Nabax has an investment that is worth $41,600 and has an expected return of 14.56 percent. The investment is expected to pay her $27,200 in 2 years from today and X in 5 years from today. What is X?

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Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is "$41189.19"

Explanation:

Using formula:[tex]\text{Present value=Cash flows} \times \text{Present value of discounting factor(rate \ \%, time period)}[/tex]      

[tex]\to 41600=\frac{27200}{1.1456^2}+ \frac{X}{1.1456^5}\\\\\to 41600= (27200 \times 0.761963188)+(X \times 0.506798097)\\\\\to 41600=20725.3987+(X \times 0.506798097)\\\\\\to X=\frac{(41600-20725.3987)}{0.506798097}\\\\[/tex]

         [tex]=\$41189.19[/tex]


Related Questions

How are changes in U.S. demographics affecting the workplace relative to demographic changes in our traditional competitors

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Answer:

The changes in demographics are affecting the workplaces in both positive and negative manner. With continuous immigration of workforce from Asian countries and neighbor countries like Mexico, America is facing some serious crises of jobs shortage.

On the other hand, due to such import of human resource companies are able to get best talent inn hand to operate their activities.

On June 5, Staley Electronics purchases 100 units of inventory on account for $10 each. After closer examination, Staley determines 20 units are defective and returns them to its supplier for full credit on June 9. All remaining inventory is sold on account on June 16 for $15 each.Required:Record transactions for the purchase, return, and sale of inventory.

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Answer:

See the journal entries below.

Explanation:

First, we have:

Units of inventory purchased = 100

Units of inventory returned = 20

Units of inventory sold = Units of inventory purchased - Units of inventory returned = 100 - 20 = 80

Therefore, the journal entries will be as follows:

Date         Details                                             Debit ($)               Credit ($)  

June 5      Inventory (100 * $10)                         1,000

                 Accounts payable                                                         1,000

                (To inventory purchased on account.)                                          

June 9      Accounts payable (20 * $10 )            200

                 Inventory                                                                         200

                (To record inventory return.)                                                        

June 16    Account receivable (80 * $15)         1,200

                Sales                                                                               1200

                (To record sales on account.)                                                      

                Cost of goods sold (80 * $10)           800  

                Inventory                                                                         800

                (To record cost of goods sold on account)                                

A competitive market analysis takes into consideration?

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Answer:

A competitive analysis is the process of identifying your competitors and evaluating their strategies to determine their strengths and weaknesses relative to your own business, product, and service. The goal of the competitive analysis is to gather the intelligence necessary to find a line of attack and develop your go-to-market strategy.

Explanation:

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Mohave Corp. is considering outsourcing production of the umbrella tote bag included with some of its products. The company has received a bid from a supplier in Vietnam to produce 8,000 units per year for $7.50 each. Mohave has the following information about the cost of producing tote bags:
Direct materials $3
Direct labor 2
Variable manufacturing overhead 1
Fixed manufacturing overhead 2
Total cost per unit $8
Mohave has determined that all variable costs could be eliminated by outsourcing the tote bags, while 60 percent of the fixed overhead cost is unavoidable. At this time, Mohave has no specific use in mind for the space currently dedicated to producing the tote bags.
Required:
1. Compute the difference in cost between making and buying the umbrella tote bag.
2. Based strictly on the incremental analysis, should Mohave buy the tote bags or continue to make them?
3. Suppose that the space Mohave currently uses to make the bags could be utilized by a new product line that would generate $10,000 in annual profits. Recompute the difference in cost between making and buying the umbrella tote bag. Does this change your recommendation to Mohave? If so, how?
4. Assume Mohave has a sustainability goal to increase the percentage of spending from local suppliers. If Mohave’s managers are responsible for improving this metric, how might it impact their sourcing decisions?
5. What other strategic or sustainability-related goals should Mohave consider before making a final decision?

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Answer:

Mohave Corp.

1. Cost Differences:

Relevant costs:

                                                     Make             Buy        Difference

Direct materials                              $3

Direct labor                                       2

Variable manufacturing overhead   1

Fixed manufacturing overhead       0.80

Total cost per unit                          $6.80        $7.50          $0.70

Annual Units                                  8,000        8,000          8,000

Total costs                                 $54,400   $60,000       $5,600

2. Based strictly on the incremental analysis, Mohave should continue to make the tote bags.

3. The recommendation is changed.  Mohave should buy the tote bags from outside.  Buying from outside increases operating income by $4,400.

