Elizabeth, an individual taxpayer, has a marginal tax rate on ordinary income of 24% and a tax rate on long-term capital gains of 15%. she has $100,000 that she wants to invest for the next 6 months, at which time she will liquidate the investment. she is considering three investment alternatives: (1) a corporate bond yielding an annual interest rate of 5%; (2) a municipal bond that pays and annual interest rate of 3%; (3) stock that will pay a dividend of $1000 and is expected to increase in value by 2% per year. assume that elizabeth can purchase the stock after the declaration date but before the record date, and that all interest and dividends will be received at the end of the 6 month period. which investment alternative should elizabeth choose? show your calculations.

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

Shelly bought a house five years ago for $150,000 and obtained an 80% loan. now the home is worth $140,000 and her loan balance has been reduced by $12,000. what is shelly's current equity?

Which theorem states that no two species competing for the exact same resources can coexist? which theorem states that no two species competing for the exact same resources can coexist? resource partitioning principle complex community network principle dominance species principle competitive exclusion principle?