At the present time, ferro enterprises does not have any preferred stock outstanding but is looking to include preferred stock in its capital structure in the future. ferro has found some institutional investors that are willing to purchase its preferred stock issue provided that it pays a perpetual dividend of $12 per share. if the investors pay $98.90 per share for their investment, then ferro’s cost of preferred stock (rounded to four decimal places) will be .

Cash flow is often a problem for small businesses. how can an entrepreneur increase cash flow? a) locate lower-priced suppliers. b) forego sending in estimated tax payments to the irs c) shorten the terms on a bank loan to pay it off more quickly d) sell more low-margin items.

The following pertains to smoke, inc.’s investment in debt securities: on december 31, year 3, smoke reclassified a security acquired during the year for $70,000. it had a $50,000 fair value when it was reclassified from trading to available-for-sale. an available-for-sale security costing $75,000, written down to $30,000 in year 2 because of an other-than-temporary impairment of fair value, had a $60,000 fair value on december 31, year 3. what is the net effect of the above items on smoke’s net income for the year ended december 31, year 3?

Paying attention to the purpose of her speech, which questions can she eliminate? a. 1 and 2 b. 3 c. 2 and 4 d. 1-4