Oak Island Amusements Center provides the following data on the costs of maintenance and the number of visitors for the last three years. Number of Visitors per Year (thousands) Maintenance Costs ($000) 1,825 $ 2,925 2,007 3,225 2,375 3,750 Required: a. Use the high-low method to estimate the fixed cost of maintenance annually and the variable cost of maintenance per visitor. b. The company expects a record 2,600,000 visitors next year. What would be the estimated maintenance costs

When an interest-bearing note comes due and is uncollectible, the journal entry includes debiting

You are head of the schwartz family endowment for the arts. you have decided to fund an arts school in the san francisco bay area in perpetuity. every 5 years, you will give the school $ 1 comma 000 comma 000. the first payment will occur 5 years from today. if the interest rate is 5.9 % per year, what is the present value of your gift?

The total value of your portfolio is $10,000: $3,000 of it is invested in stock a and the remainder invested in stock b. stock a has a beta of 0.8; stock b has a beta of 1.2. the risk premium on the market portfolio is 8%; the risk-free rate is 2%. additional information on stocks a and b is provided below. return in each state state probability of state stock a stock b excellent 15% 15% 5% normal 50% 9% 7% poor 35% -15% 10% what are each stock’s expected return and the standard deviation? what are the expected return and the standard deviation of your portfolio? what is the beta of your portfolio? using capm, what is the expected return on the portfolio? given your answer above, would you buy, sell, or hold the portfolio?