Ratio comparisons robert arias recently inherited a stock portfolio from his uncle. wishing to learn more about the companies in which he is now invested, robert performs a ratio analysis on each one and decides to compare them to one another. some of his ratios are listed here assuming that his uncle was a wise investor who assembled the portfolio with care, robert finds the wide differences in these ratios confusing. him out. a. what problems might robert encounter in comparing these companies to one another on the basis of their ratios? b. why might the current and quick ratios for the electric utility and the fast-food stock be so much lower than the same ratios for the other companies? c. why might it be all right for the electric utility to carry a large amount of debt, but not the software company? d. why wouldn't investors invest all of their money in software companies instead of in less profitable companies? (focus on risk and return.)

For fundamental-type variables, list-initialization syntax prevents narrowing conversions that could result in data loss. for fundamental-type variables, list-initialization syntax allows narrowing conversions that could result in data loss.

On the first day of the fiscal year, a company issues an $7,500,000, 8%, five-year bond that pays semiannual interest of $300,000 ($7,500,000 × 8% × ½), receiving cash of $7,740,000. journalize the first interest payment and the amortization of the related bond premium. round to the nearest dollar. if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

In return for their with optimizing his painting project, the castle servant informed poly and digit that he saw someone dressed as the king leaving behind a trail of crumbs as he walked into the jester's room late last night. poly and digit have finally found the crisp-collecting culprit — it turns out the jester's shoe size and hair color match the clues that were found! in gratitude, poly and digit agree to the servant with his current task of replacing all of the tables and chairs in the castle. his goal is to determine which furniture company should produce the new furniture. he receives information from a company that customizes elegant furniture, and he wants to analyze the company's production process in order to calculate some problems about cost and availability. read the following scenario, and assist poly and digit as they the servant with his calculations. the fit for a king furniture company requires 2020 hours of labor to produce a standard table, and a chair requires 1212 hours of labor. the labor available is 565565 hours per week. the company can produce at most 3535 chairs per week.