Smith Corporation has many assets that are reported at fair value on its' corporate balance sheet.   Smith has an equity investment in Amazon  stock and currently owns 25,000 shares of Amazon.  At what level in the fair value hierarchy should this be classified?

In a few sentences, answer the following question as completely as you can. You are discussing stock valuation techniques with your broker. You mention that your Finance professor stated that “a stock that will never pay a dividend is valueless.” Your broker says this is not true because  you can always sell the stock to someone else (thus, a capital gain is possible) a share of stock represents a share of ownership in something tangible (i.e., the issuing firm).Argue for or against your broker’s position.

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Q1 Which one of the followings is least important for dividend decisions   A. Attract institutional investors   B. Stability of future earnings   C. Flotation cost of issuing new equity   D. Maintaining consistency with historic dividend policy   F. A sustainable change in earnings Q2 With a right offerings, each shareholder is issued an obligation to buy a specified number of new shares from the firm at a specified price within a specified time, after which the rights expire. True False

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Q3 Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. Capital market instruments include both long-term debt and common stocks. b. An example of a primary market transaction would be your uncle transferring 100 shares of Wal-Mart stock to you as a birthday gift. c. The NYSE does not exist as a physical location; rather, it represents a loose collection of dealers who trade stocks electronically. d. If your uncle in New York sold 100 shares of Microsoft through his broker to an investor in Los Angeles, this would be a primary market transaction. e. While the two frequently perform similar functions, investment banks generally specialize in lending money, whereas commercial banks generally help companies raise large blocks of capital from investors.