Bill Nielsen works as a graphic designer. He arrives at work at 7 a. m. and goes home at 3 p. m. One of Nielsen's co-workers who performs the same job as he does arrives at work at 10 a. m. and goes home at 6 p. m. Yet another co-worker arrives at 9 a. m. and leaves work at 5 p. m. From this brief description, you should realize that Nielsen's employer uses:

ernst's electrical has a bond issue outstanding with ten years to maturity. these bonds have a $1,000 face value, a 5 percent coupon, and pay interest semiminusannually. the bonds are currently quoted at 96 percent of face value. what is ernst's pretax cost of debt?

Tara incorporates her sole proprietorship, transferring it to newly formed black corporation. the assets transferred have an adjusted basis of $240,000 and a fair market value of $300,000. also transferred was $10,000 in liabilities, $1,000 of which was personal and the balance of $9,000 being business related. in return for these transfers, tara receives all of the stock in black corporation. a. black corporation has a basis of $241,000 in the property. b. black corporation has a basis of $240,000 in the property. c. tara’s basis in the black corporation stock is $241,000. d. tara’s basis in the black corporation stock is $249,000. e. none of the above.

Suppose that xtel currently is selling at $40 per share. you buy 500 shares using $15,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. the rate on the margin loan is 8%. a. what is the percentage increase in the net worth of your brokerage account if the price of xtel immediately changes to (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) b. if the maintenance margin is 25%, how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. how would your answer to requirement 2 would change if you had financed the initial purchase with only $10,000 of your own money? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) d. what is the rate of return on your margined position (assuming again that you invest $15,000 of your own money) if xtel is selling after one year at (a) $44; (b) $40; (c) $36? (negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. round your answers to 2 decimal places.) e. continue to assume that a year has passed. how low can xtel’s price fall before you get a margin call? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)