Questions from Personal Finance

Q: How much profit (if any) would Max Adler make if

How much profit (if any) would Max Adler make if he short-sold 300 shares of a stock at $100 a share and the price of the stock suddenly tumbled to $70?

Q: Using a resource like The Wall Street Journal or Barron’s (either

Using a resource like The Wall Street Journal or Barron’s (either in print or online), find the latest values for each of the following market averages and indexes, and indicate how each has performed...

Q: What are the key factors to consider when opening a checking account

What are the key factors to consider when opening a checking account? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of individual versus joint accounts.

Q: Using the Web site for Yahoo! Finance (http://finance

Using the Web site for Yahoo! Finance (http://finance.yahoo.com), find the 52-week high and low for Coca-Cola’s common stock (symbol KO). What is the stock’s latest dividend yield? What was Coca-Cola’...

Q: An investor is thinking about buying some shares of Health Monitoring,

An investor is thinking about buying some shares of Health Monitoring, Inc., at $75 a share. She expects the price of the stock to rise to $115 a share over the next three years. During that time, she...

Q: A company has total assets of $2.5 million,

A company has total assets of $2.5 million, total liabilities of $1.8 million, and $200,000 worth of 8 percent preferred stock outstanding. What is the firm’s total book value? What would its book val...

Q: The Morton Company recently reported net profits after taxes of $15

The Morton Company recently reported net profits after taxes of $15.8 million. It has 2.5 million shares of common stock outstanding and pays preferred dividends of $1 million a year. The company’s st...

Q: Using the resources available at your campus or public library, work

Using the resources available at your campus or public library, work the following problems. (Note: Show your work for all your calculations.) a. Select any two common stocks and then determine the d...

Q: Imagine that you’ve just inherited $40,000 from a rich

Imagine that you’ve just inherited $40,000 from a rich uncle. Now you’re faced with the problem of deciding how to spend it. You could make a down payment on a condo—or better yet, on that BMW that yo...

Q: Using a source like Barron’s, Forbes, Money, or Morningstar

Using a source like Barron’s, Forbes, Money, or Morningstar, along with any related Web sites, select five mutual funds—a growth fund, an index fund, a sector fund, an international fund, and a high-y...