Oregon Company Adjusted Trial Balance For the Year Ended December 31, 2015 Cash $6,030 Accounts Receivable 2,100 Prepaid Expenses 700 Equipment 13,700 Accumulated Depreciation $1,100 Accounts Payable 1,900 Notes Payable 4,200 Capital Stock 12,940 Dividends 790 Fees Earned 8,750 Wages Expense 2,500 Rent Expense 1,960 Utilities Expense 775 Depreciation Expense 250 Miscellaneous 85___ Totals $28,890 $28,890 Determine the net income (loss) for the period.

Rate of return douglas keel, a financial analyst for orange industries, wishes to estimate the rate of return for two similar-risk investments, x and y. douglas's research indicates that the immediate past returns will serve as reasonable estimates of future returns. a year earlier, investment x had a market value of $27 comma 000; and investment y had a market value of $46 comma 000. during the year, investment x generated cash flow of $2 comma 025 and investment y generated cash flow of $ 6 comma 770. the current market values of investments x and y are $28 comma 582 and $46 comma 000, respectively. a. calculate the expected rate of return on investments x and y using the most recent year's data. b. assuming that the two investments are equally risky, which one should douglas recommend? why?