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Price per unit from outside supplier = $7.50

Direct materials                             $3

Direct labor                                      2

Variable manufacturing overhead 1

Fixed manufacturing overhead     2

Total cost per unit                        $8

Relevant costs:

                                                     Make             Buy        Difference

Direct materials                              $3

Direct labor                                       2

Variable manufacturing overhead   1

Fixed manufacturing overhead       0.80

Total cost per unit                          $6.80        $7.50          $0.70

Annual Units                                  8,000        8,000          8,000

Total costs                                 $54,400   $60,000       $5,600

Relevant costs:

                                                     Make             Buy        Difference

Direct materials                              $3

Direct labor                                       2

Variable manufacturing overhead   1

Fixed manufacturing overhead       0.80

Total cost per unit                          $6.80        $7.50          $0.70

Annual Units                                  8,000        8,000          8,000

Total costs                                 $54,400   $60,000       $5,600

Annual profits from new product        0     (10,000)     $10,000

Total net costs                          $54,400   $50,000       $4,400

On January 1, 2019, Eagle Company borrows $23,000 cash by signing a four-year, 9% installment note. The note requires four equal payments of $7,099, consisting of accrued interest and principal on December 31 of each year from 2019 through 2022. Prepare the journal entries for Eagle to record the note's issuance and the four payments

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Answer:

See below

Explanation:

January 01, 2019

Cash Dr $23,0000

______________Notes payable Cr $23,000

December 31, 2019

Interest expense Dr $2,070

($23,000 × 9%)

Notes payable Dr $5,029

____________________Cash Cr. $7,099

December 31, 2020

Interest expense Dr $1,617

($23,000 - $5,029) × 9%

Notes payable Dr $5,082

_________________ Cash Cr $7,099

December 31, 2021

Interest expense Dr $1,160

($23,000 - $5,029 - $5,082) × 9%

Notes payable Dr $5,939

___________________ Cash Cr $7,099

December 31, 2022

Interest expense Dr $626

($23,000 - $5,029 - $5,082 - $5,939) × 9%

Note payable Dr $6,473

_____________________ Cash Cr $7,099

On November 1, 20Y9, Lexi Martin established an interior decorating business, Heritage Designs. During the month, Lexi completed the following transactions related to the business:
Nov. Lexi transferred cash from a personal bank account to an account to be used for the business in exchange for common stock, $27,100.
1Paid rent for period of November 1 to end of month, $3,300.
6Purchased office equipment on account, $12,840.
8Purchased a truck for $30,500 paying $7,000 cash and giving a note payable for the remainder.
10Purchased supplies for cash, $1,740.
12Received cash for job completed, $7,500.
15Paid annual premiums on property and casualty insurance, $2,300.
23Recorded jobs completed on account and sent invoices to customers, $12,410.
24Received an invoice for truck expenses, to be paid in November, $1,400.
Enter the following transactions on Page 2 of the two-column journal:Nov. 29 Paid utilities expense, $4,500. 29 Paid miscellaneous expenses, $1,000. 30 Received cash from customers on account, $9,000. 30 Paid wages of employees, $6,800. 30 Paid creditor a portion of the amount owed for equipment purchased on November 6, $3,000. 30 Paid dividends, $2,500. how it do Journal

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Answer:

looks good no mistakes and uh b if this is a question

Which of the following is a component of the talent acquisition function of HR management?
Group of answer choices

Recruiting

Training

Career planning

Orientation

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Answer:

Recruiting

Explanation:

Recruitment is the process of hiring individuals in an organization to accomplish the tasks assigned. It is the process carried by the Human Resource Management in an organization. The HR management is responsible to organize and manage the human talents and recruit them respectively. The talent are recognized by the team and are hired to meet the goals of the organization.

During a team meeting, a team member asks about the measurements that will be used on the project to assess performance. The team member feels that some of the measures related to the activities assigned to him are not valid measurements. The project is BEST considered to be in what part of the project management process?

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Answer:

The answer is "Executing".

Explanation:

In this inquiry, it is stated that certain of the measurements used to evaluate a team member's efforts are deemed invalid. As a result, he'll have to work during the project's executing phase, when project deliverables are created and project participants execute the majority of the labor. During this team meeting, one of the members inquires about the project's performance measurements, that's why Executing is the correct choice.

The focus on establishing relationships with all customers has given way to a more targeted effort to seek higher-value customers.
A. True
B. False

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it’s true the more comfortable you make the customer feel the better they feel coming to the place you are

Patty took a cash advance of $1,500. Her new credit card charges an Annual Percentage Rate of 21%. The transaction fee for the cash advance is 3% of the amount of the advance, with a minimum fee of $35. This fee is added to the total cash advance, and accrues interest.

