The Chinese University of Hong Kong CUHK Business School FINA3020 International Finance Assignment 1 Question 1 Hang Seng Bank quotes bid-ask rates of USD/EUR 1.3005 – 1.3007 and JPY/USD 104.30 – 104.40. What would be Hang Seng Bank’s direct asking price of JPY/EUR? The cross-rate of JPY/EUR can be achieved by: JPY JPY USD EUR USD EUR The synthetic ask is the highest product: / EUR /USD / EUR Synthetic StJPY StJPY StUSD ‚ ask ‚ ask ‚ ask 104.40 1.3007 135.7931 Question 2 A bank
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ECO204: Solutions to Homework 5 1. True‚ False‚ Uncertain a. False. Methods to eliminating moral hazard include writing efficient contracts between principals and agents‚ bonding and deferred payments. The methods to eliminate adverse selection include sending signals and relying on 3rd parties to verify quality. b. True. When there is asymmetric information‚ it drives out high-quality goods because consumers have a difficult time differentiating between high- and low-quality goods. As a result‚
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Proposing a Solution I live outside of a small town of 3‚000 people. The water system of our small town supplies drinking water to a population of 3‚000 to 5‚000. Our water system has been in place for 20 plus years and neglect has been rampant for almost the same period of time. Public water systems are governed by regulations and monitored by the State of Louisiana. The Town of Ferriday has been under state mandated “boil orders” more times that you could count. One of the more recent events
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CHAPTER 5 Merchandising Operations and the Multiple-Step Income Statement ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1. (a) Disagree. The steps in the accounting cycle are the same for both a merchandising company and a service company. (b) The measurement of income is conceptually the same. In both types of companies‚ net income (or loss) results from the matching of expenses with revenues. 2. The components of revenues and expenses differ as follows: | | Merchandising | | Service | RevenuesExpenses
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CHAPTER 10 CRITICISMS OF ABSORPTION COST SYSTEMS: INCENTIVE TO OVER-PRODUCE P 10-1: Solution to Federal Mixing (10 minutes) [Explaining absorption versus variable costing] Variable costing writes off to income all fixed manufacturing costs incurred during the year. Absorption costing prorates the fixed overheads between units in inventory and units sold based on machine hours. Absorption costing net income is higher than under variable costing by $1.2 million. This means that inventories
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during the month totaled: → $56‚700 $70‚000 $72‚100 $156‚700 Conversion cost = Direct labor + Manufacturing overhead = $29‚400 + $27‚300 In September direct labor was 25% of conversion cost. If the manufacturing overhead for the month was $108‚750 and the direct materials cost was $25‚800‚ the direct labor cost was: rev: 06_06_2013_QC_31398‚ 09_24_2013_QC_36205 → $36‚250 $5‚583 $91‚250 $22‚250 Givens: Direct labor = 0.25 × Conversion cost Manufacturing overhead = $108‚750 Conversion
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Jennifer Obrien Date: 11/ April 11‚ 2013 Abstract Inexpensive‚ affordable food is a person’s wants. If find some ways to solve this problem‚ keep food quality and price. So‚ in this paper discuss the solution of how to strike a balance between inexpensive‚ affordable food and healthy‚ quality food. Firstly‚ according to international trade‚ people can import some healthy food from other country‚ which place has lower labor. So‚ people can control the
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Role of Internal Audit Function Nano Circuits Inc‚ is a publicly traded company that produces electronic control circuits‚ which are used in many products. In an effort to comply with SOX‚ Nano is in the process of establishing an in-house internal audit function‚ which previously had been outsourced. The company began this process by hiring a Director of Internal Audits. Nano Circuits’ CEO recently called a planning meeting to discuss the roles of key corporate participants regarding the implementation
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Chapter 1 The Financial Statements Short Exercises (5 min.) S 1-1 Computed amounts in boxes Total Assets = Total Liabilities + Stockholders’ Equity a. $300‚000 = $150‚000 + $150‚000 b. 280‚000 = 110‚000 + 170‚000 c. 210‚000 = 50‚000 + 160‚000 (5 min.) S 1-2 Ethics is a factor that should be included in every business and accounting decision‚ beyond the potential economic and legal consequences
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Solution: i. Establishment of estimated growth rate in earnings and dividends. XYZ Company’s current EPS is $4.75. It was $3.90 a year ago. The company pays out 35% of its earnings as dividends‚ and the stock sells for $45. a. Calculate the past growth rate in earnings. b. Calculate the next expected dividend. Assume that the past growth rate will continue Answer: If payout ratio is constant‚ then dividend growth rate will be same as earnings growth rate. a) dividend growth rate over
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