Imagine that you are holding 6,600 shares of stock, currently selling at $50 per share. you are ready to sell the shares but would prefer to put off the sale until next year due to tax reasons. if you continue to hold the shares until january, however, you face the risk that the stock will drop in value before year-end. you decide to use a collar to limit downside risk without laying out a good deal of additional funds. january call options with a strike price of $55 are selling at $3, and january puts with a strike price of $45 are selling at $5. what will be the value of your portfolio in january (net of the proceeds from the options) if the stock price ends up at $36, $50, $56? what will the value of your portfolio be if you simply continued to hold the shares?

Which is not an example of a cyclical company? a) airlines b) hotel industry c) medical d) theme parks

Price and efficiency variances, journal entries. the schuyler corporation manufactures lamps. it has set up the following standards per finished unit for direct materials and direct manufacturing labor: direct materials: 10 lb. at $4.50 per lb. $45.00 direct manufacturing labor: 0.5 hour at $30 per hour 15.00 the number of finished units budgeted for january 2017 was 10,000; 9,850 units were actually produced. actual results in january 2017 were as follows: direct materials: 98,055 lb. used direct manufacturing labor: 4,900 hours $154,350 assume that there was no beginning inventory of either direct materials or finished units. during the month, materials purchased amounted to 100,000 lb., at a total cost of $465,000. input price variances are isolated upon purchase. input-efficiency variances are isolated at the time of usage. 1. compute the january 2017 price and efficiency variances of direct materials and direct manufacturing labor. 2. prepare journal entries to record the variances in requirement 1. 3. comment on the january 2017 price and efficiency variances of schuyler corporation. 4. why might schuyler calculate direct materials price variances and direct materials efficiency variances with reference to different points in time

(select all that apply) examples of email use that could be considered unethical include denying receiving an e-mail requesting that you work late forwarding a chain letter asking for donations to a good cause sending a quick message to your friend about last weekend sending your boss the monthly sales figures in an attachment setting up a meeting with your co-worker sharing a funny joke with other employees