Hint: calculate 3% of 1,500. Add that 3% to the original cash advance of 1,500. This becomes your charged amount.

If Patty makes monthly payments of $65:

What is the total amount Patty will end up paying for the cash advance?

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I honestly don’t kno

Sardi Inc. is considering whether to continue to make a component or to buy it from an outside supplier. The company uses 17,000 of the components each year. The unit product cost of the component according to the company's cost accounting system is given as follows:
Direct materials $ 8.20
Direct labor 8.30
Variable manufacturing overhead 1.20
Fixed manufacturing overhead 4.30
Unit product cost $ 22.00
Assume that direct labor is a variable cost. Of the fixed manufacturing overhead, 70% is avoidable if the component were bought from the outside supplier. In addition, making the component uses 2 minutes on the machine that is the company's current constraint. If the component were bought, time would be freed up for use on another product that requires 4 minutes on this machine and that has a contribution margin of $7.00 per unit. When deciding whether to make or buy the component, what cost of making the component should be compared to the price of buying the component?
A) $20.71 per unit.
B) $22.00 per unit.
C) $25.50 per unit.
D) $24.21 per unit.

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B.) $22.00 per unit you will be adding nd dividing

There is an increase in the demand for aspirin at the same time as workers in the aspirin industry receive a substantial pay increase. What will most likely happen?

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Answer:

There would be an increase in equilibrium quantity and there would be an indeterminate effect on equilibrium price

Explanation:

Suppose that $1 lottery tickets have the following probabilities and values: 1 in 5 to win a free ticket (worth $1), 1 in 100 to win $5, 1 in 100,000 to win $1000, and 1 in 10 million to win $1 million. What is the expected value of a lottery ticket to the consumer

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Answer:

$0.36

Explanation:

Expected value of the lottery ticket = (p1 x a1) + (p2 x a2) + (p3 x a3) + (p4 x a4)

p1 = probability of winning $1 = 1/5 = 0.2

a1 = $1

p2 =  probability of winning $5 = 1/100 = 0.01

a2 = $5

p3 =  probability of winning $1000 = 1/100,000 = 0.00001

a3 = $1000

p4 =  probability of winning $1 million = 1/10,000,000 = 0.0000001

a4 = $1 million

(0.2 x 1) + (0.01 x 5) + (0.00001 x 1000) + (1,000,000 x 0.00001) = $0.36

Brenda, the sales manager of a firm, wants to generate a particular report containing sales analyses of the second and third quarter of the year. She should use a ________ to retrieve the information that she wants from the database. Group of answer choices

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Answer: query

Explanation:

Since Brenda wants to generate a particular report containing sales analyses of the second and third quarter of the year, then she should use a query to get the information.

The query refers to a request that can be used to get data or information from the database table. The data gotten can be in form of graphs, pictorials or complex results, such as trend analyses etc

During normal economic times, unemployment in Europe tends to be ________ than in the United States mainly because of ________.

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Answer:

higher; labor market regulations

Explanation:

I hope this helps you!

The Lime Corporation has obtained the following sales forecast data:
July August September October
Cash sales $ 80,000 $ 70,000 $ 50,000 $ 60,000
Credit sales $ 240,000 $ 220,000 $ 180,000 $ 200,000
The regular pattern of collection of credit sales is 20% in the month of sale, 70% in the month following the month of sale, and the remainder in the second month following the month of sale. There are no bad debts. The budgeted cash receipts for October would be:_________
a. $188.000
b. $248,000
c. $226,000
d. $278,000
e. none of above

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Answer:

b. $248,000

Explanation:

The computation of the cash receipts for October would be

Particulars             October

Cash sales            $60000

August credit Sales $22000 (10% of $220,000)  

September Credit Sales $126000 (70% of $180,000)  

October credit Sales $40000 (20% of $200,000)

Budgeted cash receipt   $248000

Hence, the correct option is b.

Alliances are often used to pursue business-level goals, but they may be managed at the corporate level. Explain why this portfolio approach to alliance management would make sense.

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Answer:

mainly because of information

Explanation:

This approach makes sense mainly because of information. Business-level goals are all about performance and profit. Corporate is made up of individuals that are invested in the company itself. They have all the information on what the company wants to accomplish, long-term strategies being used, available resources, etc. Most of this information is closed off to the rest of the company and only available to those in Corporate. This information is what leads to informed decisions which allow for the best, most efficient, and most profitable choices to be made.

The business cycle measures fluctuations in the long-run trend growth rate of GDP. fluctuations in the profit of businesses. fluctuations in consumption. short-run fluctuations in economic activity. fluctuations in the average tax rate paid by businesses.

