Yesterday, bonds for Risky Corp were traded for the yield-to-maturity of 6.44%, which were downgraded by S&P from BBB to BB today. If everything else is constant from yesterday (expected inflation rate etc.), the bonds' YTM should be:

a. lower than the coupon rate.
b. lower than the current yield.
c. higher than 6.44%.
d. the same as yesterday.
e. None of the above

Cash flows during the first year of operations for the harman-kardon consulting company were as follows: cash collected from customers, $385,000; cash paid for rent, $49,000; cash paid to employees for services rendered during the year, $129,000; cash paid for utilities, $59,000. in addition, you determine that customers owed the company $69,000 at the end of the year and no bad debts were anticipated. also, the company owed the gas and electric company $2,900 at year-end, and the rent payment was for a two-year period.

Stormie zanzibar owns a bakery in the fictitious country of olombia. each month the government’s market ministry mails her a large list of the regulated price of goods which include products like bread, muffins and flat bread. the list also dictates the types of goods she can sell at the bakery and what she is to charge. because of the regulations placed on these goods, stormie has increased her production of sweets, pies, cakes, croissants and buns and decreased her supply of breads, muffins and flat bread. she has taken these steps because the sweet goods’ prices are not government controlled. stormie zanzibar lives under what type of economy?

Aneighborhood home owners association suspects that the recent appraisal values of the houses in the neighborhood conducted by the county government for taxation purposes is too high. it hired a private company to appraise the values of ten houses in the neighborhood. the results, in thousands of dollars, are?