You purchased a five-year annual payment 6 percent coupon bond for $1,000 and you planned on holding it to maturity. However, right after you bought the bond, it was called at $1,043.29 when all interest rates fell to 5 percent and remained there for the full five years. You reinvested the money for the full five years. What was your annual compound rate of return off your original investment?

What is the most important factor that affects the value of a company? a) cash flow b) earnings c) supply and demand d) number of employees

As sales exceed the break‑even point, a high contribution‑margin percentage (a) increases profits faster than does a low contribution-margin percentage (b) increases profits at the same rate as a low contribution-margin percentage (c) decreases profits at the same rate as a low contribution-margin percentage (d) increases profits slower than does a low contribution-margin percentage

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.