J. m. keyes put all his money in one stock, and the stock doubled in value in a matter of months. he did this three times in a row with three different stocks. j. m. got his picture on the front page of the wall street journal. however, the paper never mentioned the thousands of investors who made similar bets on other stocks and lost most of their money. this is an example of the problem in deciding how efficient the markets are. a. magnitudeb. selection biasc. lucky eventd. small firm

Xt year baldwin plans to include an additional performance bonus of 0.25% in its compensation plan. this incentive will be provided in addition to the annual raise, if productivity goals are reached. assuming the goals are reached, how much will baldwin pay its employees per hour?

Analyzing and computing accrued warranty liability and expense waymire company sells a motor that carries a 60-day unconditional warranty against product failure. from prior years' experience, waymire estimates that 2% of units sold each period will require repair at an average cost of $100 per unit. during the current period, waymire sold 69,000 units and repaired 1,000 units. (a) how much warranty expense must waymire report in its current period income statement? (b) what warranty liability related to current period sales will waymire report on its current period-end balance sheet? (hint: remember that some units were repaired in the current period.) (c) what analysis issues must we consider with respect to reported warranty liabilities?

Bond j has a coupon rate of 6 percent and bond k has a coupon rate of 12 percent. both bonds have 14 years to maturity, make semiannual payments, and have a ytm of 9 percent. a. if interest rates suddenly rise by 2 percent, what is the percentage price change of these bonds?