Templeton Care Facilities, Inc. was contemplating a stock dividend. The firm's stock price had risen over the last three years and was trading at $200 per share. The firm's board of directors felt that the trading range should be around $50 to $100, so they were initially considering a stock dividend that, other things remaining the same, would result in a $50 share price. On second thought, the firm's board of directors decided to use a stock split rather than a stock dividend, how many new shares should the firm issue for each outstanding share?

You have $22,000 to invest in a stock portfolio. your choices are stock x with an expected return of 11 percent and stock y with an expected return of 13 percent. if your goal is to create a portfolio with an expected return of 11.74 percent, how much money will you invest in stock x? in stock y?

Match each of the terms below with an example that fits the term. a. fungibility the production of gasoline b. inelasticity the switch from coffee to tea c. non-excludability the provision of national defense d. substitution the demand for cigarettes

Fortress international, a large conglomerate, procures a few component parts from external suppliers and also manufactures some of the key raw materials in its own subsidiaries. aside from this, the company does not solely depend on outside distributors to reach its customers. in fact, it has its own retail stores to distribute its products. in this scenario, which of the following alternatives to vertical integration is fortress international applying? a. concentric integration b. taper integration c. horizontal integration d. conglomerate integration