In 2013, Roma was a schoolteacher and earned $40.000. But she enjoys creating cartoons, so at the beginning of 2014, Roma quit teaching and set to work as a cartoonist. She stopped renting out her basement for 55,000 a year and began to use it as her office. She used 55,000 from her savings account to buy a new computer, and she leased a printer for $150 a year. During 2010, Roma paid $1,250 for paper, utilities, and postage: the bank paid 5 percenta year on savings account balances and Roma sold $50,000 of cartoons. Normal profit is $3,000 a year. At the end of 2014, Roma was offered $4,000 for her computer. For 2014, calculate Roma's: 1a. Explicit costs. 1b. Implicit costs. 1c. Economic profit.

Christopher kim, cfa, is a banker with batts brothers, an investment banking firm. kim follows the energy industry and has frequent contact with industry executives. kim is contacted by the ceo of a large oil and gas corporation who wants batts brothers to underwrite a secondary offering of the company's stock. the ceo offers kim the opportunity to fly on his private jet to his ranch in texas for an exotic game hunting expedition if kim's firm can complete the underwriting within 90 days. according to cfa institute standards of conduct, kim: a) may accept the offer as long as he discloses the offer to batts brothers.b) may not accept the offer because it is considered lavish entertainment.c) must obtain written consent from batts brothers before accepting the offer.

Last year, johnson mills had annual revenue of $37,800, cost of goods sold of $23,200, and administrative expenses of $6,300. the firm paid $700 in dividends and had a tax rate of 35 percent. the firm added $2,810 to retained earnings. the firm had no long-term debt. what was the depreciation expense?

Andrea cujoli is a currency speculator who enjoys "betting" on changes in the foreign currency exchange market. currently the spot price for the japanese yen is ¥129.87/$ and the 6-month forward rate is ¥128.53/$. andrea would earn a higher rate of return by buying yen and a forward contract than if she had invested her money in 6-month us treasury securities at an annual rate of 2.50%. true/false?