David McClemore, the CFO of Ultra Bread, has decided to use an APT model to estimate the required return on the company's stock. The risk factors he plans to use are the risk premium on the stock market, the inflation rate, and the price of wheat. Because wheat is one of the biggest costs Ultra Bread faces, he feels this is a significant risk factor for Ultra Bread. How would you evaluate his choice of risk factors

5. profit maximization and shutting down in the short run suppose that the market for polos is a competitive market. the following graph shows the daily cost curves of a firm operating in this market. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 price (dollars per polo) quantity (thousands of polos) mc atc avc for each price in the following table, calculate the firm's optimal quantity of units to produce, and determine the profit or loss if it produces at that quantity, using the data from the previous graph to identify its total variable cost. assume that if the firm is indifferent between producing and shutting down, it will produce. (hint: you can select the purple points [diamond symbols] on the previous graph to see precise information on average variable cost.) price quantity total revenue fixed cost variable cost profit (dollars per polo) (polos) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) 12.50 135,000 27.50 135,000 45.00 135,000 if the firm shuts down, it must incur its fixed costs (fc) in the short run. in this case, the firm's fixed cost is $135,000 per day. in other words, if it shuts down, the firm would suffer losses of $135,000 per day until its fixed costs end (such as the expiration of a building lease). this firm's shutdown price—that is, the price below which it is optimal for the firm to shut down—is per polo.

Exercise 15-7 crawford corporation incurred the following transactions. 1. purchased raw materials on account $53,000. 2. raw materials of $45,200 were requisitioned to the factory. an analysis of the materials requisition slips indicated that $9,400 was classified as indirect materials. 3. factory labor costs incurred were $65,400, of which $50,200 pertained to factory wages payable and $15,200 pertained to employer payroll taxes payable. 4. time tickets indicated that $55,000 was direct labor and $10,400 was indirect labor. 5. manufacturing overhead costs incurred on account were $81,700. 6. depreciation on the company’s office building was $8,100. 7. manufacturing overhead was applied at the rate of 160% of direct labor cost. 8. goods costing $89,400 were completed and transferred to finished goods. 9. finished goods costing $76,000 to manufacture were sold on account for $105,100. journalize the transactions. (credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. do not indent manually.) no. account titles and explanation debit credit (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (to record the sale) (to record the cost of the sale) click if you would like to show work for this question: open show work

Right medical introduced a new implant that carries a five-year warranty against manufacturer’s defects. based on industry experience with similar product introductions, warranty costs are expected to approximate 2% of sales. sales were $8 million and actual warranty expenditures were $42,750 for the first year of selling the product. what amount (if any) should right report as a liability at the end of the year?