Maria makes a deposit of $10,000 into her Smalltown Bank savings account. Smalltown Bank holds 20% of her deposit, then lends the remaining $8,000 to Ben to buy a new car. This practice of retaining only a portion of deposits on hand is called .
a. the gold standardb. fractional reserve bankingc. the Federal Reserve systemd. representative money

Tara incorporates her sole proprietorship, transferring it to newly formed black corporation. the assets transferred have an adjusted basis of $240,000 and a fair market value of $300,000. also transferred was $10,000 in liabilities, $1,000 of which was personal and the balance of $9,000 being business related. in return for these transfers, tara receives all of the stock in black corporation. a. black corporation has a basis of $241,000 in the property. b. black corporation has a basis of $240,000 in the property. c. tara’s basis in the black corporation stock is $241,000. d. tara’s basis in the black corporation stock is $249,000. e. none of the above.

1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10time remaining59: 30in  the dark game, how does the author develop the central idea that elizabeth van lew was a spymaster during the civil war? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10time remaining59: 30in the dark game, how does the author develop the central idea that elizabeth van lew was a spymaster during the civil war?

Variable rate cd’s = $90 treasury bills = $150 discount loans = $20 treasury notes = $100 fixed rate cds = $160 money market deposit accts. = $140 savings deposits = $90 fed funds borrowing = $40 variable rate mortgage loans $140 demand deposits = $40 primary reserves = $50 fixed rate loans = $210 fed funds lending = $50 equity capital = $120 a. develop a balance sheet from the above data. be sure to divide your balance sheet into rate-sensitive assets and liabilities as we did in class and in the examples. b. perform a standard gap analysis and a duration analysis using the above data if you have a 1.15% decrease in interest rates and an average duration of assets of 5.4 years and an average duration of liabilities of 3.8 years. c. indicate if this bank will remain solvent after the valuation changes. if so, indicate the new level of equity capital after the valuation changes. if not, indicate the amount of the shortage in equity capital.