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Answer: short-run fluctuations in economic activity.

Explanation:

The business cycle helps explain fluctuations in economic activity within a period of time which makes it a short run measure. The cycle consists of expansion phases and recession phases which show that economic activity seems to expand and then go into a recession overtime.

The lowest point in the recession is called the depression and when this happens, the economy hits rock bottom and starts to expand after some time. This is what happened with the Great Depression and the Great Recession. The height of the expansion is the peak and here, the economy is at its most successful.

Song, Inc., uses the high-low method to analyze cost behavior. The company observed that at 22,000 machine hours of activity, total maintenance costs averaged $33.40 per hour. When activity jumped to 25,000 machine hours, which was still within the relevant range, the average total cost per machine hour was $30.40.On the basis of this information, the variable cost per machine hour was:___________A. $8.40.B. $22.00.C. $25.00.D. $30.40.E. $33.40.

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Answer:

Variable cost per unit= $8.4

Explanation:

First, we need to calculate the total cost for each level of machine hours:

Low activity level:

Total cost= 22,000*33.4= $734,800

High activity level:

Total cost= 25,000*30.4= $760,000

Now, we can determine the variable and fixed costs:

Variable cost per unit= (Highest activity cost - Lowest activity cost)/ (Highest activity units - Lowest activity units)

Variable cost per unit= (760,000 - 734,800) / (25,000 - 22,000)

Variable cost per unit= $8.4

Fixed costs= Highest activity cost - (Variable cost per unit * HAU)

Fixed costs= 760,000 - (8.4*25,000)

Fixed costs= $550,000

Fixed costs= LAC - (Variable cost per unit* LAU)

Fixed costs= 734,800 - (8.4*22,000)

Fixed costs= $550,000

The forecasted sales pertain to Arrow Corporation: Month Sales September $400,000 October 320,000 Finished Goods Inventory (August 31): 28,000 Arrow Corporation has a selling price of $5 on all units and expects to maintain ending inventories equal to 25 percent of the next month's sales. How many units does Arrow expect to produce in September

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Answer:

68,000 units

Explanation:

The computation of the number of units that produced in september is given below;

The sales units at September is

= $400,000 ÷ 5

= 80,000 units

And, the october sales units is

= $320,000 ÷ 5

= 64,000 units

So, the production should be

= Ending finished units + sales units - beginning finished units

= (25% of 64,000 units)  + 80,000 units - 28,000 units

= 16,000 units + 80,000 units - 28,000 units

= 68,000 units

The shareholders' equity of Green Corporation includes $232,000 of $1 par common stock and $430,000 par of 7% cumulative preferred stock. The board of directors of Green declared cash dividends of $53,000 in 2021 after paying $23,000 cash dividends in each of 2020 and 2019. What is the amount of dividends common shareholders will receive in 2021

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Answer:

$8,700

Explanation:

Dividends payable to preferred shareholders = [($430,000*7%)*2 - ($23,000*2)] + ($430,000*7%)

Dividends payable to preferred shareholders = [$60,200 - $46,000] + $30,100

Dividends payable to preferred shareholders = $14,200 + $30,100

Dividends payable to preferred shareholders = $44,300

Dividend available to common shareholders = Total dividend - Dividends payable to preferred shareholders

Dividend available to common shareholders = $53,000 - $44,300

Dividend available to common shareholders = $8,700

So, the amount of dividends common shareholders will receive in 2021 is $8,700.

Setting a passing score for whites at 80 out of 100 and a passing score of 60 out of 100 for minority applicants in an admission test is an example of race norming.
A. True
B. False

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Answer: True

Explanation:

Race norming simply refers to the practice whereby two different cut off test scores are set for employment which is based on race. Race-norming, is also referred to as the within-group score conversion and it has to do with the adjustment of test scores in order to account for the ethnicity of the test-taker.

Since a passing score for whites was set at 80 out of 100 while a passing score of 60 out of 100 was set for the minority applicants, then it's an example of race norming.

Using the GLOBE study results and other supporting data, determine what Japanese managers believe about their subordinates. How are these beliefs similar to those of U.S. and European managers? How are these beliefs different?

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You will have to do some research on this one European managers differ from
U.S management

Contribution Margin Ratio a. Young Company budgets sales of $890,000, fixed costs of $26,000, and variable costs of $115,700. What is the contribution margin ratio for Young Company

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Answer:

87 %

Explanation:

contribution margin ratio = Contribution ÷ Sales

therefore,

contribution margin ratio = ($890,000 - $115,700) ÷ $890,000

                                        = 0.87 or 87 %

The contribution margin ratio for Young Company is 87 %.

