• Q : How is ratio analysis used and what are some pitfalls....
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    As your text describes, ratio analysis is a common technique in financial analysis. One of your colleagues states that a thorough ratio analysis is all that is needed in considering the financial h

  • Q : What is the value of a share in company q....
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    Company Q has just paid a dividend of $1.40 per share. Its dividend is expected to grow at 5% per year perpetually. If the required return is 10%, what is the value of a share in Company Q?

  • Q : What is the average cost of capital for the organization....
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    All of General Hospitals debt is at an inerest rate of 7.5% on its debt. It is in the 35% tax bracket. 30% of its funding is debt. 70% of its funding is equity, which costs 12%. What is the average

  • Q : Calculate the value of this bond if the rate of return....
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    A company has issued a bond with the following characteristics: Principal: $1000 Time to Maturity: 20 years Coupon Rate: 8%, compounded semiannually. semiannual payments.

  • Q : Calculate the expected rate of return....
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    Escapists Film Corp. sells home videos. Ina boom economy its rate of return is negative 28%, in a normal economy its rate of return is 8% and in a recession its rate of return is 48%.

  • Q : What is the annual percentage rate on original ten year....
    Finance Basics :

    Returning to the original ten-year 8 percent loan, how much is the loan payment if these payments are scheduled for quarterly rather than monthly payments?

  • Q : What would be the ideal price if the basis risk were zero....
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    On March 1 the price of oil is $20 and the July futures price is $19. On June l the price of oil is $24 and the July futures price is $23.50. A company entered into futures contracts on March 1 to h

  • Q : What is the investments coefficient of variation....
    Finance Basics :

    Levine Inc. is considering an investment that has an expected return of 15% and a standard deviation of 10%. What is the investment's coefficient of variation?

  • Q : What coupon rate should aj pharmaceuticals set....
    Finance Basics :

    AJ Pharmaceuticals would like to issue 20-year bonds to obtain the remaining funds for the new, Mexico plant. The company currently has 6.5% semiannual coupon bonds in the market that sell for $1,04

  • Q : Calculate the rate of return for each these investments....
    Finance Basics :

    You're trying to choose between two different investments, both of which have up-front costs of $45,000. Investment G returns $75,000 in six years. Investment H returns $105,000 in nine years.

  • Q : Why the first payment is received....
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    What is the present value of $2,150 per year, at a discount rate of 9 percent, if the first payment is received 6 years from now and the last payment is received 20 years from now?

  • Q : What is the expected rate of return and standard....
    Finance Basics :

    You are considering an investment scenario where stocks will return -5% in a recession, +15% in a normal economy and +25% in a boom economy.

  • Q : How large must each of the five payments be....
    Finance Basics :

    You must make a payment of $1,563.40 in 10 years. To get the money for this payment, you will make 5 equal deposits, beginning today and for the following 4 quarters, in a bank that pays a nominal i

  • Q : What is abcs required rate of return....
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    The common stock of ABC, Inc. has a beta of .90 The treasury bill rate is 4 percent and the market risk premium at 8 percent. What is ABC's required rate of return?

  • Q : What is the ear on the loan....
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    You have just purchased a new warehouse. To finance the purchase, you've arranged for a 30-year mortgage loan for 80% of $2,600,000 purchase price. The monthly payment on this loan will be $11,000.

  • Q : How much will be in your account after fifteen years....
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    It is now January 1. You plan to make a total of 5 deposits of $600 each, one every 6 months, with the first payment being made today. The bank pays a nominal interest rate of 10% but uses semiannua

  • Q : Discuss what the pure expectatios theory would imply....
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    Obtain information on the yields and maturity for U.S. Treasuries; Municipal Bonds; Corporate Bonds. Discuss what the pure expectatios theory would imply about the yield curve.

  • Q : How large will your retirement account be....
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    You are planning to make monthly deposits of $450 into a retirement account that pays 8 percent interest compounded monthly. If your first deposit will be made one month from now, how large will you

  • Q : Is harry better or worse off as a result of investing....
    Finance Basics :

    Harry Jones has invested one?third of his funds in Share 1 & two?thirds of  his funds in Share 2. His assessment of each investment is as follows:

  • Q : How to compute the bonds yield to maturity....
    Finance Basics :

    A 5.5% coupon municipal bond has 16 years left to maturity and has a price quote of 92.55. The bond can be called in 9 years. The call premium is one year of coupon payments.

  • Q : Which bond should she select and why....
    Finance Basics :

    Sally is choosing between two bonds both of which mature in 15 years and have same level of risk. Bond A is a municipal bond that yields 5.75%. Bond B is a corporate bond that yields 7.75%.

  • Q : What is the principal payment in the third year....
    Finance Basics :

    Yare hired as a financial planner. Please work out an amortization schedule for a nine-year loan of $90,000 which requires equal annual payments. The interest rate is 4.5% per year.

  • Q : How long will it be until clive run out of money....
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    Clive is considering retiring. Clive has a total of $411,016 in his retirement savings and has the funds invested such that he expects to earn an average of 7.10%, compounded monthly, on this money

  • Q : Why will it take to double your money....
    Finance Basics :

    If you deposit money today in an account that pays 7% annual interest, how long will it take to double your money? Round your answer to two decimal places.

  • Q : What point does the investment in the education break even....
    Finance Basics :

    If the median income for someone with an associate's degree is $8,000 higher annually than for someone with a high school degree, and the total cost of schooling for the two years costs $13,600, at

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