An individual acquired 500 shares of stock on december 20, year 1, for a personal portfolio. on march 15, year 2, the individual executed a short sale of 500 shares of the stock. on december 21, year 2, the individual delivered the 500 shares to cover the short sale. which of the following statements best characterizes the gain or loss on the short sale?

1 the transaction will be treated as ordinary income because of the march short sale.
2 the transaction will be treated as a long-term capital asset sale.
3 the transaction will be treated as a 40% short-term/60% long-term capital asset sale.
4 the transaction will be treated as a short-term capital asset sale.

Which of the following statements regarding the learning curve and economies of scale is accurate? answers: just as diseconomies of scale are presumed to exist if a firm gets too large, there is a corresponding increase in costs in the learning-curve model as the cumulative volume of production grows. where diseconomies of scale are presumed to exist if a firm gets too large, there is no corresponding increase in costs in the learning-curve model as the cumulative volume of production grows. where diseconomies of scale are presumed to exist if a firm gets too small, there is no corresponding increase in costs in the learning-curve model as the cumulative volume of production grows. just as diseconomies of scale are presumed to exist if a firm gets too small, there is a corresponding increase in costs in the learning-curve model as the cumulative volume of production grows.

Dr. dow jones wants to know whether a problem-based approach to teaching economics will result in higher academic performance than his traditional method. of the six sections of economics 101 at his university, dr. jones randomly assigns three sections to the traditional method and three sections to the problem-based method for unit 1 of the course. then all sections switch the instructional method for unit 2. he plans to compare the performance of the two groups of sections on their unit 1 and unit 2 exams. this study employs a design.

Provide an example of open-ended credit account that caroline has. caroline blue's credit report worksheet.