Emerald Energy is an oil exploration and production company that trades on the London stock market. Assume that when purchased by an international investor the stock's price and the exchange rate were £5 and £0.64/$1.00 respectively. At selling time, one year after purchase, they were £6 and £0.60/$1.00. If the investor had sold £5, the principal investment amount at the same time that the stock was purchased, forward at the forward exchange rate of £0.60/$1.00. The dollar rate of return would be

Secured loans are protected by collateral security. examples: title loans where the borrower uses the car title as collateral security interest rates are lower and repayments are longer therefore risk is low as a collateral security is given as guarantee to the bank in case of failure to pay the loanunsecured loans are not protected by collateral security but it is given on the creditworthiness of the borrower, trusting that she/he will pay on time. examples; payday loans is a short term loan where the borrower lends money from the bank and pays is back when the borrower receives his/her wages.interest rates are high and repayments are shorter. but the risk is high as no collateral security is given as a guarantee to the bank for payment of the loan

Answerradio shack is an example of a franchise;