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Explain the reasons for companies investing in securities.
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Investment: It refers to the process of using the currently held excess cash to earn profitable returns in future. The investments can be made in debt securities such as bonds or equity securities such as shares.
The reasons for investing in securities are explained below:
- To earn
returns by investing the excess cash generated by the company. - To generate income from investments in securities
- To dominate the competitors or suppliers by gaining controlling interests over them through investments.
- To enter into a new industry through investments in other companies’ securities.
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Sunn Company manufactures a single product that sells for $190 per unit and whose variable costs are $133 per unit. The company's
annual fixed costs are $628,000. The sales manager predicts that next year's annual sales of the company's product will be 39,800
units at a price of $198 per unit. Variable costs are predicted to increase to $138 per unit, but fixed costs will remain at $628,000. What
amount of income can the company expect to earn under these predicted changes?
Prepare a contribution margin income statement for the next year.
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