• Q : Plan to construct an investment portfolio....
    Finance Basics :

    Discuss how you plan to construct an investment portfolio. What steps do you plan to undertake to construct your portfolio? How do you plan to weight the portfolio? How do you plan to account for ri

  • Q : Calculate the geometric average return....
    Finance Basics :

    Suppose a particular investment earns a return of 10% in year 1, -5% (note MINUS 5%) in year 2, and 30% in year 3. Calculate the geometric average return for the 3-year period (Avg annual return).

  • Q : Issuing new common stock at a market price....
    Finance Basics :

    Salte Corporation is issuing new common stock at a market price of $27. Dividends last year were $1.45 and are expected to grow at an annual rate of 6 percent forever. Flotation costs will be 6 perc

  • Q : What will be the market price of the bonds....
    Finance Basics :

    Problem: Two years ago bonds were issued with 10 years until maturity, selling at par, and a 7% coupon. If interest rates for that grade of bond are currently 8.25%, what will be the market price of

  • Q : Minimum cash flow....
    Finance Basics :

    Problem: What is the minimum cash flow that could be received at the end of year three to make the following project "acceptable?" Initial cost = $100,000; cash flows at end of years one and two = $

  • Q : Present value of the five-year cash stream....
    Finance Basics :

    A project anticipates net cash flows of $10,000 at the end of year one, with such amount growing at the expected 5% rate of inflation over the subsequent four years. Calculate the real present value

  • Q : What percentage return is achieved by an investor....
    Finance Basics :

    Problem: What percentage return is achieved by an investor who purchases a stock for $30, receives a $1.50 dividend, and sells the share one year later for $28.50?

  • Q : Approximate standard deviation of returns....
    Finance Basics :

    What is the approximate standard deviation of returns if over the past four years an investment returned 8.0%, -12.0%, -12% and 15.0%?

  • Q : Evaluate the firms approach to pollution control....
    Finance Basics :

    Evaluate the firm’s approach to pollution control. Does it seem to be ethical? Why might incurring the expense to control pollution be in the best interests of the firm’s owners despite

  • Q : Proposed government bailout plan....
    Finance Basics :

    Background/description of what the proposed government bailout plan requires from the car companies, unions, creditors, suppliers et al.

  • Q : Expected tax savings from the hedging activity....
    Finance Basics :

    If the firm decides to HEDGE 60 percent of its exposure to fluctuating gold price, how much will be the expected tax savings from this hedging activity?

  • Q : Explain any issues or opportunities that disney would face....
    Finance Basics :

    Explain any issues or opportunities that Disney would face based on Disney ratios over the past five years.

  • Q : Advantages and disadvantages for amsc to forgo the debt....
    Finance Basics :

    What are the advantages and disadvantages for AMSC to forgo their debt financing and take on equity financing? Do you agree with their decision?

  • Q : How many shares are outstanding....
    Finance Basics :

    i) How many shares are outstanding? ii) At what average price were the shares sold? iii) What is the book value per share of Clark stock?

  • Q : Minimizing the negative cash flow of the deal....
    Finance Basics :

    Question 1: What can you do to minimize the negative cash flow of this deal? Question 2: How are you going to keep your company afloat until you get paid?

  • Q : Computing return on net operating assets....
    Finance Basics :

    Problem 1. What is an example of return on invested capital being used as an internal management tool? Problem 2. What is an example of interest expense being ignored when computing return on net oper

  • Q : What is the market value of the unlevered equity....
    Finance Basics :

    The risk-free interest rate is 5%. Suppose that to raise the funds for the initial investment, the project is sold to investors as an all-equity firm. The equity holders will receive the cash flows

  • Q : What is the market value of john non-cash assets....
    Finance Basics :

    Currently John is an all equity firm with 1.25 billion shares outstanding. John's shares are currently trading at $20 per share. What is the market value of John's non-cash assets?

  • Q : Overall cost perspective....
    Finance Basics :

    However, he is open to discussing this and hopes to find a reasonable solution as he does agree that your suggestion is the best one from an overall cost perspective.

  • Q : Financial ratios for investing in a company....
    Finance Basics :

    Problem 1: You are considering investing in a company. Which financial ratios would you find most useful? Why?

  • Q : Outperform the market on a risk-adjusted basis....
    Finance Basics :

    Task: The stock of Lansing Corporation has a beta of 1.2. Lansing earned an annual return of 14 percent during a period when the return on the market portfolio was 12.5 percent. If the risk-free rat

  • Q : Was escalation of commitment in play in gm decision....
    Finance Basics :

    Research the history of Saturn and GM's decision to continue funding it (although GM has now decided to close down the auto maker). Why hadn't Saturn made a profit? Was escalation of commitment in p

  • Q : Set up a systematic savings plan....
    Finance Basics :

    How much does he need to save each year if he plans to set up a systematic savings plan now in which he saves a fixed sum of money annually at the end of each year until he retires?

  • Q : Outside law enforcement agencies....
    Finance Basics :

    Problem: How much does it currently cost the university to provide police services for football games? What would be the pros and cons of subcontracting this work completely to outside law enforceme

  • Q : What is the company net working capital....
    Finance Basics :

    The company had cash and marketable securities worth $1,235,455, accounts payables worth $4,159,357, inventory of $7,121,599, accounts receivables of $3,488,121, notes payable worth $1,151,663, and

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