Which of the five stages of the traditional family life cycle (see Chapter 10) constitute the most lucrative segment(s) for the following products and services: (a) TV cable subscriptions, (b) a Club Med vacation, (c) Domino’s pizza, (d) iPods, (e) mutual funds, and (f) the fastest Internet access available in one’s location? For each product or service, rank each stage of the family life cycle from 1 = very low purchase probability, to 5 = very high probability. Then, for each product or service, state the stage that you ranked 5 (very high probability) and 1 (very low probability). Explain your answers. Your discussion post should be professionally written and no fewer than 250 words.

When calculating the bountiful returns that retirees allegedly would glean from stock investments, privateers use rosy projections about a continually booming market. but when predicting bankruptcy for social security, they switch to pessimistic projections of a low-growth economy with abnormally low payments into the fund. in fact, far from going broke, social security produces enormous surpluses. from __ to americans paid more in social security taxes than were paid out in benefits. according to the congressional budget office, the social security trust fund will remain solvent until at least social security is the only federal program that produces about $150 billion yearly surplus, the only program that shows every sign of being selfsupporting and solvent for over thirty years to come yet is repeatedly described by its enemies as being in danger of insolvency?

Suppose that each country completely specializes in the production of the good in which it has a comparative advantage, producing only that good. in this case, the country that produces jeans will produce 32 million pairs per month, and the country that produces corn will produce 32 million bushels per month.

Your father offers you a choice of $120,000 in 11 years or $48,500 today. use appendix b as an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. a-1. if money is discounted at 11 percent, what is the present value of the $120,000?