A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a rate of 5.0%. The probability distribution of the risky funds is as follows: Expected Return Standard Deviation Stock fund (S) 11% 40% Bond fund (B) 6 20 The correlation between the fund returns is 0.16. Solve numerically for the proportions of each asset and for the expected return and standard deviation of the optimal risky portfolio.

Answer:

portfolio invested in stocks  = 73.20%

Portfolio invested in Bond = 26.80%

Expected return on optimal risky portfolio [ E(rp) ] = 9.66%

STD on Optimal Risky portfolio = 30.60%

Explanation:

Correlation between the funds return = 0.16

Determine the portfolio invested in each asset ( using excel )

expected risk premium on stock fund [ E(rps)]  = 6%

Expected risk premium on Bond fund [ E(rpb) ] = 1%

std of stock rise premium ( бs) = 40%

std on bond rise premium ( бb) = 20%

correlation between funds [ rp(sb) ] = 0.16

Variance of stock fund ( бs^2 ) = 0.16

variance of bond fund ( бb^2 ) = 0.04

Using excel formula ( as seen in the attached screen shot )

First calculate the covariance of stock and Bond fund = 0.0128

portfolio invested in stocks  = 73.20%

Portfolio invested in Bond = 26.80%

Expected return on optimal risky portfolio [ E(rp) ] = 9.66%

STD on Optimal Risky portfolio = 30.60%

Contribution Margin and Contribution Margin Ratio
For a recent year, McDonald's company-owned restaurants had the following sales and expenses (in millions):
Sales $18,169.3
Food and packaging $ 6,129.7
Payroll 4,756.0
Occupancy (rent, depreciation, etc.) 4,402.6
General, selling, and administrative expenses 2,487.9
$17,776.2
Income from operations $ 393.1
Assume that the variable costs consist of food and packaging, payroll, and 40% of the general, selling, and administrative expenses.
a. What is McDonald's contribution margin? Round to the nearest tenth of a million (one decimal place).
b. What is McDonald's contribution margin ratio? Round to one decimal place.
c. How much would income from operations increase if same-store sales increased by $500 million for the coming year, with no change in the contribution margin ratio or fixed costs? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a million (one decimal place).

Islander Inc. is a new firm in a rapidly growing industry. The company would be paying $2.50 in dividend next year. After that the company intends to grow the dividend at a 8% rate annually over a long period. You plan to buy the stock now and expect to sell it for $48.23 three years from now. What price must you pay now if your required rate of return is 10%

Computing Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share Soliman Corporation began the year 2018 with 25,000 shares of common stock and 5,000 shares of convertible preferred stock outstanding. On May 1, an additional 9,000 shares of common stock were issued. On July 1, 6,000 shares of common stock were acquired for the treasury. On September 1, the 6,000 treasury shares of common stock were reissued. The preferred stock has a $4 per share dividend rate, and each share may be converted into 2 shares of common stock. Soliman Corporation’s 2018 net income is $230,000.

Required
a. Compute earnings per share for 2018. Round your answer to two decimal places.
b. Compute diluted earnings per share for 2018. Round your answer to two decimal places.

Reynolds Manufacturers Inc. has estimated total factory overhead costs of $104,000 and expected direct labor hours of 13,000 for the current fiscal year. If job number 117 incurs 1,720 direct labor hours, Work in Process will be debited and Factory Overhead will be credited for a.$104,000 b.$52,000 c.$1,720 d.$13,760

Consider the economy of Citronia, where citizens consume only oranges. Assume that oranges cost $1 each, and each person can buy at most 5,000 oranges. The government has devised the following tax plans:

Plan A Plan B
Consumption up to 1,000 oranges is taxed at 20%. Consumption up to 2,000 oranges is taxed at 30%.
Consumption higher than 1,000 oranges is taxed at 80%. Consumption higher than 2,000 oranges is taxed at 10%.

Required:
Derive the marginal and average tax rates under each tax plan at the consumption levels of 500 oranges.

How does a realistic market potential estimate affect small business success?

