Explain why you would be more or less willing to buy a share of microsoft stock in the following situations:
a. your wealth falls.
b. you expect the stock to appreciate in value.
c. the bond market becomes more liquid.
d. you expect gold to appreciate in value.
e. prices in the bond market become more volatile.

Conor is 21 years old and just started working after college. he has opened a retirement account that pays 2.5% interest compounded monthly. he plans on making monthly deposits of $200. how much will he have in the account when he reaches 591 years of age?

Ultravision inc. anticipates sales of $280,000 from january through april. materials will represent 50 percent of sales, and because of level production, material purchases will be equal for each month during the four months of january, february, march, and april. materials are paid for one month after the month purchased. materials purchased in december of last year were $24,000 (half of $48,000 in sales). labor costs for each of the four months are slightly different due to a provision in the labor contract in which bonuses are paid in february and april. the labor figures are: january $14,000 february 17,000 march 14,000 april 19,000 fixed overhead is $10,000 per month. prepare a schedule of cash payments for january through april. (assume the $280,000 of sales occur equally over the four months of january through april, i. e. monthly sales = $280,000 / 4.)

The net present value method (a) is consistent with the goal of shareholder wealth maximization (b) recognizes the time value of money (c) uses all of a project's cash flows (d) all of the above