Caribou Gold Mining Corporation is expected to pay a dividend of $6 in the upcoming year. Dividends are expected to decline at the rate of 3% per year. The risk-free rate of return is 5%, and the expected return on the market portfolio is 13%. The stock of Caribou Gold Mining Corporation has a beta of 0.5. Using the constant-growth DDM, the intrinsic value of the stock is .

You are an employee of an u. s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u. s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u. s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

Depreciation on the company's equipment for 2017 is computed to be $18,000.the prepaid insurance account had a $6,000 debit balance at december 31, 2017, before adjusting for the costs of any expired coverage. an analysis of the company's insurance policies showed that $1,100 of unexpired insurance coverage remains. the office supplies account had a $700 debit balance on december 31, 2016; and $3,480 of office supplies were purchased during the year. the december 31, 2017, physical count showed $300 of supplies available. two-thirds of the work related to $15,000 of cash received in advance was performed this period. the prepaid insurance account had a $6,800 debit balance at december 31, 2017, before adjusting for the costs of any expired coverage. an analysis of insurance policies showed that $5,800 of coverage had expired. wage expenses of $3,200 have been incurred but are not paid as of december 31, 2017.

Mae jong corp. issues $1,000,000 of 10% bonds payable which may be converted into 10,000 shares of $2 par value ordinary shares. the market rate of interest on similar bonds is 12%. interest is payable annually on december 31, and the bonds were issued for total proceeds of $1,000,000. in accounting for these bonds, mae jong corp. will: (a) first assign a value to the equity component, then determine the liability component. (b) assign no value to the equity component since the conversion privilege is not separable from the bond.(c) first assign a value to the liability component based on the face amount of the bond.(d) use the “with-and-without” method to value the compound instrument.