DeShon has just become the new marketing analyst for a company that produces vinyl siding for homes. In an effort to forecast his firm's sales for the coming year, he needs to find where the greatest opportunities are for selling his product. DeShon looks at the sales for the last five years and calculates a growth trend. He then collects data from a combination of other factors, such as population density, family size, home ownership, and per capita income. Finally, DeShon looks at the correlation between the sales trend data and the various combination of demographic data. DeShon is employing the forecasting method for the sales growth trend and the method for the correlation.

Suppose that xtel currently is selling at $40 per share. you buy 500 shares using $15,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. the rate on the margin loan is 8%. a. what is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of xtel immediately changes to (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) b. if the maintenance margin is 25%, how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. how would your answer to requirement 2 would change if you had financed the initial purchase with only $10,000 of your own money? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) d. what is the rate of return on your margined position (assuming again that you invest $15,000 of your own money) if xtel is selling after one year at (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) e. continue to assume that a year has passed. how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Compute the cost of not taking the following cash discounts. (use a 360-day year. do not round intermediate calculations. input your final answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

In terms of precent, beer has more alcohol than whiskey true or false