A portfolio manager plans to buy three-month T-bills with the total face value of $1,000,000 in one month. The current price for three-month T-bills is $988,520. What is the fair forward price if the current effective annual risk-free rate over one month is 4%

Baker industries’s net income is $24,000, its interest expense is $5,000, and its tax rate is 40%. its notes payable equals $27,000, long-term debt equals $75,000, and common equity equals $250,000. the firm finances with only debt and common equity, so it has no preferred stock. what are the firm’s roe and roic?

Your project team’s recommendations to increase productivity have been approved and your team is now working on an implementation plan. in order to accomplish the plan, several subject matter experts from various parts of the organization have been brought in to assist. you have noticed friction and conflict among team members. some of the disagreement and opposition on your team supports the achievement of team goals and objectives. this type of conflict can be described as:

Guardian inc. is trying to develop an asset-financing plan. the firm has $450,000 in temporary current assets and $350,000 in permanent current assets. guardian also has $550,000 in fixed assets. assume a tax rate of 40 percent. a. construct two alternative financing plans for guardian. one of the plans should be conservative, with 70 percent of assets financed by long-term sources, and the other should be aggressive, with only 56.25 percent of assets financed by long-term sources. the current interest rate is 12 percent on long-term funds and 7 percent on short-term financing. compute the annual interest payments under each plan.