Splish Company uses a periodic inventory system. For April, when the company sold 650 units, the following information is available. Units Unit Cost Total Cost April 1 inventory 310 $34 $ 10,540 April 15 purchase 420 41 17,220 April 23 purchase 270 44 11,880 1,000 $39,640 Compute the April 30 inventory and the April cost of goods sold using the FIFO method.

Assume that the entry closing total revenues of $284,900 and total expenses of $212,600 has been made for the year ending December 31. At the end of the fiscal year, Teresa Schafer, Capital has a credit balance of $330,000 and Teresa Schafer, Drawing has a balance of $27,600.
A. Journalize the entry required to close the Teresa Schafer, Drawing account.
B. Determine the amount of Teresa Schafer, Capital at the end of period.

One of the themes that came out of the survey responses is that employees take their responsibility of serving fresh, hot food quickly and helping customers find menu items that they will like very seriously. But most of the time, employees do not feel like the work they do is very important. According to the job characteristics theory, which of the following should you do to address this issue?
A. Improve employees' growth need strength.
B. Improve feedback.
C. Improve skill variety.
D. Improve task significance.
C. After carefully considering the most recent employee survey results, you decide that the core issue that you need to address to improve employee motivation is that employees do not seem to know how they are doing relative to what is expected of them. Knowing this, which critical psychological state will you be most targeting in your job redesign initiative?
A. Experienced responsibility for outcomes of the work.
B. Growth need strength.
C. Knowledge of the actual results of work activities.
D. Experienced meaningfulness of the work.

Perion Corporation uses direct labor-hours in its predetermined overhead rate. At the beginning of the year, the estimated direct labor-hours were 11,500 hours and the total estimated manufacturing overhead was $275,425. At the end of the year, actual direct labor-hours for the year were 11,100 hours and the actual manufacturing overhead for the year was $270,425. Overhead at the end of the year was:

The Assembly Department for Right pens has the following production data for the current month.
Beginning Work in Process Units Transferred Out Ending Work in Process
0 15,000 10,000
Materials are entered at the beginning of the process. The ending work in process units are 50% complete as to conversion costs.
Compute the equivalent units of production for (a) materials and (b) conversion costs.

The underlying assumption of the dividend discount model is that a stock is worth: A. the present value of the future dividends the company pays. B. an amount computed as the next annual dividend divided by the required rate of return. C. the same amount as any other stock that pays the same current dividend and has the same required rate of return.

A company uses the percent of sales method to determine its bad debts expense. At the end of the current year, the company's unadjusted trial balance reported the following selected amounts: Accounts receivable $ 378,000 debit Allowance for uncollectible accounts 530 credit Net Sales 830,000 credit All sales are made on credit. Based on past experience, the company estimates that 0.6% of net credit sales are uncollectible. What amount should be debited to Bad Debts Expense when the year-end adjusting entry is prepared

Cynthia, a sole proprietor, was engaged in a service business and reported her income on the cash basis. On February 1, 2013, she incorporates her business as Dove Corporation and transfers the assets of the business to the corporation in return for all of the stock in addition to the corporation’s assumption of her proprietorship’s liabilities. All of the receivables and the unpaid trade payables are transferred to the newly formed corporation. The balance sheet of the corporation immediately after its formation is as follows:
Dove Corporation
Balance Sheet
February 1, 2013
Assets
Basis to Dove Fair Market Value
Cash $ 80,000 $ 80,000
Accounts receivable 0 240,000
Equipment (cost $180,000; 120,000 320,000
depreciation previously claimed $60,000)
Building (straight-line depreciation) 160,000 400,000
Land 40,000 160,000
Total $400,000 $1,200,000
Liabilities and Stockholder’s Equity
Liabilities:
Accounts payable—trade $ 120,000
Notes payable—bank 360,000
Stockholder’s equity:
Common stock 720,000
Total $1,200,000
Discuss the tax consequences of the incorporation of the business to Cynthia and to Dove Corporation.

Triple Tier Bakery is a locally-owned business offering custom cakes, cupcakes, desserts and wedding cakes. At year end, Triple Tier's balance of Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts is $550 (credit) before adjustment. The Accounts Receivable balance is $22,500. During the next year, Triple Tier estimates that 10% of accounts will be uncollectible. Record the adjustment required for Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts?

