The common stock of the p. u.t. t. corporation has been trading in a narrow price range for the past month, and you are convinced it is going to break far out of that range in the next three months. you do not know whether it will go up or down, however. the current price of the stock is $100 per share, the price of a three-month call option with an exercise price of $100 is $10, and a put with the same expiration date and exercise price costs $6.
what would be a simple options strategy to exploit your conviction about the stock price?

Harris fabrics computes its predetermined overhead rate annually on the basis of direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it estimated that 34,000 direct labor-hours would be required for the period’s estimated level of production. the company also estimated $599,000 of fixed manufacturing overhead expenses for the coming period and variable manufacturing overhead of $3.00 per direct labor-hour. harris's actual manufacturing overhead for the year was $768,234 and its actual total direct labor was 34,500 hours. required: compute the company's predetermined overhead rate for the year. (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

You are considering the purchase of one of two machines used in your manufacturing plant. machine 1 has a life of two years, costs $20,000 initially, and then $4,000 per year in maintenance costs. machine 2 costs $25,000 initially, has a life of three years, and requires $3,500 in annual maintenance costs. either machine must be replaced at the end of its life with an equivalent machine. using eac which is the better machine for the firm

Is will able to claim r. j. as a qualifying child for the earned income credit (eic)?