Abusiness owner would most likely create a cooperative instead of buying a franchise because
a. cooperatives give majority owners the most control, while franchises make decisions with a parent company.
b. cooperatives make it easy to accumulate supplies, while franchises come with supplier relationships already in place.
c. cooperatives are well financed by members, while franchises must raise large sums of money to launch a business.
d. cooperatives allow all owners to share profits, while franchises are required to share profits with a parent company.

Variable rate cd’s = $90 treasury bills = $150 discount loans = $20 treasury notes = $100 fixed rate cds = $160 money market deposit accts. = $140 savings deposits = $90 fed funds borrowing = $40 variable rate mortgage loans $140 demand deposits = $40 primary reserves = $50 fixed rate loans = $210 fed funds lending = $50 equity capital = $120 a. develop a balance sheet from the above data. be sure to divide your balance sheet into rate-sensitive assets and liabilities as we did in class and in the examples. b. perform a standard gap analysis and a duration analysis using the above data if you have a 1.15% decrease in interest rates and an average duration of assets of 5.4 years and an average duration of liabilities of 3.8 years. c. indicate if this bank will remain solvent after the valuation changes. if so, indicate the new level of equity capital after the valuation changes. if not, indicate the amount of the shortage in equity capital.