Activity in Stock Market Commercial Banks Stock Owned Savings Institutions Savings Banks Finance Companies Stock Mutual Funds Securities Firms Insurance Companies Pension Funds Issue stock when they are starting to become inadequately funded and need to boost their capital base. Manage trust funds, usually containing stocks, that are set up by individuals to be given to a beneficiary in the future. Offer advice to corporations that are considering acquiring ownership of other companies by purchasing their issued stocks. Use funds from their investment portfolios to invest in stocks.

Five times the sum of a number and 27 is greater then or equal to six times the of that number and 26. what is the solution set to this proportion?

Wilson center is a private not-for-profit voluntary health and welfare entity. during 2017, it received unrestricted pledges of $638,000, 65 percent of which were payable in 2017, with the remainder payable in 2018 (for use in 2018). officials estimate that 14 percent of all pledges will be uncollectible. a. how much should wilson center report as contribution revenue for 2017? b. in addition, a local social worker, earning $20 per hour working for the state government, contributed 600 hours of time to wilson center at no charge. without these donated services, the organization would have hired an additional staff person. how should wilson center record the contributed service?

Afinancing project has an initial cash inflow of $42,000 and cash flows of −$15,600, −$22,200, and −$18,000 for years 1 to 3, respectively. the required rate of return is 13 percent. what is the internal rate of return? should the project be accepted?