Characterize the following actions of a firm as financing, investing, or operating activities: scenario operating activity investing activity financing activity
__sells a tract of land it has held for years
__increases its use of trade credit from suppliers
__improves profit margin and increases net income
__issues new shares of preferred stock
__tightens its credit policy with its customers
__buys back shares of common stock
__buys new equipment and machinery issues new notes payable

Shareholders of tesla recently expressed concerns that elon musk should give up some of his power on tesla's board by appointing two independent directors. which of the following is not a reason why elon musk is perceived to have significant power over tesla's board? 1. he is the founder of the firm and a successful entrepreneur, thus board members may be hesitant to challenge him.2. as the ceo and chairman of the firm he can easily determine what the board should discuss and how it should vote on strategic issues.3. all board members, except for kimbal, have been appointed to the board during elon's tenure.4. many of the firm's directors are outsider investment managers whose interests would not be aligned with those of firms' shareholders.

The management of a private investment club has a fund of $250,000 earmarked for investment in stocks. to arrive at an acceptable overall level of risk, the stocks that management is considering have been classified into three categories: high risk (x), medium risk (y), and low risk (z). management estimates that high risk stocks will have a rate of return of 15%/year; medium risk stocks, 10%/year; and low risk stocks, 6%/year. the amount of money invested in low risk stocks is to be twice the sum of the amount invested in stocks of the other two categories. if the investment goal is to have a rate of return of 9% on the total investment, determine how much the club should invest in each type of stock. (assume that all the money available for investment is invested.)

Which economic indicators are used to measure the global economy? check all that apply. a. purchasing power parity b. trade volumes c. spending power parity d. labor market data e. gross domestic product f. trade deficits and surpluses