An equity trader has received a large order to buy XXX stock from an institutional client that is to be filled at the closing price that day. The firm's proprietary trading desk has been accumulating that stock during the day, which it will sell to the customer at the closing price. Just prior to the market close, the trader places a sequence of small market orders to drive the closing price up, so the firm can have a larger profit filling the institutional client's order. This is an example of:

Suppose a stock had an initial price of $65 per share, paid a dividend of $1.45 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $58. a, compute the percentage total return. (a negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. what was the dividend yield and the capital gains yield? (a negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

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

Christopher kim, cfa, is a banker with batts brothers, an investment banking firm. kim follows the energy industry and has frequent contact with industry executives. kim is contacted by the ceo of a large oil and gas corporation who wants batts brothers to underwrite a secondary offering of the company's stock. the ceo offers kim the opportunity to fly on his private jet to his ranch in texas for an exotic game hunting expedition if kim's firm can complete the underwriting within 90 days. according to cfa institute standards of conduct, kim: a) may accept the offer as long as he discloses the offer to batts brothers.b) may not accept the offer because it is considered lavish entertainment.c) must obtain written consent from batts brothers before accepting the offer.