Case Problem: Acacia Country Club Co. (the club), a nonprofit golf club corporation, decided to sell some real estate. Acacia Development Co., Ltd. (ADC) agreed to buy 17.9 acres. The club shareholders had authorized the sale of 16 acres. After the sale, a club member was upset and brought a lawsuit. In the suit, ADC claimed that the lack of shareholder authority for the sale was a cloud on the title to the land and thus the sale was beyond the power of the club. Assuming the sale did breach the regulations by which the club operated, was this a valid argument for ADC against the club?

Consider the following limit order book for a share of stock. the last trade in the stock occurred at a price of $50. limit buy orders limit sell orders price shares price shares $49.75 500 $49.80 100 49.70 900 49.85 100 49.65 700 49.90 300 49.60 400 49.95 100 48.65 600 a. if a market buy order for 100 shares comes in, at what price will it be filled? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) b. at what price would the next market buy order be filled? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. if you were a security dealer, would you want to increase or decrease your inventory of this stock? increase decrease

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?

Kumar consulting operates several stock investment portfolios that are used by firms for investment of pension plan assets. last year, one portfolio had a realized return of 12.6 percent and a beta coefficient of 1.15. the average t-bond rate was 7 percent and the realized rate of return on the s& p 500 was 12 percent. what was the portfolio's alpha?