A firm has paid today its annual dividend equal to 0.75 Euros per share. The annual EPS is equal to 3 Euros. The firm has also announced that the dividend for next year is going to increase 1.5%. At closing time, the share price today was 36 Euros. The required rate of return to invest in this firm adjusted for its level of risk is 6%. Compute the rate of growth of dividends expected by the market for the years after the next year. Select one or more:

a. Between 3.85% and 3.90%

b. Between 3.10% and 3.15%

c. Between 3.25% and 3.30%

d. Between 3.55% and 3.60%

Determine if the following statements are true or false. an increase in government spending can crowd out private investment. an improvement in the budget balance increases the demand for financial capital. an increase in private consumption may crowd out private investment. lower interest rates can lead to private investment being crowded out. a trade balance in sur+ increases the supply of financial capital. if private savings is equal to private investment, then there is neither a budget sur+ nor a budget deficit.

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss)

Abank has $132,000 in excess reserves and the required reserve ratio is 11 percent. this means the bank could have in checkable deposit liabilities and in (total) reserves.