Isaac Inc. began operations in... Isaac Inc. began operations in January 2021. For some property sales, Isaac recognizes income in the period of sale for financial reporting purposes. However, for income tax purposes, Isaac recognizes income when it collects cash from the buyer's installment payments.

In 2021, Isaac had $670 million in sales of this type. Scheduled collections for these sales are as follows:

2021 $81 million
2022 127 million
2023 127 million
2024 160 million
2025 175 million
$670 million

Assume that Isaac has a 25% income tax rate and that there were no other differences in income for financial statement and tax purposes. Ignoring operating expenses and additional sales in 2022, what deferred tax liability would Isaac report in its year-end 2022 balance sheet?

Dmitri doesn't like Val, one of his coworkers. Dmitri started to send an e-mail to his workgroup, falsely accusing Val of stealing company supplies. Before clicking "Send," Dmitri reread his message. He decided to delete the message instead of sending it, fearing that his work team members might consider his e-mail to be inappropriate. Which ethical consideration did Dmitri use in his decision to behave in a principled manner?
A) Publicity Test
B) Common Good approach
C) Professional Ethic
D) Utilitarian approach

Carmelo, the editor of a business department of a national news magazine, went through a sequence of jobs in the company before he achieved this position. He joined as a staff reporter, then got promoted to technology reporter, then to editor of the business department, and then to deputy managing editor before achieving his current position. This is __________.

Approach Company, which applies overhead to production on the basis of machine hours, reported the following data for the period just ended: Actual units produced: 14,800 Actual fixed overhead incurred: $791,000 Standard fixed overhead rate: $13 per hour Budgeted fixed overhead: $780,000 Planned level of machine-hour activity: 60,000 If Approach estimates four hours to manufacture a completed unit, the company's fixed-overhead volume variance would be: Multiple Choice $10,400 negative. $10,400 positive. $11,000 negative. $11,000 positive. None of the answers is correct.

AP* Price discrimination occurs when differences in a product's price reflect differences in marginal costs differences in a product's price reflect differences in marginal costs a products's average cost is greater than its average revenue a products's average cost is greater than its average revenue differences in a product's price do not reflect differences in costs of production differences in a product's price do not reflect differences in costs of production a product's average cost is less than its average revenue a product's average cost is less than its average revenue the supply of the product is elastic

QUESTION 2 of 10: An advantage to joining a family business is:
a) The other employees are often well known
b) You are likely to have unlimited control
Emotional decisions are less common in family businesses than in large corporations
d) Financing is never an issue

Med Max buys surgical supplies from a variety of manufacturers and then resells and delivers these supplies to dozens of hospitals. In the face of declining profits, Med Max decided to implement an activity-based costing system to improve its understanding of the costs incurred to serve each hospital. The company broke its selling and administrative expenses into four activities as shown below:

Activity Cost Pool (Activity Measure) Total Cost Total Activity
Customer deliveries (Number of deliveries) $630,000 7,000 deliveries
Manual order processing (Number of manual orders) 444,000 6,000 orders
Electronic order processing (Number of electronic orders) 231,000 11,000 orders
Line item picking (Number of line items picked) 955,500 490,000 line items
Other organization-sustaining costs (None) 610,000
Total selling and administrative expenses $2,870,500

Med Max gathered the data below for two of the many hospitals that it serves—City General and County General:


Activity
Activity Measure General City County General
Number of deliveries 10 20
Number of manual orders 0 40
Number of electronic orders 10 0
Number of line items picked 120 280

Required:
a. Compute the activity rate for each activity cost pool.
b. Compute the total activity costs that would be assigned to City General and County General.

As long as a firm's net income is positive, then the firm can use the positive net income to pay dividends to its shareholders.
True
False

Eva received $68,000 in compensation payments from JAZZ Corp. during 2018. Eva incurred $13,500 in business expenses relating to her work for JAZZ Corp. JAZZ did not reimburse Eva for any of these expenses. Eva is single and she deducts a standard deduction of $12,000. Based on these facts answer the following questions: Use Tax Rate Schedule for reference.
a. Assume that Eva is considered to be an employee. What amount of FICA taxes is she required to pay for the year?
b. Assume that Eva is considered to be an employee. What is her regular income tax liability for the year?
c. Assume that Eva is considered to be a self-employed contractor. What is her self-employment tax liability and additional Medicare tax liability for the year?

