Answer:
Kindly check attached file for the Comprehensive report
The table gives a number of daily sales of cars by a local dealership, from a 0 minimum to a 6 maximum, and the number of days each sale happened during a 100 - day survey. That is. 0 cars were sold 6 days, 1 car 8 days, etc.
Car sales per day, X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of days 6 8 22 20 15 16 13
A) Give the probability density function of X.
B) Compute the expected value of A". Explain its meaning.
C) Compute the variance and standard deviation of X.
D) Find the expected value and variance of a function Y = 5 + 12X.
Answer: The answer has been provided and attached.
Explanation:
Based on the attached diagram, there will be 3.3 sales per day.
The variance will be 2.95.
Since standard deviation is the square root of variance, the standard deviation will be:
= ✓2.95
= 1.72
The expected value and variance of a function Y = 5 + 12X will be:
Expected value = 44.6
Variance = 424.8
Weisman, Inc. uses activity-based costing as the basis for information to set prices for its six lines of seasonal coats.
Activity Cost Pools Estimated Overhead Estimated Use of Cost Drivers per
Activity
Designing $455,000 14,000 designer hours
Sizing and cutting 3,948,000 168,000 machine hours
Stitching and trimming 1,479,725 78,500 labor hours
Wrapping and packing 333,000 30,000 finished units
Compute the activity-based overhead rates using the following budgeted data for each of the activity cost pools.
Activity-based overhead rates
Designing $ per designer hour
Sizing and cutting $ per machine hour
Stitching and trimming $ per labor hour
Wrapping and packing $ per finished unit
Answer:
Designing = $32.50 per designer hour
Sizing and cutting = $23.50 per machine hour
Stitching and trimming = $18.85 per labor hour
Wrapping and packing = $11.10 per finished unit
Explanation:
The Activity Based Overhead Costing involves calculation of cost driver rate for each activity center.
Cost Driver Rate = Cost of Activity / Number of Times that Activity is Performed
Designing = $455,000 / 14,000
= $32.50
Sizing and cutting = $3,948,000 / 168,000
= $23.50
Stitching and trimming = $1,479,725 / 78,500
= $18.85
Wrapping and packing = $333,000 / 30,000
= $11.10
Masters Corp. issues two bonds with 20-year maturities. Both bonds are callable at $1,050. The first bond is issued at a deep discount with a coupon rate of 4% and a price of $580 to yield 8.4%. The second bond is issued at par value with a coupon rate of 8.75%.
a. What is the yield to maturity of the par bond? Why is it higher than the yield of the discount bond?
b. If you expect rates to fall substantially in the next two years, which bond has the higher expected rate of return?
c. In what sense does the discount bond offer "implicit call protection"?
Answer:
Explanation:
a)
The YTM of the bond at par value is equals to its coupon rate, 8.75%. Other things being equal, this 4% coupon rate bond will be more eye-catching as the coupon rate is lower than the current market yields, and its price is far below the call price. So, if yields drop, capital gains on the bond will not be restricted by the call price.
b)
If an investor foresees that yields will fall considerably, the 4% bond proposes a better expected return.
c)
Implicit call protection is offered in the sense that any likely fall in yields would not be nearly enough to make the firm consider calling the bond. In this sense, the call feature is almost irrelevant
T/F: Risk management, a formalized way of dealing with hazards, is the logical process of weighing the potential costs of risks against the possible benefits of allowing those risks to stand uncontrolled.
Answer:
True
Explanation:
Remember, risk can be weighted using certain parameters to see whether the potential costs of those risks is lower or higher than the possible benefits of allowing those risks to stand uncontrolled.
What makes this a "logical process of thinking" is the fact that it involves a careful mental evaluation of the risk, by asking the what ifs questions about the risk.
