You are trying to estimate the real interest rate for the mining industry products and proceed as follows. You consider buying coal and gold in equal proportion, spending $1000 on coal, and another $1000 on gold in today's dollars. In 6 years from now, the selling values in actual dollars are predicted to be $1,258 (coal) and $1,279 (gold). Inflation (for coal) is 1.5% per year, for the next 6 years. For gold, the gold price index is predicted to rise in the next 6 years from the current 417 points to 431 points. Compute the estimated real interest rate, as a number, with 0.001 precision. Hint: Calculate real interest rate for the cash flow: 1) invest now $1000+$1000; 2) sell in 6 years coal and gold and obtain appropriate cash flow.​

What are the main advantages and disadvantages of organizing a firm as a c corporation? the advantages are: (select all the choices that apply.) a. there is no limit on the number of owners a c corporation may have, thus allowing the corporation to raise substantial amounts of capital. b. the life of the business can continue beyond the death of any of the owners. c. the corporation can use the assets of the owners to pay for corporate liabilities. this attracts smaller investors to the corporation. d. the liability of the owners is limited to the amount of their investment in the firm. the disadvantages are: (select all the choices that apply.) a. income to a c corporation is subject to double taxation, once at the corporate level and again when received by the owners in the form of a dividend. b. the life of the business usually ends with the death of any of the owners. c. the c corporation is more complicated and more expensive to set up than other business entities. d. corporate liabilities can be passed on to the share

Location test: question 1 of 54)water is a solvent because itoa. is made of moleculesob. dissolves many substancesc. is a saltd. has a large buffering capacity

On january 15, the end of the first biweekly pay period of the year, north company’s payroll register showed that its employees earned $32,000 of sales salaries. withholdings from the employees’ salaries include fica social security taxes at the rate of 6.2%, fica medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $3,000 of federal income taxes, $772 of medical insurance deductions, and $260 of union dues. no employee earned > $7,000 in this first period. prepare the journal entry to record north company’s january 15 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities.