Digby currently has $19,743 (000) in cash and management has decided to issue stocks and bonds worth an additional $8,000 (000). assuming that cash from operations will be the same for each of the following activities, which activity exposes this company to the most risk of being issued an emergency loan? a. purchasing $18,000 (000) worth of plant and equipmentb. retiring the oldest bondc. a $5 dividendd. liquidate the entire inventory

Suppose the following items were taken from the balance sheet of nike, inc. (all dollars are in millions.) 1. cash $ 2,316.7 7. inventory $ 2,245.6 2. accounts receivable 2,786.2 8. income taxes payable 80.3 3. common stock 2,841.1 9. equipment 1,783.8 4. notes payable 291.2 10. retained earnings 6,162.5 5. buildings 3,959.7 11. accounts payable 2,624.6 6. mortgage payable 1,092.3 perform each of the following. classify each of these items as an asset, liability, or stockholders’ equity, and determine the total dollar amount for each classification. (enter amounts in millions up to 1 decimal place, e.g. 45.5 million.) cash accounts receivable common stock notes payable buildings mortgage payable inventory income taxes payable equipment retained earnings accounts payable assets $ 13092 liability $ 4088.4 stockholders’ equity $ 9003.6 etextbook and media determine nike’s accounting equation by calculating the value of total assets, total liabilities, and total stockholders’ equity. (enter amounts in millions up to 1 decimal place, e.g. 45.5 million.) total assets = total liabilities + total stockholders’ equity

After the 2008 recession, the amount of reserves in the us banking system increased. because of federal reserve actions, required reserves increased from $44 billion to $60 billion. however, banks started holding more reserves than required. by january 2009, banks were holding $900 billion in excess reserves. the federal reserve started paying interest on the excess reserves that the banks held. what possible impact will these unused reserves have on the economy?

Kelso electric is debating between a leveraged and an unleveraged capital structure. the all equity capital structure would consist of 40,000 shares of stock. the debt and equity option would consist of 25,000 shares of stock plus $280,000 of debt with an interest rate of 7 percent. what is the break-even level of earnings before interest and taxes between these two options?