How might this concepts from Chapters 1 and 2 be important to your personal finances? Why would you want to know more about this? Use this Compound Interest Calculator from Bankrate to gain a broader perspective on your goals in 10, 20, and 30 years. What does the calculator show you about the time value of money and compound interest? Provide an example of opportunity cost related to your financial goals. In the Wk 1 Learning Path, watch “How to Set Financial Goals- Young Guys Finance” in WileyPLUS. Then share a financial goal in the SMART format. In the Wk 1 Learning Path, enter some prices in the Personal Financial Planning Worksheet 1.2 Inflation Calculator in WileyPLUS to see how inflation affects cost of items and services. Watch “Time Value of Money: Cash vs. Annuity for Lottery Payout” in WileyPLUS, then answer this question: How do economic factors, including inflation, interest rates, and economic cycles impact your financial decisions and financial goals?

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

In the supply-and-demand schedule shown above, at the lowest price of $50, producers supply music players and consumers demand music players.

Walsh company manufactures and sells one product. the following information pertains to each of the company’s first two years of operations: variable costs per unit: manufacturing: direct materials $ 25 direct labor $ 12 variable manufacturing overhead $ 5 variable selling and administrative $ 4 fixed costs per year: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 400,000 fixed selling and administrative expenses $ 60,000 during its first year of operations, walsh produced 50,000 units and sold 40,000 units. during its second year of operations, it produced 40,000 units and sold 50,000 units. the selling price of the company’s product is $83 per unit. required: 1. assume the company uses variable costing: a. compute the unit product cost for year 1 and year 2. b. prepare an income statement for year 1 and year 2. 2. assume the company uses absorption costing: a. compute the unit product cost for year 1 and year 2. b. prepare an income statement for year 1 and year 2. 3. reconcile the difference between variable costing and absorption costing net operating income in year 1.