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A firm plans to issue a $1,000 par value, 20-year noncallable bond with a 7.00% annual coupon, paid semiannually. The company's marginal tax rate is 40.00%, but Congress is considering a change in t
The before-tax cost of debt is 7.50%, and the tax rate is 40%. The target capital structure consists of 45% debt and 55% common equity. What is the company's WACC if all the equity used is from reta
Suppose a company's common stock has a beta of 1.6. If the risk-free rate is 5% and the market risk premium is 4%, what's the expected return on the company's common stock?
A corporation has an equity beta of 1.2 and a debt beta of .8. The firm's market value debt to equity ratio is .6. The corporation has a zero tax rate. What is the asset beta?
What is the coefficient of variation for Asset X if the standard Deviation is 0.02 and the expected return, the expected return is .10 and the probability of a return equal to 10% is 25%?
A security promises a future cash flow of exactly $12,000 in 5 years. If the interest rate is 5%, then what is the present value of this security?
The CFO thinks the WACC should be based on market value weights, but the president thinks book weights are more appropriate. What is the WACC based on market value weights and what is the WACC based
Jones Industries has a beta of 1.39. The risk-free rate as measured by the rate on short-term US Treasury bill is 3 percent, and the expected return on the overall market is 12 percent. Determine th
Assume that in 2008 a gold dollar coin minted in 1905 sold for $43,235. For this to have been true, the rate of return is % for the lucky numismatist.
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Suppose you invested $60 in the Ishares Dividend Stock Fund (DVY). It paid a dividend of $0.70 today and then you sold it for $65. What was your return on the investment?
The current risk-free rate of return, rRF, is 4 percent and the market risk premium, RPM, is 5 percent. If the beta coefficient associated with a firm's stock is 2.0, what should be the stock's requ
If the company follows a residual dividend policy, how much net income must it earn to meet its capital budgeting requirements and pay the dividend, all while keeping its capital structure in balanc
A company is considering a new investment. The investment's cost is expected to be $72 million and will return $13.5 million for 5 years in net cash flows. The ratio of debt to equity is 1 to 1. The
The firm you work for is trying to decide whether to file a Chapter 7 or a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. If it chooses to reorganize, the following future cash flows ($1,000,000) are expected
Southwest Physicians, a medical group practice, is just being formed. It will need $2 million of total assets to generate $3 million in revenues. Furthermore, the group expects to have a profit marg
A person who prefers more risk to less risk and who does not require additional return to compensate for increased risk is:
A company that seeks to pay a fixed dollar amount in dividends each period
Suppose you invest in 100 shares of Harley-Davidson at $40 per share and 200 shares of Yahoo at $25 per share. If the price of Harley-Davidson increases to $50 and the price of Yahoo decreases to $2
Suppose that a stock gave a realized return of 20% over a two-year time period and a 10% return over the third year. The geometric average annual return is:
A linear regression to estimate the relation between General Motors' stock returns and the market's return gives the best fitting line that represents the relation between the stock and the market.
Suppose you invested $98 in the Ishares High Yield Fund (HYG) a month ago. It paid a dividend of $0.47 today and then you sold it for $99. What was your dividend yield and capital gains yield on the
Sketch the NVP profiles for X and Y over a range of discount rates from zero to 2 percent. What is the crossover rate for these two projects?