The Office of and Budget, part of the executive branch, prepares the initial budget. However, the president's budget is only a .

Yard tools manufactures lawnmowers, weed-trimmers, and chainsaws. its sales mix and unit contribution margin are as follows. sales mix unit contribution margin lawnmowers 20 % $30 weed-trimmers 50 % $20 chainsaws 30 % $40 yard tools has fixed costs of $4,200,000. compute the number of units of each product that yard tools must sell in order to break even under this product mix.

Kinkead inc. forecasts that its free cash flow in the coming year, i.e., at t = 1, will be −$10 million, but its fcf at t = 2 will be $20 million. after year 2, fcf is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4% forever. if the weighted average cost of capital is 14%, what is the firm's value of operations, in millions?

Peninsula products has just applied for a loan at your bank. when reviewing peninsula's books for the year that just ended, you notice that the firm uses the fair value option for its bonds payable. you also see that the firm recorded a $55,000 debit in its bonds payable account and a $55,000 credit in its unrealized holding gain or loss"income account. over that same period, interest rates decreased by about 0.5 percent. how should this information affect the bank's decision as to whether to grant peninsula a loan? a : the bank should strongly consider giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen an increase in its credit rating over the past year. b : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely the result of the rise in interest rates. c : the bank should hesitate before giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen a decline in its credit rating over the past year. d : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely unrelated to either interest rates or the firm's credit rating.