Billy owns one share of Disney stock. He purchased the share 3 years ago for $15. Disney stock is currently trading for $30 per share. The stock has paid the following dividends over the past three years: year 1, $1.00; year 2, $2.00; year 3, $3.00. What is the compounded rate of return (IRR) that Billy has earned on his investment
Answer:
35.8%
Explanation:
purchase price 3 years ago $15, so CF₀ = -15
CF₁ = $1
CF₂ = $2
CF₃ = $3 + $30 = $33
using an excel spreadsheet (or you can also a financial calculator), you must determine the internal rate of return (IRR) = 35.8%
the IRR is the interest rate where NPV = 0, or the future cash flows equal the investment amount
Among the best-known companies that use customer satisfaction surveys to evaluate service quality in various industries is:___________
a) J.D. Power and Associates
b) McDonald’s
c) American Express
d) Alaska Airlines
e) None of the above"
Answer: a) J.D. Power and Associates
Explanation: As there is an undue emphasis on measuring objective output performance by companies and organizations, data is collected and analysed. This data helps measure customer satisfaction which is a major predictor of repurchase of products or services. However, customer satisfaction is to a greater extent, largely influenced by performance evaluations of product, of quality, and of value. J.D. Power and Associates, a marketing firm is well known among the best-known companies as one that uses customer satisfaction surveys to evaluate service quality in various industries. Through its automotive research, it collects consumer responses for a variety of surveys which it uses to award car models rankings.
Suppose Canada can produce 30 peaches or 150 peanuts per month, while Bolivia can produce 50 peaches or 200 peanuts per month. Assume Canada has the same number of resources as Bolivia. Who has an absolute advantage, and in what good
Answer:
Bolivia
Explanation:
because Canada is all cold and no reasonable temp for the resources, but Bolivia has the temp to make more resources.
On January 1, 20x1, the ABC Corporation purchased 80% of the XYZ Company's voting stock for $3,000,000. The FMV of all of XYZ's stock was $4,025,000, and XYZ's net assets had a book value of $2,850,000; the fair values of XYZ's assets are equal to their book values, with the exception of land, which is $625,000 greater than its book value. Assuming that ABC Corporation used the acquisition method to prepare its consolidated balance sheet, how much goodwill was reported on the January 1, 20X1 consolidated balance sheet assuming that the "full goodwill" method is used?
Answer: $440000
Explanation:
Fair market value = $4025000
Book value of asset = $2,850,000
Land value = $625,000
The value of the goodwill will be
(Fair market value - book of asset - land value) × 80%
= ($4,025,000 - $2,850,000 - $625,000) × 80%
= 550000 × 80%
= 550000 × 0.8
= $440,000
What are the advantages and disadvantages to Qantas’s international cooperative alliances?
Answer:
Qantas's International cooperative alliance is a strategic move by Quanta with respect to acquiring the best business opportunities and growth.
The advantages and disadvantages are listed below:
Advantages:1) It will develop a strong base for Quanta in international market.
2) It will help Qantas to reach more costumers and expand their business, providing huge profit and growth to Qantas.
3) It will help Quanta in enhancing their cost base, aircraft utilization and redesigning Quanta's network to high growth in international market.
Disadvantages:1) Qantas i highly focused on Asia, putting their 50% efforts towards Asian market. If their prediction goes wrong, they'll suffer a huge loss.
2) Qantas has multiple partners, and making them agree on the same thing can be a difficult task. Huge conflicts among them can result in huge losses.
3) As each partner has equal importance, they may have different views. This can effect Qantas's decision making policies.
You are given the following information concerning a noncallable, sinking fund debenture: Principal: $1,000 Coupon rate of interest: 7 percent Term to maturity: 15 years Sinking fund: 5 percent of outstanding bonds retired annually; the balance at maturity If you buy the bond today at its face amount and interest rates rise to 12 percent after three years have passed, what is your capital gain or loss
Answer:
Explanation:
A) If you buy the bond today at its face amount and interest rates rise to 12% after three years have passed what is your capital gain or loss?
B) If you hold the bond 15 years what do you recive at maturity?
