On january 1, 2018, national insulation corporation (nic) leased equipment from united leasing under a finance lease. lease payments are made annually. title does not transfer to the lessee and there is no purchase option or guarantee of a residual value by nic. portions of the united leasing's lease amortization schedule appear below: jan. 1 payments effective interest decrease in balance outstanding balance 2018 192,501 2018 20,000 20,000 172,501 2019 20,000 17,250 2,750 169,751 2020 20,000 16,975 3,025 166,726 2021 20,000 16,673 3,327 163,399 2022 20,000 16,340 3,660 159,739 2023 20,000 15,974 4,026 155,713 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2035 20,000 7,364 12,636 61,006 2036 20,000 6,101 13,899 47,107 2037 20,000 4,711 15,289

Uestion 7 you hold a portfolio consisting of a $5,000 investment in each of 20 different stocks. the portfolio beta is equal to 1.12. you have decided to sell a coal mining stock (b = 1.00) at $5,000 net and use the proceeds to buy a like amount of a mineral rights company stock (b = 2.00). what is the new beta of the portfolio?

Your team has identified the risks on the project and determined their risk score. the team is in the midst of determining what strategies to put in place should the risks occur. after some discussion, the team members have determined that the risk of losing their network administrator is a risk they'll just deal with if and when it occurs. although they think it's a possibility and the impact would be significant, they've decided to simply deal with it after the fact. which of the following is true regarding this question? a. this is a positive response strategy. b. this is a negative response strategy. c. this is a response strategy for either positive or negative risk known as contingency planning. d. this is a response strategy for either positive or negative risks known as passive acceptance.

Hank itzek manufactures and sells homemade wine, and he wants to develop a standard cost per gallon. the following are required for production of a 70-gallon batch. 2,700 ounces of grape concentrate at $0.04 per ounce 77 pounds of granulated sugar at $0.43 per pound 133 lemons at $0.79 each 350 yeast tablets at $0.24 each 350 nutrient tablets at $0.14 each 2,500 ounces of water at $0.001 per ounce hank estimates that 4% of the grape concentrate is wasted, 9% of the sugar is lost, and 32% of the lemons cannot be used. compute the standard cost of the ingredients for one gallon of wine. (round intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places, e. g.