Percentage returns:

i. easily convey the return for each dollar invested.

ii. relay information about a security more easily than dollar returns do.

iii. vary with the amount invested.

iv. can be easily separated into dividend and capital gain yields.

ernst's electrical has a bond issue outstanding with ten years to maturity. these bonds have a $1,000 face value, a 5 percent coupon, and pay interest semiminusannually. the bonds are currently quoted at 96 percent of face value. what is ernst's pretax cost of debt?

Show the changes to the t-accounts for the federal reserve and for commercial banks when the federal reserve buys $50 million in u.s. treasury bills. if the public holds a fixed amount of currency (so that all loans create an equal amount of deposits in the banking system), the minimum reserve ratio is 10%, and banks hold no excess reserves, by how much will deposits in the commercial banks change? by how much will the money supply change? show the final changes to the t-account for commercial banks when the money supply changes by this amount.

Each month, business today publishes a news piece about an innovative product, service, or business. such soft news is generally written by a freelance business writer and is known as a