C) What is the bond current yield as of right now?
D) Given your price in a, what is the yield of maturity
E) Is there any reason to believe that the bond will be called after three years have elapsed if interest rates decline
F) what proportion of the total debt issue is retired by the sinking fund
G) What assets secure this bond?
h) If the final payment to retire this bond is $1,000,000 how much must the firm invest to accumulate this sum if the firm is able to earn 7% on the invest funds.
A) If the interest rates rise to 12%, the price of the bond assuming semi-annual interest payments, will be
1000*pvif(6,24) + 35*pvifa(6,24)
= 1000*0.2470 +35*12.5504
= 247 + 439.26 = $686.26
The capital gain would be 1000 - 686.26 = $313.74.
B) Bond face value is $1000 and coupon rate is 7%. Half yearly interest = 1000*7%/2 = $35.
Maturity value of $1000, plus half yearly interest of $35.
C) The bonds current yield = 7%, assuming the price of the bond is $1000 today.
D) The yield to maturity is 12%.
E) No, the bonds are not callable.
F) 5% of the bonds are retired every year. So 14 years * 5 = 70%. Balance 30% is paid full at EOY 15.
5%*14 = 70%.
G) Debentures are not secured by any specific asset.
H) It is not specified as to how the money would be invested; whether its a
lump sum invested on day 0 or equal amounts invested at each year end
If it a lump sum to be invested now, the amount should be 1000000/107^15 = $362,446
If it in equal amounts to be invested each year end the annual investments is given by 1,000,000/fvifa(7,15)
= 1000000/25.1290
= $3979.
Privacy:_______.
a. is an absolute value.
b. must be respected if we are to function as complete, self-governing agents.
c. is something that employees today don't care about.
d. is guaranteed by Article 3, section 3, of the Constitution.
Answer: b. must be respected if we are to function as complete, self-governing agents.
Explanation:
Privacy enables humans to be able to figure out who they are and what they want in life. By giving a person the right to privacy instead of interfering in their lives you are essentially giving them the power to make their own decisions and trusting them to do well with this right.
By respecting privacy therefore, humans are better able to function as complete and independent agents who can take charge of their own lives without having to worry about interference with the intent to influence.
In a certain economy, when income is $500, consumer spending is $375. The value of the multiplier for this economy is 5. It follows that, when income is $510, consumer spending is:________
a. $166.75
b. $175.00
c. $151.25
d. $170.20
Answer:
The options are wrong, if consumer spending is $375 when income is $500, it has to be higher if income increases (it cannot be lower).
Consumer spending at $510 = $383
Explanation:
the economy's multiplier = 1 / MPS (marginal propensity to save)
5 = 1 / MPS
MPS = 1 / 5 = 0.2
MPC (marginal propensity to consume) = 1 - MPS = 1 - 0.2 = 0.8
consumer spending at $510 = consumer spending at $500 + [$510 - $500) x 0.8] = $375 + ($10 x 0.8) = $375 + $8 = $383
MPC measures how much consumer spending increases if total disposable income increases.
When firms in a perfectly competitive market face the same costs, in the long run they must be operating a. under diseconomies of scale. b. with small, but positive, levels of profit. c. at their efficient scale. d. where price is equal to average fixed cost.
Answer:
d. where price is equal to average fixed cost.
Explanation:
Firms involved in a perfectly competitive market face the same cost, they will theoretically make zero profit on the long run. This happen at the point where price is equal to average fixed cost.
Which of the following statements is true? In market equilibrium:
a. There are uncomsummated wealth destroying transactions
b. There are unconsummated value creating transactions
c. None of these
d. There are no unconsummated wealth creating transactins
Answer: d. There are no unconsummated wealth creating transactions
Explanation:
In an equilibrium, a price has been reached that everyone is satisfied with. This is why there are no unconsummated wealth creating transactions.