Road Gripper Tire Co. manufactures automobile tires. Standard costs and actual costs for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead incurred for the manufacture of 4,160 tires were as follows:

Standard Costs Actual Costs
Direct materials 100,000 lbs. at $6.40 101,000 lbs. at $6.50
Direct labor 2,080 hrs. at $15.75 2,000 hrs. at $15.40
Factory overhead Rates per direct labor hr.,
based on 100% of normal capacity of 2,000 direct
labor hrs.:
Variable cost, $4.00 $8,200 variable cost
Fixed cost, $6.00 $12,000 fixed cost

Each tire requires 0.5 hour of direct labor.

Required:
a. Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance.
b. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance.
c. Determine the variable factory overhead controllable variance, fixed factory overhead volume variance, and total factory overhead cost variance.

Windsor, Inc. decided to establish a petty cash fund to help ensure internal control over its small cash expenditures. The following information is available for the month of April.
1. On April 1, it established a petty cash fund in the amount of $268.
2. A summary of the petty cash expenditures made by the petty cash custodian as of April 10 is as follows. Delivery charges paid on merchandise purchased $76 Supplies purchased and used 41 Postage expense 49 I.O.U. from employees 33 Miscellaneous expense 52 The petty cash fund was replenished on April 10. The balance in the fund was $8.
3. The petty cash fund balance was increased $116 to $384 on April 20.
Prepare the journal entries to record transactions related to petty cash for the month of April.
april 1
pety cash 342 (d)
cash 342 (c)
april 10
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miscellaneous expense 48 (d)
postage expense 52 (d)
accounts recievable 29 (d)
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petty cash ??
cash ??

Materials used by Square Yard Products Inc. in producing Division 3's product are currently purchased from outside suppliers at a cost of $5.00 per unit. However, the same materials are available from Division 6. Division 6 has unused capacity and can produce the materials needed by Division 3 at a variable cost of $3.00 per unit. A transfer price of $3.20 per unit is established, and 40,000 units of material are transferred, with no reduction in Division 6's current sales. Square Yard Products Inc.'s total operating income will increase by

Bob lives in Philadelphia and runs a business that sells guitars. In an average year, he receives $704,000 from selling guitars. Of this sales revenue, he must pay the manufacturer a wholesale cost of $404,000; he also pays wages and utility bills totaling $286,000. He owns his showroom; if he chooses to rent it out, he will receive $3,000 in rent per year. Assume that the value of this showroom does not depreciate over the year. Also, if Bob does not operate this guitar business, he can work as an accountant, receive an annual salary of $20,000 with no additional monetary costs, and rent out his showroom at the $3,000 per year rate. No other costs are incurred in running this guitar business.
Identify each of Charles's costs in the following table as either an implicit cost or an explicit cost of selling guitars
Implicit Cost Explicit Cost
1. The wholesale cost for the guitars that Charles pays the manufacturer
2. The wages and utility bills that Charles pays
3. The salary Charles could earn if he worked as an accountant
4. The rental income Charles could receive if he chose to rent out his showroom
Complete the following table by determining Charles's accounting and economic profit of his guitar business.
Profit (Dollars)
Accounting Profit
Economic Profit

Hane Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing to assign overhead costs to products: Activity Cost Pool Activity Rate Assembling products $ 8.90 per assembly hour Processing customer orders $ 31.23 per customer order Setting up batches $ 43.72 per batch Data for one of the company's products follow: Product U94W Number of assembly hours 389 Number of customer orders 53 Number of batches 61 How much overhead cost would be assigned to Product U94W using the activity-based costing system

Select the true statement about default risk. It is the risk that the bond's price will fall below its par value. Bondholders have a degree of legal protection against default risk, but it is not comprehensive. Default risk relates to a bond's periodic coupon payments, but not to its maturity payment. Bondholders are guaranteed to be repaid in full if a company enters bankruptcy.