John is 63 years old, owns his house, and is a little bit anxious about whether he has enough money for retirement. He is considering borrowing $20,000
against his home to invest in a series of aggressive growth sock mutual funds.
The track record for these funds over the last three years has been an average
growth rate of 21.2%. The interest rate on the loan would only be 7.5%. Should
john do this to help with his retirement?

Russell's is considering purchasing $697,400 of equipment for a four-year project. the equipment falls in the five-year macrs class with annual percentages of .2, .32, .192, .1152, .1152, and .0576 for years 1 to 6, respectively. at the end of the project the equipment can be sold for an estimated $135,000. the required return is 13.2 percent and the tax rate is 23 percent. what is the amount of the aftertax salvage value of the equipment assuming no bonus depreciation is taken