Joe decided to quit his computer-programming job (where he was earning $48,000 per year) to start his own software business. For his office, Joe will use a two-story building that he bought 7 years ago for $250,000. The building is located in Hyde Park (South side of Chicago) in an area where a lot of recent construction has taken place, so the market price for the land has increased. You are given the following information about the costs of his firm: Joe will pay himself a wage of: $18,000 per year
Maintenance and insurance $30,240 per year
Revenue $96,000 per year
Land’s salvage (resale) value $395,000
Risk-free interest rate 4.75% annually

Assume for simplicity that all taxes are equal to zero. Calculate the economic annual profits of this firm:

a. 47,760
b. −1,002.5
c. 47,741.2
d. 14,843.3
e. None of the above.

At which level will a manager use analytics to make decisions? operational level managerial level strategic level all of the above

Paar corporation bought 100 percent of kimmel, inc., on january 1, 2012. on that date, paar’s equipment (10-year life) has a book value of $420,000 but a fair value of $520,000. kimmel has equipment (10-year life) with a book value of $272,000 but a fair value of $400,000. paar uses the equity method to record its investment in kimmel. on december 31, 2014, paar has equipment with a book value of $294,000 but a fair value of $445,200. kimmel has equipment with a book value of $190,400 but a fair value of $357,000. the consolidated balance for the equipment account as of december 31, 2014 is $574,000. what would be the impact on consolidated balance for the equipment account as of december 31, 2014 if the parent had applied the initial value method rather than the equity method? the balance in the consolidated equipment account cannot be determined for the initial value method using the information given. the consolidated equipment account would have a higher reported balance. the consolidated equipment account would have a lower reported balance. no effect: the method the parent uses is for internal reporting purposes only and has no impact on consolidated totals.

Calculate the required rate of return for climax inc., assuming that (1) investors expect a 4.0% rate of inflation in the future, (2) the real risk-free rate is 3.0%, (3) the market risk premium is 5.0%, (4) the firm has a beta of 2.30, and (5) its realized rate of return has averaged 15.0% over the last 5 years. do not round your intermediate calculations.