A car company is offering a choice of deals. You can receive $2,000 cash back on the purchase or a 2.2 percent APR, 4-year loan. The price of the car is $24,000 and you could obtain a 4-year loan from your credit union, at 6.2 percent APR. Since the cash back is used to reduce the size of the loan, the cost of the car is entirely paid for with the debt. Therefore, the true cost of each deal can be compared through the monthly payment. Compute the monthly payment of each deal. Which one is cheaper?

Atlas manufacturing produces a unique valve, and has the capacity to produce 50,000 valves annually. currently atlas produces 40,000 valves and is thinking about increasing production to 45,000 valves next year. what is the most likely behavior of total manufacturing costs and unit manufacturing costs given this change? a. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will also increase. b. total manufacturing costs will stay the same and unit manufacturing costs will stay the same. c. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will decrease. d. total manufacturing costs will increase and unit manufacturing costs will stay the same.

Kumar consulting operates several stock investment portfolios that are used by firms for investment of pension plan assets. last year, one portfolio had a realized return of 12.6 percent and a beta coefficient of 1.15. the average t-bond rate was 7 percent and the realized rate of return on the s& p 500 was 12 percent. what was the portfolio's alpha?

What is the difference between the contractual interest rate and the market interest rate?