Future dividend payments and stock prices are not known with certainty; rather these values are based on the investor’s expectations at the time the stock is purchased.

Price and efficiency variances, journal entries. the schuyler corporation manufactures lamps. it has set up the following standards per finished unit for direct materials and direct manufacturing labor: direct materials: 10 lb. at $4.50 per lb. $45.00 direct manufacturing labor: 0.5 hour at $30 per hour 15.00 the number of finished units budgeted for january 2017 was 10,000; 9,850 units were actually produced. actual results in january 2017 were as follows: direct materials: 98,055 lb. used direct manufacturing labor: 4,900 hours $154,350 assume that there was no beginning inventory of either direct materials or finished units. during the month, materials purchased amounted to 100,000 lb., at a total cost of $465,000. input price variances are isolated upon purchase. input-efficiency variances are isolated at the time of usage. 1. compute the january 2017 price and efficiency variances of direct materials and direct manufacturing labor. 2. prepare journal entries to record the variances in requirement 1. 3. comment on the january 2017 price and efficiency variances of schuyler corporation. 4. why might schuyler calculate direct materials price variances and direct materials efficiency variances with reference to different points in time

3. now assume that carnival booked lady antebellum in december 2016 to perform on the june 2017 western caribbean cruise. further assume that carnival pays lady antebellum its entire performance fee of $52,000 on december 28, 2016, for the june 2017 cruise. what journal entry will carnival make on december 28, 2016, for its payment to lady antebellum?

Overspeculation and a decrease in consumer confidence are both leading factors of: ?