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A project has a unit sales price of $13.39, a variable cost per unit of $5.48, fixed costs of $3,000, and depreciation expense of $830. Ignore taxes. What is the accounting break-even quantity?

All of the following are benefits derived from short-term financial planning with the exception of:

Florida Groves has a $380,000 bond issue outstanding that is selling at 97.4 percent of face value. The firm also has 2,600 shares of preferred stock valued at $61 per share and 37,500 shares of common stock valued at $19 per share. What weight should be assigned to the common stock when computing the weighted average cost of capital?

Assume all stock prices fairly reflect all of the available information on those stocks. Which one of the following terms best defines the stock market under these conditions?

The expected return on Cerrato, Incorporated, stock is 16.28 percent while the expected return on the market is 11.97 percent. The stock’s beta is 1.63. What is the risk-free rate of return?

During the past five years, KwonCo.’s stock earned annual returns of 7 percent, 13 percent, 19 percent, −8 percent, and 15 percent. Suppose the average inflation rate over this time period was 2.6 percent and the average T-bill rate was 3.1 percent. Based on this information, what was the average nominal risk premium?

Today, you sold 540 shares of stock and realized a total return of 7.3 percent. You purchased the shares one year ago at a price of $24 per share and have received a total of $86 in dividends. What is your capital gains yield on this investment?

At the accounting break-even point, Reneau & Company sells 22,940 ski masks at a price of $19 each. At this level of production, the depreciation is $67,000 and the variable cost per unit is $6. What is the amount of the fixed costs at this production level?

Weisbrough United currently sells 410 units per month at a price of $249 per unit. The variable cost per unit is $132 and the carrying cost per unit is $3.30. The monthly interest rate is 1.2 percent. The firm believes it can increase its sales to 475 units per month if it switches from its cash-only policy to a net 30 credit policy. What is the present value of the switch using the one-shot approach?

Your bank offers you a line of credit of $35,000 with an interest rate of 1.95 percent per quarter. The loan agreement also requires that 2 percent of the unused portion of the credit line be deposited in a non-interest-bearing account as a compensating balance. Your short-term investments are paying .17 percent per month. What is your effective annual interest rate on this arrangement if you do not borrow any money during the year? Assume any funds borrowed or invested use compound interest.