A company buys a fixed asset on January 1, 2012 for $20,000. The accumulated depreciation for three years is $12,000. What will be the book value of the asset on December 31, 2014? The asset is sold on December 31, 2014 for $10,000. Will the company make a profit from this disposal? The book value of the asset on December 31, 2014 is $ (Blank 1) . The company will make a (Blank 2).

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8,000
5,000
12,000

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loss of $2,000
profit of $2,000
profit of $8,000

The total value of your portfolio is $10,000: $3,000 of it is invested in stock a and the remainder invested in stock b. stock a has a beta of 0.8; stock b has a beta of 1.2. the risk premium on the market portfolio is 8%; the risk-free rate is 2%. additional information on stocks a and b is provided below. return in each state state probability of state stock a stock b excellent 15% 15% 5% normal 50% 9% 7% poor 35% -15% 10% what are each stock’s expected return and the standard deviation? what are the expected return and the standard deviation of your portfolio? what is the beta of your portfolio? using capm, what is the expected return on the portfolio? given your answer above, would you buy, sell, or hold the portfolio?

Match the steps for conducting an informational interview with the tasks in each step.

The common stock and debt of northern sludge are valued at $65 million and $35 million, respectively. investors currently require a return of 15.9% on the common stock and a return of 7.8% on the debt. if northern sludge issues an additional $14 million of common stock and uses this money to retire debt, what happens to the expected return on the stock? assume that the change in capital structure does not affect the interest rate on northern’s debt and that there are no taxes.