At the end of its first year, the trading securities portfolio consisted of the following common stocks. Cost Fair Value Atrium Corporation $ 46,500 $ 50,000 Barnes Inc. 60,000 58,000 Cantor Corporation 80,000 76,400 $186,500 $184,400 In the following year, the Barnes common stock is sold for cash proceeds of $57,000. The gain or loss to be recognized on the sale is a loss of $2,000. loss of $3,000. loss of $1,000. gain of $1,200.

James has set the goal of achieving all "a"s during this year of school. which term best describes this goal

Suppose that jim plans to borrow money for an education at texas a& m university. jim will need to borrow $25,000 at the end of each year for the next five years (total=$125,000). jim wishes his parents could pay for his education but they can’t. at least, he qualifies for government loans with a reduced interest rate while he is in school. he has a special arrangement with aggiebank to lend him the money at a subsidized rate of 1% over five years without having to make a payment until the end of the fifth year. however, at the end of the fifth year, jim agrees to pay off the loan by borrowing from longhorn bank. longhorn bank will lend him the money he needs at an annual interest rate of 6%. jim agrees to pay back the longhorn bank with 20 annual payments and the payments will be uniform (equal annual payments including principal and interest). (i) calculate how much money jim has to borrow at the end of 5 years to pay off the loan with aggiebank. a. $121,336 b. $127,525 c. $125,000 d. $102,020 e. none of the above

Boone brothers remodels homes and replaces windows. ace builders constructs new homes. if boone brothers considers expanding into new home construction, it should evaluate the expansion project using which one of the following as the required return for the project?