The market has managed to bring together people who are want a certain good more than they will pay for it and sellers who value the good less than they will receive for it. The Equilibrium therefore sets a price that is fair on both these people which will mean that they will not be able to unfairly trade with one another. The person who values the good more than they can pay will be able to pay the person who values the goods less than they will receive. Equilibrium has brought them to a middle ground.
*Reintermediation takes place when Intermediaries provide only matching services between buyers and sellers. O Disintermediated entitles or newcomers take on new Intermediary roles O Intermediaries provide only relevant information about demand O Disintermediated entitles or newcomers take on existing intermediary roles O
Answer: Disintermediated entitles or newcomers take on new Intermediary roles
Explanation:
Disintermediation refers to, for example, stockbrokers who only execute trade manually being left behind because of the development of online transactions.
However, new developments might bring new intermediary roles. Following our example, brokers who turn to electronic intermediation (or newcomers who take on the new intermediary role) prosper through reintermediation
The objectives of labor unions have Multiple Choice always placed the greatest emphasis on increasing wages and benefits. shifted with social and economic conditions. frequently taken global competition into account. consistently favored policies that would move the U.S. economy toward a command system.
A bond with a 7-year duration is worth $1,079, and its yield to maturity is 7.9%. If the yield to maturity falls to 7.75%, you would predict that the new value of the bond will be approximately:_____________.
Answer:
$1,087.27
Explanation:
The new value of the bond is the new price of the bond calculated using yield to maturity of 7.75% instead of the original yield of 7.9% using excel pv formula provided thus:
=-pv(rate,nper,pmt,fv)
Before that we need to determine the pmt which is the annual coupon on the bond.
=pmt(rate,nper,-pv,fv)
rate is the original yield ot 7.9%
nper is the duration of 7 years
pv is the initial market price of $1,079
fv is the face value of $1000
=pmt(7.9%,7,-1079,1000)=$ 94.12
The new price is computed thus:
=-pv(7.75%,7,94.12,1000)=$1,087.27
People are willing to pay more for a diamond than for a bottle of water because a. the marginal benefit of an extra diamond far exceeds the marginal benefit of an extra bottle of water. b. producers of diamonds have a much greater ability to manipulate diamond prices than producers of water have to manipulate water prices. c. the marginal cost of producing an extra diamond far exceeds the marginal cost of producing an extra bottle of water. d. water prices are held artificially low by governments, since water is necessary for life.
Answer:
the marginal benefit of an extra diamond far exceeds the marginal benefit of an extra bottle of water.
Explanation:
The paradox of value also known as the diamond–water paradox stares that although water is more useful than diamond because it is needed for survival, diamonds are more expensive than water. This is so because the marginal value of a diamond is higher than the marginal value of water.
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By law, the financial records of publicly held companies are required to be:________.
A) Managed by an accounting department of at least five CPAs.
B) Summarized in the employee manual for new hires.
C) Reviewed quarterly by the IRS.
D) Audited by a certified professional accounting firm.
Answer:
D) Audited by a certified professional accounting firm.
Explanation:
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires that publicly traded corporations file audited quarterly financial reports and annual audited financial reports. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) is the law that established the current external auditing rules imposed by the SEC. It also established legal responsibilities for CEOs and CFOs regarding the financial statements. If they fail to meet them or provide false information, they may face criminal charges and end in jail.
California Surf Clothing Company issues 1,000 shares of $1 par value common stock at $32 per share. Later in the year, the company decides to Purchase 100 shares at a cost of $35 per share. Record the transaction if California Surf resells the 100 shares of treasury stock at $37 per share
Answer:
Debit= $3,700
Credit= $200
Credit= $3,500
Explanation:
The following transactions are recorded in California Surf clothing company
1) Cash debit is acquired through the reissuance of 100 shares of treasury stock at the rate of $37 per share
= $37 per share × 100 shares
= $3,700
2) Credit from the additional paid in capital
= $37 per share - $35 per share
= $2 per share × 100 shares
= $200
3) Credit gotten from the required stock
= $3,700 - $200
= $3,500
Consumption (household sector) spending is the largest component of:_______
a. Aggregate output
b. Aggregate income
c. Aggregate employment
d. Aggregate supply
e. Aggregate demand
Answer:
a. Aggregate output
Explanation:
Aggregate output can also be referred to as GDP. Gross domestic product is the sum of all final goods and services produced in an economy within a given period which is usually a year.
