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What is so special about working capital management in the small and medium-sized enterprises?
An investment offers $7,000 per year for 15 years, with the first payment occurring I year from now. If the required return is 9 percent, what is the value of the investment? What would the value be
What are some qualitative factors analysts should consider when evaluating a company's likely future financial performance?
If Chalet Corp. has an operating cycle of 93.4 days and days' payables outstanding of 48.2 days, what is the firm's cash conversion cycle?
What are some actions that stockholders can take to ensure that managements and stockholders interests are aligned?
What are financial intermediaries, and what economic functions do they perform?
If a company is thinking about issuing preferred stock to raise capital, what are some factors that it should consider? What factors should an investor consider before buying preferred stock?
What are derivatives? How can derivatives be used to reduce risk? Can derivatives be used to increase risk? Explain.
Discuss how SSCs stockholders might view each of these actions and how the actions might affect the stock price.
Suppose rRF = 5%, rM = 10%, and rA = 12%.b. If Stock A's beta were 2.0, what would be A's new required rate of return?
Identify the three cost components that make up the total cost to a company of issuing securities. Briefly describe each.
Suppose an MNC is considering investing in Bolivia. Will an overall assessment of Bolivia's country risk suffice to understand the political risk present in the investment?
How can capital structure decisions affect the risk associated with net income?
SKI tries to match the maturity of its assets and liabilities. Describe how SKI could adopt a more aggressive or a more conservative financing policy.
How are customers and suppliers affected by a firm's working capital management decisions?
Explain why holders of a firm's debt should insist on a covenant that restricts the amount of cash dividends the firm pays.
Should firms require higher rates of return on foreign projects than on identical projects located at home? Explain.
Explain bootstrapping, and list the most common sources of seed money?
Evaluate the statement that the government does not have an impact on the valuation of stocks.
Set up the amortization schedule for a 5-year, $1 million, 9 percent bullet loan. How is the principal repaid in this type of loan? What is the effective interest cost of this loan?
Discuss why the dividend payment process is so much simpler for private companies than for public companies.
What price must Japanese Motors charge for the same model on February 20, 2004, to realize the same amount (of Japanese yen) as it did in 2001?
Is the shareholder wealth maximization goal a short- or long-term goal? Explain your answer.
Is it true that most firms are able to obtain some free trade credit and that additional trade credit is often available, but at a cost? Explain.
Discuss the advantages of shelf registration. What kinds of securities are most likely to be registered this way?