The stuart corporation has excess cash to invest in one of two securities. the company's tax rate is 40 percent. the first alternative is a 10-year, 10 percent coupon bond (with semiannual interest payments) that has a current price of $1,000 and a yield of 10 percent. the second alternative is the preferred stock of pickett corp. which promises to pay a before-tax return of 9 percent. what is the after-tax nominal return of the better investment alternative?

Shereen has accidentally overdrawn her checking account this month. , she has a little money in savings and can cover costs for now, but she has to find a way to reduce her monthly spending. which strategy will not shereen reduce her monthly expenses?

Select the correct answer. the word intestate means that a person has died with or without a will?

In canada, the reference base period for the cpi is 2002. by 2012, prices had risen by 21.6 percent since the base period. the inflation rate in canada in 2013 was 1.1 percent. calculate the cpi in canada in 2013. hint: use the information that “prices had risen by 21.6 percent since the base period” to find the cpi in 2012. use the inflation rate formula (inflation is the growth rate of the cpi) to find cpi in 2013, knowing the cpi in 2012 and the inflation rate. the cpi in canada in 2013 is round up your answer to the first decimal. 122.9 130.7 119.6 110.5