Modigliani and Miller (MM), in their second article, took account of taxes, bankruptcy, and other factors that were assumed away in their original article. Once they took account of all these assumptions, they concluded that every firm has a unique optimal capital structure. Moreover, a manager can use the second MM model to determine his or her firm's optimal debt ratio. True False

In 2015, lori assigned a paid-up whole life insurance policy to an irrevocable life insurance trust (ilit) for the benefit of her three children. the ilit contained a crummey provision for the benefit of each child. at the time of the transfer, the whole life insurance policy was valued at $200,000, and since lori had not made any other taxable gifts during her lifetime, she did not owe any gift tax. lori died in 2016, and the face value of the whole life insurance policy of $2,000,000 was paid to the ilit. regarding this transfer, how much is included in lori’s gross estate at her death?

1. what is the lowest balance during this period? 2. lily just received her bank statement below. a. what does the bank think her ending balance is? b. how much more does the bank think lily has? c. what transactions are missing? 3. what is the danger of not balancing your bank account? lily’s bank statement deposits: 2/25 $35 2/26 $20 3/1 $256.32 checks: 2/24 ck #301 $25 2/26 #302 $150 debit card: 2/24 american eagle $75.48 2/25 chick fa la $4.67 2/27 mcdonalds $3.56 2/28 chevron $34.76 withdrawal: 2/27 $40 beginning balance $423.34 deposits $311.32 total debits $333.47 ending balance $401.19

The era of venture capitalists doling out large sums of money to startups is a. just beginning b. on the rise c. over d. fading