If the demand for a product was 16, 28, 20 and 24 units in four consecutive months, and the corresponding forecasts in those four months were 20, 16, 20 and 30 units respectively, what is the MAD at the end of four months

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Answer:

5.5 units

Explanation:

Period   Actual     Forecast   Absolute deviation

   1            16              20                     4

  2            28              16                    12  

  3            20              20                    0

  4            24              30                    6

Total                                                   22

Mean absolute deviation(MAD) = Sum of absolute deviation / Number of periods

Mean absolute deviation(MAD) = 22 / 4

Mean absolute deviation(MAD) = 5.5 units

Trader M places a System Order to buy 100 shares of ABC stock at a price two cents below the best non-Nasdaq participant on the same side of the market. This is what type of order

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Answer:

Limit order

Explanation:

There are various types of orders placed on nasdaq. These order include, market orders, limit order, All or none order, Immediate or cancel order and like wise. When a buyer places an order to buy the stock below current market price, this is type of limit order.

A stock just paid an annual dividend of $1.10. The dividend is expected to increase by 10 percent per year for the next two years and then increase by 2 percent per year thereafter. The discount rate is 14 percent. What correctly computes the current stock price?

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Answer: $10.79

Explanation:

This requires the use of the Dividend Discount Model.

The price of the stock is the present value of the dividends for the two years and then the Terminal value.

Terminal value = Third year dividend / (Required return - Growth rate)

=  (1.10 * 1.10² * 1.02) / (14% - 2%)

= 1.35762 / 12%

= $11.31

Price of stock is:

= Present value of first year dividend + Present value of second year dividend + Present value of Terminal value

= ((1.10 * 1.1) / 1.14) + (( 1.10 * 1.1²) / 1.14²) + (11.31 / 1.14²)

= $10.79

What is a plan implemented by a company promising value to its customers and converting customer payments into a profit called

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Answer:

Business model

Explanation:

A business plan can be defined as a formally written document that comprises of the financial and operational objectives (plans) of a business firm.

Basically, a business plan is a roadmap or guide that outline the goals of a business, methods on how to achieve those goals, and the timeframe required to achieve those goals.

Similarly, a business model can be defined as a plan developed and implemented by a company while expressly promising value to its customers and converting the payments made by customers for goods or services into a profit.

MC Qu. 120 Dallas Company uses a job order... Dallas Company uses a job order costing system. The company's executives estimated that direct labor would be $4,160,000 (260,000 hours at $16/hour) and that factory overhead would be $1,560,000 for the current period. At the end of the period, the records show that there had been 240,000 hours of direct labor and $1,260,000 of actual overhead costs. Using direct labor hours as a base, what was the predetermined overhead rate

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Answer:

See below

Explanation:

Per the given details, predetermined overhead is be calculated as seen below

Predetermined overhead = (Estimated factory overhead / Estimated direct labor hour) × 100

Estimated factory overhead = $1,560,000

Estimated direct labor hour = 260,000

Predetermined overhead = )$1,560,000 / 260,000) × 100

Predetermined overhead rate = 600%

The concept of market efficiency underpins almost all financial theory and decision models. When financial markets are efficient, the price of a security—such as a share of a particular corporation’s common stock—should be____the present value estimate of the firm’s expected cash flows discounted by its appropriate rate of return (also called the intrinsic value of the stock).
Almost all financial theory and decision models assume that the financial markets are efficient. The informational efficiency of financial markets determines the ability of investors to "beat" the market and earn excess (or abnormal) becomes available. Financial theorists have identified three levels of informational efficiency that reflect what information is incorporated in stock prices.
Consider the following statement, and identify the form of capital market efficiency under the efficient market hypothesis based on this statement.
Current market prices reflect all relevant publicly available information.
This statement is consistent with:_____.
A. Strong-form efficiency.
B. Weak-form efficiency.
C. Semistrong form efficiency.
Consider that there is a semistrong-form of efficiency in the markets.
A pharmaceutical company announces that it has received Federal Drug Administration approval for a new allergy drug that completely prevents hay fever The consensus analyst forecast for the company's earnings per share (EPS) is $4.50, but insiders know that, with this new drug, earnings will increase and drive the EPS to $5.00. What will happen when the company releases its next earnings report?
A. There will be some volatility in the stock price when the earnings report is released: it is difficult to determine the impact on the stock price.
B. The stock price will not change, because the market already incorporated that information in the stock price when the announcement was made.
C. The stock price will increase and settle at a new equilibrium level.

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Answer:

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