Question 45 2 points At the quarterly meeting of Tangshan Mining Corporation, held on September 10th, the directors declared a $1.00 per share dividend for the firm's 100,000 shares of common stock outstanding. The net effect of declaring and paying this dividend would be to decrease total assets by S100,000 and increase stockholders equity by $100,000 decrease total assets by S100,000 and decrease stockholders equity by $100,000 increase total assets by $100,000 and increase stockholders equity by $100,000 increase total assets by $100,000 and decrease stockholders equity by $100,000 Question 46 A conventional cash flow pattern associated with capital investment projects consists of an initial outflow followed by a broken cash series inflow followed by a broken series of outlay outflow followed by a series of inflows outflow followed by a series of outflows Question 47 The total rate of return on an investment over a given period of time is calculated by dividing the asset's cash distributions during the period, plus change in value, by its beginning of period investment value dividing the asset's cash distributions during the period, plus change in value, by its ending-of period investment value dividing the asset's cash distributions during the period, minus change in value, by its ending-of period investment value dividing the asset's cash distributions during the period, minus change in value, by its beginning-of period investment value Question 48 Combining two less than perfectly positively correlated assets to reduce risk is known as diversification valuation securitization risk aversion