Your rich godfather has offered you a choice of one of the three following alternatives: $12,000 now; $2,500 a year for eight years; or $30,000 at the end of eight years. Assuming you could earn 12 percent annually, which alternative should you choose? If you could earn 14 percent annually, would you still choose the same alternative?

Which of the following government agencies is responsible for managing the money supply in the united states? a. the u.s. mint b. the federal reserve bank c. congress d. the department of the treasury 2b2t

Sally is buying a home and the closing date is set for april 20th. the annual property taxes are $1,234.00 and have not been paid yet. using actual days, how much will the buyer be credited and the seller be debited

Burke enterprises is considering a machine costing $30 billion that will result in initial after-tax cash savings of $3.7 billion at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 2 percent per year for 11 years. after 11 years, the company can sell the parts for $5 billion. burke has a target debt/equity ratio of 1.2, a beta of 1.79. you estimate that the return on the market is 7.5% and t-bills are currently yielding 2.5%. burke has two issuances of bonds outstanding. the first has 200,000 bonds trading at 98% of par, with coupons of 5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 5 years. the second has 500,000 bonds trading at par, with coupons of 7.5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 12 years. kate, the ceo, usually applies an adjustment factor to the discount rate of +2 for such highly innovative projects. should the company take on the project?