Price / Earnings Ratio Q1: (Introductory) What three alternative measures of the price-earnings ratio (P/E ratio) are described in this article? Answer: Following are three price-earnings ratio described in the article: 1. P/E ratio 2. “Forward” P/E ratio 3. “Trailing” P/E ration Q2: (Advanced) Which of the three measures matches the definition of the P/E ratio given in your textbook? Explain your answer. Answer: Books has only discuss the simple P/E ratio‚ PE ratio measures how much investor
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Price FloorsA price floor is the lowest legal price a commodity can be sold at. Price floors are used by the government to prevent prices from being too low. The most common price floor is the minimum wage--the minimum price that can be payed for labor. Price floors are also used often in agriculture to try to protect farmers. For a price floor to be effective‚ it must be set above the equilibrium price. If it’s not above equilibrium‚ then the market won’t sell below equilibrium and the price floor
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Price takers are defined as “Sellers who must take the market price in order to sell their product (Gwartney‚ Stroup‚ Sobel‚ Macpherson).” The price takers production is very small compared to the total market; this allows the price takers to sell their products at the market price. However‚ they can’t sell any of their products at a higher price relative to the market price. To better explain; the text states In a price-taker market‚ the firms all produce identical products (for example‚ wheat
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shows the price of aluminium over the past six years. It can be seen from Figure 1 that the price of aluminium has fluctuated a great deal during this period. For example: between July 2008 and February 2009 the price fell by 57%; in August 2009 alone the price rose by 16%. In an essay of 1500 words or fewer‚ use economic analysis to explain changes in the price of aluminium over the period shown in Figure 1 and why the price fluctuations have been so great. Figure 1: The monthly LME spot price for aluminium
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Question 5 – Transfer Price Division A‚ which is part of the ACF Group‚ manufactures only one type of product‚ a Bit‚ which it sells to external customers and also to division C‚ another member of the group. ACF Group’s policy is that divisions have the freedom to set transfer prices and choose their suppliers. The ACF Group uses residual income (RI) to assess divisional performance and each year it sets each division a target RI. The group’s cost of capital is 12% a year. Division A Budgeted
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Price Marketing is defined as the “activities that direct the flow of goods and services from producers to consumers” . The process of marketing involves planning and employing an array of methods known as the marketing mix (price‚ place‚ promotion‚ and product). An aspect of the marketing mix is price‚ which is the value received by a business in exchange for its goods . Pricing is thought to be the most crucial factor of marketing mix‚ as it is directly correlated with revenue and profitability
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English 1023---M02 28 October 2012 Gas Prices Today‚ gas price as a national average have risen to 2.1 dollars per gallon. This is the highest gas price increase since 1990‚ during operation desert storm. What is the cause of this drastic increase in gas prices? Limited supply of crude oil from the Middle East some say. Others think the cause is high trade tariffs on incoming foreign oil. But what is the solution to this problem? Is it drilling in our national wildlife reserves in Alaska? Dropping
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Laws of Supply and Demand The market price of a good is determined by both the supply and demand for it. In the world today supply and demand is perhaps one of the most fundamental principles that exists for economics and the backbone of a market economy. Supply is represented by how much the market can offer. The quantity supplied refers to the amount of a certain good that producers are willing to supply for a certain demand price. What determines this interconnection is how much of a
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Supply and Demand XECO 212 April 10‚ 2011 Supply and Demand In economics supply and demand refers to the relationship between the accessibility of a good or service and the need or wish for it amid buyers (Microsoft‚ 2009). Our daily lives are affected by supply and demand. Demand is based on the price of a product‚ the price of related products‚ and customer’s salary and preference. Supply can rest not only on the price available for the product but also on the cost of similar products
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Supply & Demand Eco/365 December 17‚ 2012 Various factors‚ including fluctuations such as increases or decreases in prices‚ can cause a change in supply and demand as well. This paper will attempt to discuss different economic principles and factors and how they are affected by change. In the current situation‚ GoodLife Management manages seven rental properties in the city of Atlantis‚ and over the course of 7 years has to be flexible with its pricing due to
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