This year, Hermine paid $13,000 of investment interest expense. She also earned $4,500 in qualified dividends, $5,400 in interest income, and had a short-term capital gain (STCG) of $1,000 and a long-term capital gain (LTCG) of $2,200. The capital gains resulted from the sale of stock held as investments. She has no other investment expenses.   Assuming Hermine does make an election to have her LTCG and qualified dividends taxed at ordinary tax rates, how much investment interest expense may she deduct?

Racism:

There is only one race, the human race. While this statement is true, the statement has implications that could cause people to assume that all humans are 

A good definition of race is:

Describe the main limitations in creating an accurate sinkhole prediction map in the State of Florida (open response, 15-30 words):

Describe the main benefits and limitations of levees (open response, 15-30 words):

Find the vertical asymptotes, if any, of the rational function. a)

Based on the following scenario, calculate the volume and open interest over the trading day.  Assume that during the first transaction of the day, trader A goes long 6 contracts while trader B goes short those 6 contracts.  During the next transaction, trader C goes long 8 contracts while trader D takes the opposite position of trader C.   During the next transaction, trader B evens-up all 6 of their contracts, while trader E takes the opposite position to that of trader B.  If these are all the trades for the day, what is the volume and open interest at the end of the day?  Show your work.      

Hard Red Winter Wheat futures are traded on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE).    

You take a short position in Mar 2025 corn futures at 629-2 cents/bu.  With respect to the pure definition of a futures contract, this short position is an obligation to make delivery of corn come March 2025 at 629-2 cents/bu.