Why would an investor prefer purchasing bonds to purchasing stocks? A. Unlike stocks, when an investor owns bonds, they own a tiny part
of the company.
B. Bonds are more likely than stocks to make huge profits.
C. Bonds are typically less risky than stocks.
D. Unlike stocks, bonds are guaranteed to return a profit to the
investor.

Bandar industries berhad of malaysia manufactures sporting equipment. one of the company’s products, a football helmet for the north american market, requires a special plastic. during the quarter ending june 30, the company manufactured 35,000 helmets, using 22,500 kilograms of plastic. the plastic cost the company $171,000. according to the standard cost card, each helmet should require 0.6 kilograms of plastic, at a cost of $8 per kilogram. 1. what is the standard quantity of kilograms of plastic (sq) that is allowed to make 35,000 helmets? 2. what is the standard materials cost allowed (sq x sp) to make 35,000 helmets? 3. what is the materials spending variance? 4. what is the materials price variance and the materials quantity variance?

Required: 1-a. the marketing manager argues that a $5,000 increase in the monthly advertising budget would increase monthly sales by $9,000. calculate the increase or decrease in net operating income. 1-b. should the advertising budget be increased ? yes no hintsreferencesebook & resources hint #1 check my work 8.value: 1.00 pointsrequired information 2-a. refer to the original data. management is considering using higher-quality components that would increase the variable expense by $2 per unit. the marketing manager believes that the higher-quality product would increase sales by 10% per month. calculate the change in total contribution margin. 2-b. should the higher-quality components be used? yes no

Brody and tanya recently sold some land they owned for $150,000. they received the land five years ago as a wedding gift from brody's aunt jeanette. she had already given them cash equal to the annual exclusion during that year. aunt jeanette purchased the land many years ago when the property was worth $20,000. at the time of the gift, the property was worth $100,000 and aunt jeanette paid $47,000 in gift tax. what is the long term capital gain on the sale of the property