Suppose you invest $20,000 by purchasing 200 shares of Abbott Labs (ABT) at $50 per share, 200 shares of Lowes (LOW) at $30 per share, and 100 shares of Ball Corporation (BLL) at $40 per share. Over the next year Ball has a return of 12.5%, Lowes has a return of 20%, and Abbott Labs has a return of -10%. The value of your portfolio at the end of the year is: A: $21,500
B: $20,000
C: $21,000
D: $20,700

Alpha industries is considering a project with an initial cost of $8 million. the project will produce cash inflows of $1.49 million per year for 8 years. the project has the same risk as the firm. the firm has a pretax cost of debt of 5.61 percent and a cost of equity of 11.27 percent. the debt–equity ratio is .60 and the tax rate is 35 percent. what is the net present value of the project?

The purpose of the transportation approach for location analysis is to minimize which of the following? a. total costsb. total fixed costsc. the number of shipmentsd. total shipping costse. total variable costs

Rebel technology maintains its records using cash-basis accounting. during the year, the company received cash from customers, $43,000, and paid cash for salaries, $23,500. at the beginning of the year, customers owe rebel $1,000. by the end of the year, customers owe $6,600. at the beginning of the year, rebel owes salaries of $5,600. at the end of the year, rebel owes salaries of $3,300. determine cash-basis net income and accrual-basis net income for the year.