Assignment 6 (chapters 17, 18) you’re the manager of global opportunities for a u. s. manufacturer, who is considering expanding sales into asia. your market research has identified the market potential in malaysia, philippines, and singapore as described next: success level malaysia philippines singapore probability units probability units probability units big 0.3 1,200,000 0.3 1,000,000 0.7 700,000 mediocre 0.3 600,000 0.5 320,000 0.2 400,000 failure 0.4 0 0.2 0 0.1 0 the product sells for $10 and has unit costs of $8. if you can enter only one market, and the cost of entering the market (regardless of which market you select) is $250,000, should you enter one of these markets? if so, which one? if you enter, what is your expected profit? 2. you hold an auction among three bidders. you estimate that each bidder has a value of either $16 or $20 for the item, and you attach probabilities to each value of 50%. what is the expected price? if two of the three bidders collude, what is the price?

answer: b) the us is the leading importer but not the leading exporter.

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the u.s is the largest importer but it is not the largest exporter as china sits on the top of the table when it comes to leading exporters.

but u.s is not far from first,

they rank in 2nd globally as the worlds largest exporter.

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of the three mortgage options that demarco and tanya have to choose from, the balloon payment mortgage would be their best option, over adjustable payment and fixed payment plans.ultimately, the balloon payment plan would save demarco and tanya overall, in interest, would cost less monthly, and they would only have to make these payments for 8 years, opposing to 30 years for adjustable or fixed payment plans. 

overall, demarco and tanya would save $80,811 if they chose balloon payments over fixed payments, and would save $116,711 if they choose balloon payments over adjustable payments. benefits with choosing fixed payments over adjustable payments is that, in the end, the payments will still be $836.30 a month, while with adjustable payments, the initial monthly payments will be $763.38 to $1082.70 a month, ultimately leading to a more costly purchase. benefits with choosing fixed payments over balloon payments are not present. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over is that it has a lower interest rate, and starts with lower monthly payments initially. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over balloon payments include a lower interest rate, and lower initial monthly payments. benefits in choosing balloon payments over fixed payments include lower interest rates, lower overall price, lower monthly payments, takes less time to pay off, and does not require a downpayment. benefits in choosing balloon payments over adjustable payments include, lower monthly payments (when averaged), takes less time to pay off, and lower overall price.

hence, option c, balloon payments, is the best option for demarco and tanya to make this purchase, for it will save them a minimum of $80811, and a maximum of $116,711.