Calculate the dollar rates of return on the following assets: a. A painting whose price rises from $200,000 to $250,000 in a year. b. A bottle of a rare Burgundy, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2011, whose price rises from $255 to $275 between 2013 and 2014.c. A £10,000 deposit in a London bank in a year when the interest rate on pounds is 10 percent and the $ >£ exchange rate moves from $1.50 per pound to $1.38 per pound.

You are the manager in charge of global operations at bankglobal – a large commercial bank that operates in a number of countries around the world. you must decide whether or not to launch a new advertising campaign in the u.s. market. your accounting department has provided the accompanying statement, which summarizes the financial impact of the advertising campaign on u.s. operations. in addition, you recently received a call from a colleague in charge of foreign operations, and she indicated that her unit would lose $8 million if the u.s. advertising campaign were launched. your goal is to maximize bankglobal’s value. should you launch the new campaign? explain. pre-advertising campaign post-advertising campaign total revenues $18,610,900 $31,980,200 variable cost tv airtime 5,750,350 8,610,400 ad development labor 1,960,580 3,102,450 total variable costs 7,710,930 11,712,850 direct fixed cost depreciation – computer equipment 1,500,000 1,500,000 total direct fixed cost 1,500,000 1,500,000 indirect fixed cost managerial salaries 8,458,100 8,458,100 office supplies 2,003,500 2,003,500 total indirect fixed cost $10,461,600 $10,461,600

The role of the credit department includes: a. evaluating customers' credit applications to determine whether they meet the company's approval standards. b. approving all credit applications in order to avoid losing sales. c. collecting cash from customers. d. following unwritten approval standards for processing customers' credit applications.

You have $5,300 to deposit. regency bank offers 6 percent per year compounded monthly (.5 percent per month), while king bank offers 6 percent but will only compounded annually. how much will your investment be worth in 17 years at each bank