 16%. mbi, a large computer company, will pay a year-end dividend of $2 per share. if the stock is selling at $50 per share, what must be the market’s expectation of the growth rate of mbi dividends? b. if dividend growth forecasts for mbi are revised downward to 5% per year, what will happen to the price of mbi stock? c. what (qualitatively) will happen to the company’s price–earnings ratio?

Doogan corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: standard quantity or hours standard price or rate direct materials 2.0 grams $ 7.00 per gram direct labor 1.6 hours $ 12.00 per hour variable overhead 1.6 hours $ 6.00 per hour the company produced 5,000 units in january using 10,340 grams of direct material and 2,320 direct labor-hours. during the month, the company purchased 10,910 grams of the direct material at $7.30 per gram. the actual direct labor rate was $12.85 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $5.80 per hour. the company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. the direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. the materials quantity variance for january is: