Firms require capital to invest in productive opportunities. the best firms with the most profitable opportunities can attract capital away from inefficient firms with less profitable opportunities. investors supply firms with capital at a cost called the interest rate. the interest rate that investors require is determined by several factors including the availability of production opportunities, the time preference for current consumption, risk, and inflation. the following graph shows the supply of and demand for capital in a market. the upward-sloping supply curve suggests that investors are willing to invest more (delay more current consumption) in exchange for higher interest rates. the downward sloping demand curve suggests that borrowers of capital (companies) will fund their most profitable opportunities first and their least profitable opportunities later. this fact explains why they are willing to pay a rather high price (interest rate) for capital initially, but also why their appetite for capital decreases over time. on the following graph, move the black x to show the market interest rate.

Working with a word processor requires more than just a knowledge of typing. a good word processor includes a number of tools designed to aid in formatting documents to meet the needs of the reader. in this project you will use your word-processing skills and a basic knowledge of apa style to format a research paper. the skills you will need for this project include the following: adjusting line spacing (double-spacing) breaking text into pages (page break) centering text changing the font, style, and size of the text editing text inserting page numbers inserting a table using spell check

What are the positive environmental trends seen today? many industries are taking measures to reduce the use( _gold,carbon dioxide,ozone_) of -depleting substances and are turning to(_scarce,renewable,non-recyclable_) energy sources though they may seem expensive. choose one of those 3 option to fill the

Cardinal company is considering a project that would require a $2,725,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years. at the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would be sold for its salvage value of $400,000. the company’s discount rate is 14%. the project would provide net operating income each year as follows: sales $2,867,000 variable expenses 1,125,000 contribution margin 1,742,000 fixed expenses: advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs $706,000 depreciation 465,000 total fixed expenses 1,171,000 net operating income $571,000 1. which item(s) in the income statement shown above will not affect cash flows? (you may select more than one answer. single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.) (a)sales (b)variable expenses (c) advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs expenses (d) depreciation expense 2. what are the project’s annual net cash inflows? 3.what is the present value of the project’s annual net cash inflows? (use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.) 4.what is the present value of the equipment’s salvage value at the end of five years? (use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.) 5.what is the project’s net present value? (use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)