Barenbaum industries projects that cash outlays of $5.4 million will occur uniformly throughout the year. barenbaum plans to meet its cash requirements by periodically selling marketable securities form its portfolio. the firm’s marketable securities are invested to earn 6%, and the cost per transaction of converting securities to cash is $15.a. use the baumol model to determine the optimal transaction size for transfers from marketable securities to cash. b. what will be barenbaum’s average cash balance? c. how many transfers per year will be required? d. what will be barenbaum’s total annual cost of maintaining cash balances? what would the total cost be if the company maintained an average cash balance of $40,000 or of $0 (it deposits funds daily to meet cash requirements, using 360 days)?

After discussing the options, the strategic management team has agreed that the pod coffee idea works well with the company's mission statement and decides that the company should move forward in exploring the pod coffee idea. in order to make sure that the pod coffee idea is a good one, and to see if there are other potential future endeavors to pursue, you must analyze the market situation and formulate a strategy. your boss asks you to start working on the pod coffee idea. what is your first stepa. your first step is to formulate a strategy for how to market the pod coffee concept. b. your first step is to consult with your boss and find out what he thinks about the pod coffee idea. c. your first step is to do some research to find out what your competitors are doing. d. your first step is to analyze the organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

Issued to the joint planning and execution community (jpec) initiates the development of coas; it also requests that the supported ccdr submit a commander's estimate of the situation with a recommended coa to resolve the situation (joint force command and staff participation in the joint operation planning and execution system, page 10)

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?