GDP calculated using the expenditure approach:
GDP = Consumption spending + Investment spending by businesses + Government Spending + Net Export
Consumption spending usually represents 70% of aggregate output.
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The environmental protection agency of a county would like to preserve a piece of land as a wilderness area. The current owner has offered to lease the land to the county for 20 years in return for a lump-sum payment of $1.1 million, which would be paid at the beginning of the 20-year period. The agency has estimated that the land would generate $110,000 per year in benefits to hunters, bird watchers, and hikers. Assume that the lease price represents the social opportunity cost of the land and that the appropriate real discount rate is 4 percent.a. Assuming that the yearly benefits, which are measured in real dollars, accrue at the end of each of the 20 years, calculate the net benefits of leasing the land.b. Some analysts in the agency argue that the annual real benefits are likely to grow at a rate of 2 percent per year due to increasing population and county income. Recalculate the net benefits assuming that they are correct.c. Imagine that the current owner of the land was willing to sell the land for $2 million. Assuming this amount equaled the social opportunity cost of the land, calculate the net benefits if the county were to purchase the land as a permanent wildlife refuge. In making these calculations, first assume a zero annual growth rate in the $110,000 of annual real benefits; then assume that these benefits grow at a rate of 2 percent per year.
Answer: The answer is given below
Explanation:
Here , we are going to apply the present value of annuty formula.
a. Social Opportunity cost = $1.1 Million
The Yearly cash flows = $110,000
Time (n) = 20 years
The Discount rate (R) = 4%
Net benefits= Present value of cash inflows - the intial socail opportnity cost
Net benefits= Yearly cash flow × (1 - 1/(1+R)^n) / R - 1100000
Net benefits = 110000 × (1 - 1/1.04^20)/0.04 - (1100000)
= $394936
b. We will use the formula for present value of an annuity with the growth rate in benefits as 2 percent.
Firstly, dg= (0.04 - 0.02)/ (1+0.02)
= 0.01961
PV(benefits) = [($110,000)÷ (1+0.02)][1-(1+dg)-20]/dg]
= $1,770,045
NPV = $1,770,045 - $1,100,000= $670,045
Holly would like to plan for her daughter’s college education. She would like for her daughter, who was born today, to attend college for 4 years, beginning at age 18. Tuition is currently $10,000 per year and tuition inflation is 7%. Holly can earn an after-tax rate of return of 10%. How much must Holly save at the end of each year, if she wants to make the last payment at the beginning of her daughter's first year of college?
Answer:
Holly must save $2845.81 at the end of each year
Explanation:
first calculate the value of tuition fees at n = 18
Cash flow formula = Tuition × [tex](1+0.07)^{n}[/tex]
Discounted CF formula = Cash flow ÷ [tex](1+0.10)^{year}[/tex]
10.00% 0
Year Cash flows Discounted CF
0 33,799.32 33799.32
1 36,165.28 32877.52
2 38,696.84 31980.86
3 41,405.62 31108.66
FV = $129,766.37
PV = 0
N = 18
rate = 10%
using PMT function in Excel
Annual contribution = $2845.81
A company would like to produce 5000 products per week for 30 weeks. The Direct Material Cost for the raw materials used in the product is $1.50 per product. After producing 500 products, the company must stop production to replace a filter on the machine (the filter is replaced after producing every 500 products). The filter costs $50.00. What is the Total Cost Per Product
Answer:
Total Cost Per Product is $1.60
Explanation:
From the question the following information are derived:
Direct raw material cost per product = $1.50
The cost of the filter for producing 500 products = $50
Hence, the cost of the filter per product = $(50 / 500) = $0.10
In this question, No cost of labor is given, we can now decide the following
Total Cost per product = $(1.50 + 0.10)
= $1.60
Total Cost Per Product in this account is $1.60
If a company would like to produce 5000 products per week for 30 weeks. The Direct Material Cost for the raw materials used in the product is $1.50 per product. The Total Cost Per Product is $1.60.
