1: Assume the following four companies are used in computing an index (there have been no stock...
Question:
1: Assume the following four companies are used in computing an index (there have been no stock splits during this time).
Corporation | Shares Outstanding | Market Price (Base Period Jan. 1, 1977) | Market Price (Current Period Dec. 31, 2004) |
Reese | 4,000 | $2 | $14 |
Robinson | 16,000 | $8 | 22 |
Snider | 6,000 | $9 | 15 |
Hodges | 40,000 | $10 | 20 |
If the index is price-weighted, what will be the value of the index on Dec. 31, 2004? (Keep 0 decimal place)
2: Assume the following four companies are used in computing an index (there have been no stock splits during this time).
Corporation | Shares Outstanding | Market Price (Base Period Jan. 1, 1977) | Market Price (Current Period Dec. 31, 2004) |
Reese | 4,000 | $2 | $14 |
Robinson | 16,000 | $2 | 21 |
Snider | 6,000 | $9 | 15 |
Hodges | 40,000 | $10 | 20 |
If the index is value-weighted, what will be the value of the index on Dec. 31, 2004? (Keep 0 decimal place)
3: You buy 100 shares of stock at $40 per share on margin of 40%. If the price of the stock changes to $37 per share, what is your percentage gain in equity? Disregard interest costs. (Keep 4 decimal places)
4: An investor is in a 35% tax bracket for normal (ordinary) income. During the course of the year, he received $3,638 in dividends and had $3,892 capital gains on stock he had held for 19 months. How much will his total tax be on this investment-related income? (Keep 2 decimal places)
Managerial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0078025518
2nd edition
Authors: Stacey Whitecotton, Robert Libby, Fred Phillips