Five years ago, Benjamin invested in Parchar Special Effects. He purchased four par value $1,000 bonds from Parchar Special Effects at a market rate of 96.230. Each bond had an interest rate of 7.2%. Benjamin also purchased 200 shares of stock in the same company, each of which cost $19.08 and had a yearly dividend of $2.04. Today, bonds from Parchar Special Effects have a market rate of 104.595, and stock in Parchar Special Effects costs $22.62. If Benjamin liquidates his portfolio and sells all of his investments, which aspect of his investment will have yielded him a greater total profit, and how much greater is it? a. The bonds yielded $940.20 more in profits than the stocks. b. The bonds yielded $33.00 more in profits than the stocks. c. The stocks yielded $373.20 more in profits than the bonds. d. The stocks yielded $973.36 more in profits than the bonds. Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D

Assume today is december 31, 2013. barrington industries expects that its 2014 after-tax operating income [ebit(1 – t)] will be $400 million and its 2014 depreciation expense will be $70 million. barrington's 2014 gross capital expenditures are expected to be $120 million and the change in its net operating working capital for 2014 will be $25 million. the firm's free cash flow is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4.5% annually. assume that its free cash flow occurs at the end of each year. the firm's weighted average cost of capital is 8.6%; the market value of the company's debt is $2.15 billion; and the company has 180 million shares of common stock outstanding. the firm has no preferred stock on its balance sheet and has no plans to use it for future capital budgeting projects. using the corporate valuation model, what should be the company's stock price today (december 31, 2013)? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations.

Camilo is a self-employed roofer. he reported a profit of $30,000 on his schedule c. he had other taxable income of $5,000. he paid $3,000 for hospitalization insurance. his self-employment tax was $4,656. he paid his former wife $4,000 in court-ordered alimony and $4,000 in child support. what is the amount camilo can deduct in arriving at adjusted gross income (agi)?

The face of a company is often that of the lowest paid employees who meet the customers. select one: true false