Cake is a product of the chester company. chester's sales forecast for cake is 1,439 in the americas region. chester wants to have an extra 10% on hand above their forecasted units in case sales are better than expected. (they would risk the possibility of excess inventory carrying charges rather than risk lost profits on a stock out.) taking current inventory into account, what will cake's fulfillment after adjustment have to be in order to have a 10% reserve of units available for sale? all numbers in thousands (000).
1,439 units
1,583 units
1,478 units
1,334 units

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What are the forecasted levels of the line of credit and special dividends? (hints: create a column showing the ratios for the current year; then create a new column showing the ratios used in the forecast. also, create a preliminary forecast that doesn’t include any new line of credit or special dividends. identify the financing deficit or surplus in this preliminary forecast and then add a new column that shows the final forecast that includes any new line of credit or special dividend.) now assume that the growth in sales is only 3%. what are the forecasted levels of the line of credit and special dividends?

Suppose you hold a portfolio consisting of a $10,000 investment in each of 8 different common stocks. the portfolio's beta is 1.25. now suppose you decided to sell one of your stocks that has a beta of 1.00 and to use the proceeds to buy a replacement stock with a beta of 1.55. what would the portfolio's new beta be? do not round your intermediate calculations.