You believe that oil prices will be rising more than expected, and that rising prices will result in lower earnings for industrial companies that use a lot of petroleum-related products in their operations. you also believe that the effects on this sector will be magnified because consumer demand will fall as oil prices rise. you locate an exchange traded fund, xlb, that represents a basket of industrial companies. you don't want to short the etf because you don't have enough margin in your account. xlb is currently trading at $ 22.24 $22.24. you decide to buy a put option (for nbsp 100 100 shares) with a strike price of $ 23.95 $23.95, priced at $ 1.24 $1.24. it turns out that you are correct. at expiration, xlb is trading at $ 19.95 $19.95. calculate your profit.

Alyssa works for an engineering firm that has been hired to design and supervise the construction of a highway bridge over a major river. the bridge will be a unique design, incorporating complex designs that will likely never be duplicated. how should alyssa deal with designing and overseeing the building of the bridge?

John and daphne are saving for their daughter ellen's college education. ellen just turned 10 at (t = 0), and she will be entering college 8 years from now (at t = 8). college tuition and expenses at state u. are currently $14,500 a year, but they are expected to increase at a rate of 3.5% a year. ellen should graduate in 4 years--if she takes longer or wants to go to graduate school, she will be on her own. tuition and other costs will be due at the beginning of each school year (at t = 8, 9, 10, and 11).so far, john and daphne have accumulated $15,000 in their college savings account (at t = 0). their long-run financial plan is to add an additional $5,000 in each of the next 4 years (at t = 1, 2, 3, and 4). then they plan to make 3 equal annual contributions in each of the following years, t = 5, 6, and 7. they expect their investment account to earn 9%. how large must the annual payments at t = 5, 6, and 7 be to cover ellen's anticipated college costs? a. $1,965.21b. $2,068.64c. $2,177.51d. $2,292.12e. $2,412.76

What happens when the government finances a job creation project through taxes and borrowing?