Geico is considering expanding an existing plant on a piece of land it already owns. the land was purchased 15 years ago for $325,000 and its current market appraisal is $820,000. a capital budgeting analysis shows that the plant expansion has a net present value of $130,000. the expansion will cost $1.73 million, and the discounted cash inflows are $1.86 million. the expansion cost of $1.73 million does not include any provision for the cost of the land. the manager preparing the analysis argues that the historical cost of the land is a sunk cost, and, since the firm intends to keep the land whether or not the expansion project is accepted, the current appraisal value is irrelevant. should the land be included in the analysis? if so, how?

Profits from using currency options and futures.on july 2, the two-month futures rate of the mexican peso contained a 2 percent discount (unannualized). there was a call option on pesos with an exercise price that was equal to the spot rate. there was also a put option on pesos with an exercise price equal to the spot rate. the premium on each of these options was 3 percent of the spot rate at that time. on september 2, the option expired. go to the oanda.com website (or any site that has foreign exchange rate quotations) and determine the direct quote of the mexican peso. you exercised the option on this date if it was feasible to do so. a. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the call option? b. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the put option? c. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2? d. what was your net profit per unit if you sold a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2

Although appealing to more refined tastes, art as a collectible has not always performed so profitably. during 2003, an auction house sold a sculpture at auction for a price of $10,211,500. unfortunately for the previous owner, he had purchased it in 2000 at a price of $12,177,500. what was his annual rate of return on this sculpture? (a negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as

Lucido products markets two computer games: claimjumper and makeover. a contribution format income statement for a recent month for the two games appears below: claimjumper makeover total sales $ 30,000 $ 70,000 $ 100,000 variable expenses 20,000 50,000 70,000 contribution margin $ 10,000 $ 20,000 30,000 fixed expenses 24,000 net operating income $ 6,000 required: 1. compute the overall contribution margin (cm) ratio for the company.. 2. compute the overall break-even point for the company in dollar sales. 3. complete the contribution format income statement at break-even point for the company showing the appropriate levels of sales for the two products. (do not round intermediate calculations.)