An investor purchases $10,000 worth of XYZ common stock over a two-year period. He subsequently sells $5,000 of the stock and does not identify or specify which shares he sold. Which of the following statements is true with regard to this situation? (A)His gain is $5,000. (B)The IRS requires that LIFO be used to identify the shares sold. (C)The IRS requires that FIFO be used to identify the shares sold. (D)The investor is allowed to specify which shares are being sold when he files his tax return.

Each of the four independent situations below describes a sales-type lease in which annual lease payments of $12,500 are payable at the beginning of each year. each is a finance lease for the lessee. (fv of $1, pv of $1, fva of $1, pva of $1, fvad of $1 and pvad of $1) (use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) situation 1 2 3 4 lease term (years) 3 3 3 3 asset’s useful life (years) 3 4 4 6 lessor’s implicit rate (known by lessee) 14 % 14 % 14 % 14 % residual value: guaranteed by lessee 0 $ 5,000 $ 2,500 0 unguaranteed 0 0 $ 2,500 $ 5,000 purchase option: after (years) none 2 3 3 exercise price n/a $ 7,500 $ 1,500 $ 3,500 reasonably certain? n/a no no yes

Side bar toggle icon performance in last 10 qs hard easy performance in last 10 questions - there are '3' correct answers, '3' wrong answers, '0' skipped answers, '1' partially correct answers about this question question difficulty difficulty 60% 42.2% students got it correct study this topic • demonstrate an understanding of sampling distributions question number q 3.8: choose the correct estimate for the standard error using the 95% rule.

Consider a treasury bill with a rate of return of 5% and the following risky securities: security a: e(r) = .15; variance = .0400 security b: e(r) = .10; variance = .0225 security c: e(r) = .12; variance = .1000 security d: e(r) = .13; variance = .0625 the investor must develop a complete portfolio by combining the risk-free asset with one of the securities mentioned above. the security the investor should choose as part of her complete portfolio to achieve the best cal would be a. security a b. security b c. security c d. security d