Anthony Thomas Candies (ATC) reported the following financial data for 2018 and 2017:
2018 2017
Sales $ 308,000 $ 303,000
Sales returns and allowances 9,000 4,700
Net sales $ 299,000 $ 298,300
Cost of goods sold:
Inventory, January 1 51,000 20,000
Net purchases 151,000 144,000
Goods available for sale 202,000 164,000
Inventory, December 31 76,000 51,000
Cost of goods sold 126,000 113,000
Gross profit $ 173,000 $ 185,300
Required:
1. ATC's gross profit ratio (rounded) in 2018 is . (Round your answer to one decimal place e. g., 0.123 as 12.3%.)

You manage an equity fund with an expected risk premium of 10% and a standard deviation of 14%. the rate on treasury bills is 6%. your client chooses to invest $60,000 of her portfolio in your equity fund and $40,000 in a t-bill money market fund. what is the expected return and standard deviation of return on your client’s portfolio?

Roi analysis using dupont model. charlie? s furniture store has been in business for several years. the firm? s owners have described the store as a ? high-price, highservice? operation that provides lots of assistance to its customers. margin has averaged a relatively high 32% per year for several years, but turnover has been a relatively low 0.4 based on average total assets of $800,000. a discount furniture store is about to open in the area served by charlie? s, and management is considering lowering prices in order to compete effectively. required: a. calculate current sales and roi for charlie? s furniture store. b. assuming that the new strategy would reduce margin to 20%, and assuming that average total assets would stay the same, calculate the sales that would be required to have the same roi as they currently earned. c. suppose that you presented the results of your analysis in parts a and b of this problem to charlie, and he replied, ? what

On average, someone with a bachelor's degree is estimated to earn times more than someone with a high school diploma. a)1.2 b)1.4 c)1.6 d)1.8