Your full-service brokerage firm charges $140 per stock trade. How much money do you receive after selling 200 shares of Nokia Corporation (NOK), which trades at $20.13?

If you owned a small firm that had become somewhat established, but you needed a surge of financial capital to carry out a major expansion, would you prefer to raise the funds through borrowing or by issuing stock? Explain your choice.

You are planning to open an internet business selling stock market analysis, and are offering two options to consumers: A: You charge $150 per year. This grants access to all of your basic financial literacy information, as well as 12 months of access to your stock market analysis memos, which you provide monthly. B: You charge $50 for access to your basic financial literacy information, then charge $10 each for your monthly stock market analysis memos. Which one is the best offer?

What will happen if two assets are earning the same expected return, but one is more risky than the other?