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You've just won $110,000 from lottery. If you invest all this amount in tax-free money market fund earning 8% compounded weekly, how long do you've to wait to become millionaire?
You've just received $145,000 from the estate of long-lost rich uncle. If you invest all your inheritance in tax-free bond fund earning 6.9% compounded quarterly, how long do you have to wait to be
Find out the effective rate of the compound interest rate or investment. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) A $70,000 zero-coupon bond maturing in 8 years and selling now for $46,035.
Determine the term of the compound interest loan. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) 5.9% compounded quarterly to obtain $8800 from a principal of $2000.
Compute the present value of the compound interest loan. (Round your answers to the nearest cent.) $22,000 after 7 years at 4% if the interest is compounded in the following ways: quarterly
Treasury bills are yielding 6.2% and future inflation rate is expected to be 3.5% for each year. Ignoring the cross product between the real rate of interest and the inflation rate, what is the real
What would you expect the nominal rate of interest to be be if the real rate is 3.5 and the expected inflation rate is 7.4?
A U.S. importer which incurs costs in GBP and bills its customers in USD is concerned regarding the depreciation of USD against GBP due to GBP payables of £10,000,000 in month. To hedge (prote
Applied Software has $1,000 par value bonds outstanding paying the 16 percent coupon. The bonds will mature in 20 years. Calculate the current price of the bonds if the present yield to maturity is:
Alex Chime just retired from phone company. His total pension funds have accumulated value of $280,000, and his life expectancy is 16 more years. His pension fund manager supposes he can earn a 12
Determine two key elements of the financial planning process? Why is cash planning as vital as profit planning? Can you provide a contemporary example where cash flow and profits did not go hand-in
Your uncle offers you choice of $110,000 in 10 years or $49,000 today. Compute the present value of $110,000 if the money is discounted at 8 percent.
Thomas Brothers is expected to pay $2.7 per share dividend at the end of the year (that is, D1 = $2.7). The dividend is expected to grow at the constant rate of 4% a year. The required rate of retur
An individual has $25,000 invested in a stock with the beta of 0.4 and another $45,000 invested in stock with beta of 2.2. If these are the only two investments in her portfolio, Determine her portf
If Axel reports net income of $2,200,000 and it follows residual dividend payout policy, what will be its dividend payout ratio? Round your answer to two decimal places.
A television costs $590 in the United States. The same set costs 312.5 euros. If purchasing power parity holds, what is the spot exchange rate between the euro and the dollar? Round your answer to t
Suppose that the tax rate is 30 percent and the required return on project is 6 percent. Determine the net cash flows of the project for the years 0, 1, 2, and 3? What is the NPV of the project?
The company just appointed a new president who is considering eliminating all debt financing. All else constant, what will the firm's cost of capital be if the firm switches to an all-equity firm?
A firm wants to make a weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of 9.5 percent. The firm's cost of equity is 11 percent and its pre-tax cost of debt is 9 percent. The tax rate is 35 percent. What do
These bonds pay 8 percent interest annually and mature in 11 years. The tax rate is 35 percent. Find out the capital structure weight of the firm's common stock?
The Mouse Trap has cost of equity of 16.5 percent and pre-tax cost of debt of 7.4 percent. The firm's target weighted average cost of capital is 11.5 percent and tax rate is 34 percent. Compute the
You've read about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Why do you assume Congress passed this law? In your opinion, is the law providing any benefit for the average investor? Do you think if we have enough such
Compute the effective annual rate of interest on each loan. What could Weathers do that would reduce the effective annual rate on the State Bank loan?
The company recently decided that its target capital structure should have 35% debt, with balance being common equity. The tax rate is 40%. Calculate WACCs based on book, market, and target capital
You were recently appointed by Scheuer Media Inc. to determine its cost of common equity. You obtained the following data: D1 = $1.75; P0 = $42.50; g = 7.00% (constant); and F = 5.00%. What is the