Costs and Revenues What is cost? If you go to a store and like an item and you want to buy it‚ which of the following questions would you ask: What’s the price of …..? 0R How much does …. cost? Examples of costs – set-up Examples of costs - running Fixed Costs 5000 What happened to the fixed costs if for some reason the company had technical problems and was unable to produce for 2 weeks? What happens if the landlord decided to raise the rent due to high property prices
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Stock Market Project Purchase #1 Question 1: The first stock I purchased was Microsoft as a safe investment with low risk. As the game first began to enroll itself‚ Microsoft became a very profitable contender due to the sharp increase in share prices. I knew the increase would not hold on for long and the stock trend portrayed both sharp increases and decreases in stock prices; this attributed to the selling of my Microsoft shares as an incentive to save any gains I made. Question 2: http://www
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Cost management | Wilkerson Company Case | | 1. What is the competitive situation faced by Wilkerson? The competitive situation faced by Wilkerson is quite severe. Price cutting in its main product has led to a huge drop in profit. While price increase in another product line partially made up the loss. We will discuss the detailed situation line by line. (1) Valves It was the first product line developed by Wilkerson and its high quality brought it a loyal customer base. Even
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warehousing and shipping cost is not really correct. The current method is direct method which ignores In term of Shipping and Warehousing cost‚ low volume products should incur this cost instead of both high volume and low volume products. Because‚ high volume products are deliveried directly to customer so it does not incur the cost of shipping. The low volume products which are sent to distribution center incurred the cost of shipping and warehousing. However‚ the cost of shipping and warehousing
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Multiple Choice Questions 16. Which terms would make the following sentence true? Manufacturing companies that benefit the most from activity-based costing are those where overhead costs are a _________ percentage of total product cost and where there is ___________ diversity among the various products that they produce. A) low‚ little B) low‚ considerable C) high‚ little D) high‚ considerable 17. Would factory security and assembly
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Chapter 1 Basic Cost Concepts Learning Objectives • To understand the meaning of different costing terms to understand different costing methods • To have a basic idea of different costing techniques • To understand the meaning of cost sheet In order to determine and take a dispassionate view about what lies beneath the surface of accounting figures‚ a financial analyst has to make use of different management accounting techniques. Cost techniques have a precedence over the other
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Cumulative Stocks - This type of preferred stock comes with a provision stipulating that if dividends have been skipped or omitted in the past‚ the holder will receive accumulated dividends in arrears. Furthermore‚ preferred stockholders will also receive dividend payouts before common shareholders. A cumulative preferred share can also be classified further by priority or preference‚ which will indicate its seniority over other preferred stocks and common shares during dividend payouts. If a dividend
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questions on your examination copy. Use the opposite (blank) side‚ if necessary. Answers or calculations written on the sheet of notes will not be evaluated. 4- Justify all answers with proper arguments and/or calculations. Be precise‚ clear and concise: ambiguous or vague statements will be considered false. Please write legibly. 5- This is a closed-book exam: however‚ one double sided sheet (8.5" x 11") of notes and a calculator are permitted for arithmetic use only. The sheet of notes must be
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Stock Market Presentation Project I invested $999.06 of my available $1000 in three companies. 1. Name of stocks: Estee Lauder‚ Ford‚ Verizon. 2. Initial Closing Value of each stock (per share): Estee Lauder-$60.99 Ford-$10.39 Verizon-$44.58 3. Number of shares purchased for each stock: Estee Lauder-9 shares Ford-9 shares Verizon-8 shares Stock Market Investments: | Name of stocks | Abbreviation | Number of Shares Purchased
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considering substantial investments in technology and advertising‚ but is unsure of the appropriate cost of capital. Estimating the cost of capital 1. Since we do not have the beta for Ameritrade‚ we need to find comparable firms for which we could compute the betas. There are several candidates in the case. Discuss which firms are most appropriate. Thus‚ the proportion of the revenue a firm earns from transactions and interest (brokerage activities) has something to do with the risk. Thus‚ to
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