Yowell Company began operations on January 1, Year 1. During Year 1, the company engaged in the following cash transactions: 1) issued stock for $76,000 2) borrowed $43,000 from its bank 3) provided consulting services for $74,000 4) paid back $33,000 of the bank loan 5) paid rent expense for $18,000 6) purchased equipment costing $30,000 7) paid $4,800 dividends to stockholders 8) paid employees' salaries for work completed during the year, $39,000 What is Yowell's net cash flow from operating activities?

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?