Using this formula
Total cost per product=Direct raw material cost per product +( Filter costs/Production)
Where:
Direct raw material cost per product = $1.50
Costs of filter =$50
Production=500
Let plug in the formula
Total cost per product=$1.50+($50 / 500)
Total cost per product=$1.50+$0.10
Total cost per product=$1.60
Inconclusion if a company would like to produce 5000 products per week for 30 weeks. The Direct Material Cost for the raw materials used in the product is $1.50 per product. The Total Cost Per Product is $1.60.
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Lisa loves her job as an executive recruiter for a large hospital located in Dallas, Texas. Part of Lisa's job requires her to gather industry information, collaborate with partners, compare competitors, and tap into the knowledge of prospective employees, partners, and customers. Which of the below would Lisa use to perform her job?
A. Interactivity metrics
B. Source code
C. Network effect
D. Collective intelligence
Answer:
D. Collective intelligence.
Explanation:
Collective intelligence is a concept under sociology, it refers to the process whereby groups of individuals or employees act or work collectively in ways that seem intelligent.
This simply means that, when intellectuals interact and sometimes compete with their colleagues, qualitative information are shared among the team and thus, they solve problems collectively as team members.
Hence, collective intelligence accords the team a greater chance to proffer solutions to problems, than they would have done if they were working independently and individually.
Since, Lisa's job requires her to gather industry information, collaborate with partners, compare competitors, and tap into the knowledge of prospective employees, partners, and customers.
Lisa should use collective intelligence to perform her job.
A bond was issued three years ago at a price of $1,050 with a maturity of six years, a yield-to-maturity (YTM) of 6.50% compounded semi-annually, and a face value of $1,000 with semi-annualy coupons. What is the price of this bond today immediately after the receipt of today's coupon if the YTM has risen to 7.75% compounded semi-annually
Answer:
$967.20
Explanation:
the YTM formula = {coupon + [(face value - present value)/time]} / [(face value + present value)/2]
to determine the coupon rate we fill the equation with the known factors:
0.065 = {coupon + [(1,000 - 1,050)/12]} / [(1,000 + 1,050)/2]
0.065 = (coupon - 41.67) / 1,025
66.625 = coupon - 4.167
coupon = 66.625 + 4.167 = $70.792
three years later, the YTM = 7.5%, what is the PV? Again we use the YTM formula:
0.0775 = {70.792 + [(1,000 - x)/6]} / [(1,000 + x)/2]
0.0775(500 + 0.5x) = 70.792 + 166.67 - 0.1667x
38.75 + 0.03875x = 237.462 - 0.1667x
0.20545x = 198.712
x = 198.712 / .20545
x = $967.20
How long can foodborne illnesses last
Answer: Symptoms begin 2 to 10 days after becoming infected, and may last 1 to 2 weeks.
Explanation:
An increase in savings by consumers is seen as a(n):_________.
a. decrease in investment spending in the economy increase in government spending in the economy.
b. decrease in exports in the economy.
c. increase in imports in the economy.
d. leakage in spending in the economy.
Answer:
d. leakage in spending in the economy.
Explanation:
In the economy firms spend money on labour, input, and business expansion. While in the personal household there is spending on food, rent, and other expenses.
When money is taken out of this cycle and not used for a particular purpose then it is considered to be a leakage.
Leakages include taxes savings and imports.
Savings occurs when an individual has excess income and decides to reserve some for a future use. This fund does not have a particular use in the economy so it is considered to be a leakage.
