Josh bought a bond with a par value of 1,500 from company ABC. The bond pays twenty annual coupons of 90 and matures at the end of twenty years. It is bought and redeemed at par. Immediately after his purchase, company ABC issues another bond with the same coupon structures and redemption value as the par bond, but with a lower annual effective yield rate of 4%. Josh calculates the price of the new bond using the first-order modified approximation and the first-order Macaulay approximation. Let X be the the new price using the first-order Macaulay approximation and let Y be the new price using the first-order modified approximation. Calculate X-Y.

6carla would like to buy a dress, a dresser for her bedroom, and a home theater system. she has one month's worth of living expenses in her emergency fund. carla decides to save for the home theater system. did carla make the right decision? why or why not? a. yes; her emergency fund is full and the other items will probably be less expensive. b. yes; she could save more for her emergency fund, but the home theater will be harder to save for. c. no; she should save more for her emergency fund because she has saved less than the recommended amount. d. no; she should have bought the dress and dresser first because she could afford them right away. reset next

Amethod of allocating merchandise cost that assumes the first merchandise bought was the first merchandise sold is called the a. last-in, first-out method. b. first-in, first-out method. c. specific identification method. d. average cost method.

The martinez legal firm (mlf) recently acquired a smaller competitor, miller and associates, which specializes in issues not previously covered by mlf, such as land use and intellectual property cases. given the increase in the firm's size and complexity, it is likely that its internal transaction costs willa. decrease. b. increase. c. become external transaction costs. d. be eliminated.