Portions of the financial statements for Peach Computer are provided below. PEACH COMPUTER
Income Statement
For the year ended December 31, 2018
Net sales $1,725,000
Expenses:
Cost of goods sold $1,020,000
Operating expenses 530,000
Depreciation expense 47,000
Income tax expense 37,000
Total expenses 1,634,000
Net income $ 91,000
PEACH COMPUTER
Selected Balance Sheet Data
December 31
2018 2017 Increase (I)
or
Decrease (D)
Cash $99,000 $83,500 $15,500 (I)
Accounts receivable 46,300 50,500 4,200 (D)
Inventory 72,000 53,500 18,500 (I)
Prepaid rent 2,700 4,400 1,700 (D)
Accounts payable 42,000 35,500 6,500 (I)
Income tax payable 4,700 8,500 3,800 (D)
Required:
Prepare the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows for Peach Computer using the DIRECT method. (List cash outflows as negative amounts.)

The total value of your portfolio is $10,000: $3,000 of it is invested in stock a and the remainder invested in stock b. stock a has a beta of 0.8; stock b has a beta of 1.2. the risk premium on the market portfolio is 8%; the risk-free rate is 2%. additional information on stocks a and b is provided below. return in each state state probability of state stock a stock b excellent 15% 15% 5% normal 50% 9% 7% poor 35% -15% 10% what are each stock’s expected return and the standard deviation? what are the expected return and the standard deviation of your portfolio? what is the beta of your portfolio? using capm, what is the expected return on the portfolio? given your answer above, would you buy, sell, or hold the portfolio?

Anew firm is developing its business plan. it will require $615,000 of assets, and it projects $450,000 of sales and $355,000 of operating costs for the first year. management is reasonably sure of these numbers because of contracts with its customers and suppliers. it can borrow at a rate of 7.5%, but the bank requires it to have a tie of at least 4.0, and if the tie falls below this level the bank will call in the loan and the firm will go bankrupt. what is the maximum debt ratio the firm can use? (hint: find the maximum dollars of interest, then the debt that produces that interest, and then the related debt ratio.)a. 41.94%b. 44.15%c. 46.47%d. 48.92%e. 51.49%

Rate of return douglas keel, a financial analyst for orange industries, wishes to estimate the rate of return for two similar-risk investments, x and y. douglas's research indicates that the immediate past returns will serve as reasonable estimates of future returns. a year earlier, investment x had a market value of $27 comma 000; and investment y had a market value of $46 comma 000. during the year, investment x generated cash flow of $2 comma 025 and investment y generated cash flow of $ 6 comma 770. the current market values of investments x and y are $28 comma 582 and $46 comma 000, respectively. a. calculate the expected rate of return on investments x and y using the most recent year's data. b. assuming that the two investments are equally risky, which one should douglas recommend? why?