Answer:
D. Leakage in spending in the economy.
Explanation:
It is observed that if consumers have a rise in their wages, they tend to benefit and this helps the economic situation of the said country or nation as seen in some economies of the world lately. Also alteration in interest rates can have different consumer effects which ranges from spending habits depending on a number of factors to other habits that may end up boosting the economy also current rate levels, expected future rate changes, confidence of the consumer, and the overall health of the economy.
Charles Schwab Corporation is one of the more innovative brokerage and financial service companies in the United States. The company recently provided information about its major business segments as follows (in millions):
Investor Services Institutional Services
Revenues $3,016 $1,523
Income from operations 847 523
Depreciation 133 54
A. How does a brokerage company like Schwab define the "Investor Services" and "Institutional Services" segments? Use the Internet to develop your answer
The segment serves the retail customer, you and me. These are the brokerage, Internet, and mutual fund services used by individual investors. The segment includes the same services provided for financial institutions, such as banks, mutual fund managers, insurance companies, and pension plan administrators
B. Provide a specific example of a variable and fixed cost in the "Investor Services" segment.
Variable costs in the "Investor Services" segment include: Check all that apply.
Depreciation on brokerage office equipment, such as computers and computer networks
Depreciation on brokerage offices
Property taxes on brokerage offices
Commissions to brokers
Fees paid to exchanges for executing trades
Transaction fees incurred by Schwab mutual funds to purchase and sell shares
Fixed costs in the "Investor Services" segment include: Check all that apply.
Depreciation on brokerage office equipment, such as computers and computer networks
Commissions to brokers
Property taxes on brokerage offices
Depreciation on brokerage offices
Fees paid to exchanges for executing trades
Transaction fees incurred by Schwab mutual funds to purchase and sell shares
C. Estimate the contribution margin (in millions) for each segment, assuming depreciation represents the majority of fixed costs.
Investor Services Institutional Services
Estimated contribution margin $_____________ $________________
D. If Schwab decided to sell its "Institutional Services" accounts to another company, estimate how much operating income would decline (in millions). $___________
Answer: The answer is provided below
Explanation:
A. A brokerage company such as Schwab will define the "Investor Services" and the "Institutional Services" segments like this:
Investor services- This will be:
• Real brokerage and also banking services to the individual investors.
• Other retirement plan to the corporations.
Institutional services- This will be:
• Marketing support to the independent investment advisors.
• Trading tools to the independent investment advisors.
B. The variable costs in the "Investor Services" segment will include:
• Fees paid to exchanges for executing trades
• Transaction fees incurred by Schwab mutual funds to buy and sell shares
• Commissions to brokers.
The fixed costs in the "Investor Services" segment will include:
• Depreciation on brokerage offices.
• Depreciation on the brokerage office equipment, like computers and computer networks.
The explanation for C and D has been attached. For D, the operating income would decline by $577 million.
Brooks Co. purchases debt investments as trading securities at a cost of $61,000 on December 27. This is its first and only purchase of such securities. At December 31, these securities had a fair value of $66,000.1. Prepare the December 27 entry for the purchase of debt investments.2. Prepare the December 31 year-end fair value adjusting entry for the trading securities' portfolio and the January 3 entry when Brooks sells a portion of its trading securities (costing $30,500) for $31,750 cash.
Answer:
Dr short-term investment-trading $61,000
Cr Cash $61,000
Dr fair value adjustment-trading $5,000
Cr unrealized gain $5,000
Dr cash $31,750
Cr short-term investment-trading $30,500
Cr realized gain on sale of short-term investment ($31,750-$30,500) $1,250
Explanation:
The cash paid for the purchase of trading securities would be credited with $61,000 while the debit goes to short-term investment-trading
The 31st December year-end fair value adjusting entry is $5,000 ($66,000-$61,000) unrealized gain which would be debited to fair value adjustment-trading securities while the credit goes to unrealized gain-trading securities.