An investor is considering purchasing one of the following three stocks. Stock X has a market capitalization of $8 billion, pays a relatively high dividend with little increase in earnings, and has a P/E ratio of 10. Stock Y has a market capitalization of $64 billion but does not currently pay a dividend. Stock Y has a P/E ratio of 39. Stock Z, a housing industry company, has a market capitalization of $802 million and a P/E of 19. a. Classify these stocks according to their market capitalizations. b. Which of the three would you classify as a growth stock? Why? c. Which stock would be most appropriate for an aggressive investor? d. Which stock would be most appropriate for someone seeking a combination o

On january 8, the end of the first weekly pay period of the year, regis company's payroll register showed that its employees earned $22,760 of office salaries and $70,840 of sales salaries. withholdings from the employees' salaries include fica social security taxes at the rate of 6.20%, fica medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $13,260 of federal income taxes, $1,450 of medical insurance deductions, and $860 of union dues. no employee earned more than $7,000 in this first pay period. required: 1.1 calculate below the amounts for each of these four taxes of regis company. regis’s merit rating reduces its state unemployment tax rate to 3% of the first $7,000 paid to each employee. the federal unemployment tax rate is 0.60