Baldwin Company's product Best has Fixed Costs of $50,000, capacity of 10,000 units, sales of 15,000 units, selling price per unit of $25, 1stshift labor costs per unit of $10, and a contribution margin ratio of 50% prior to overtime due to using the second shift. Baldwin is considering investing in a Marketing program that costs $22,000 and is projected to increase sales volume by 10%. All else constant, if Baldwin makes this decision based on a minimum acceptable ROI in the first year of 50% for the project, should they invest in this marketing program?

Profits from using currency options and futures.on july 2, the two-month futures rate of the mexican peso contained a 2 percent discount (unannualized). there was a call option on pesos with an exercise price that was equal to the spot rate. there was also a put option on pesos with an exercise price equal to the spot rate. the premium on each of these options was 3 percent of the spot rate at that time. on september 2, the option expired. go to the oanda.com website (or any site that has foreign exchange rate quotations) and determine the direct quote of the mexican peso. you exercised the option on this date if it was feasible to do so. a. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the call option? b. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the put option? c. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2? d. what was your net profit per unit if you sold a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2