A trader wants to invest in gold. At the current moment the trader can buy gold for $1270 per ounce and sell gold for $1250 per ounce. Zero coupon bonds with maturity 1 year (and face value $1) can be bought for $0.95 per bond and sold (issued) for $0.9 per bond - that is, for every $0.95 deposited now, the trader can get $1 after 1 year, while for every $0.9 borrowed now, the trader has to pay back $1 after 1 year. The target of this exercise is to find the range of forward prices on gold with delivery in one year such that the trader has no arbitrage opportunities. a) (3 pts) Construct a trading strategy by buying gold and selling forward contracts and with zero initial investment. Calculate the corresponding final value at the end of 1 year using this trading strategy b) (3 pts) Construct a trading strategy by selling gold and buying forward contracts and with zero initial investment. Calculate the corresponding final value at the end of 1 year using this trading strategy c) (2 pts) To get rid of the arbitrage opportunities, what is the range of forward prices

Alocation analysis has been narrowed down to two locations, akron and boston. the main factors in the decision will be the supply of raw materials, which has a weight of .50, transportation cost, which has a weight of .40, and labor cost, which has a weight of .10. the scores for raw materials, transportation, and labor are for akron 60, 80, and 70, respectively; for boston 70, 50, and 90, respectively. given this information and a minimum acceptable composite score of 75, we can say that the manager should:

1tanner invested $135,000 cash along with office equipment valued at $32,400 in the company in exchange for common stock. 2 the company prepaid $7,200 cash for 12 months’ rent for office space. (hint: debit prepaid rent for $7,200.) 3 the company made credit purchases for $16,200 in office equipment and $3,240 in office supplies. payment is due within 10 days. 6 the company completed services for a client and immediately received $2,000 cash. 9 the company completed a $10,800 project for a client, who must pay within 30 days. 13 the company paid $19,440 cash to settle the account payable created on april 3. 19 the company paid $6,000 cash for the premium on a 12-month insurance policy. (hint: debit prepaid insurance for $6,000.) 22 the company received $8,640 cash as partial payment for the work completed on april 9. 25 the company completed work for another client for $2,640 on credit. 28 the company paid $6,200 cash in dividends. 29 the company purchased $1,080 of additional office supplies on credit. 30 the company paid $700 cash for this month’s utility bill. prepare general journal entries to record these transactions. 2. post the journal entries from part 1 to the ledger accounts.

Manipulation manufacturing's (amm) standards anticipate that there will be 5 pounds of raw material used for every unit of finished goods produced. amm began the month of maymay with 8,000 pounds of raw material, purchased 25,500 pounds for $ 15,300 and ended the month with 7,400 pounds on hand. the company produced 4,9004,900 units of finished goods. the company estimates standard costs at $ 1.10 per pound. the materials price and efficiency variances for the month of maymay were: