On December 31, 2018, Perry Corporation leased equipment to Admiral Company for a five-year period. The annual lease payment, excluding nonlease components, is $ 43,000. The interest rate for this lease is 12%. The payments are due on December 31 of each year. The first payment was made on December 31, 2018. The normal cash price for this type of equipment is $ 150,000 while the cost to Perry was $ 126,000. For the year ended December 31, 2018, by what amount will Perry's earnings increase due to this lease (ignore taxes)?

Gold star co. and silver star co. both manage their cash flows according to the miller orr model. gold star's daily cash flow is controlled between $100,000 and $200,000, whereas silver star's daily cash flow is controlled between $150,000 and $300,000. the annual interest rates gold star and silver star can get are 10 percent and 9 percent, respectively, and the costs per transaction of trading securities are $2,000 and $2,500, respectively. a. what are their respective target cash balances? b. which firm's daily cash flow is more volatile?