• Q : Personal investment portfolio....
    Finance Basics :

    In your personal investment portfolio, what have you done to minimize unsystematic risk? Has it been successful ? Explain why or why not

  • Q : Yield to maturity-yield to call....
    Finance Basics :

    Calculate the yield to maturity (YTM) for this bond? Is it selling at a discount, at a premium, or at par? Calculate the yield to call (YTC)? If you purchased this bond, explain which you expect to re

  • Q : Calculate the wacc....
    Finance Basics :

    Calculate the WACC for a firm that maintains a capital structure of 30% debt, 10% preferred stock and 60% common equity. The firm's before-tax cost of debt is 6%. Its cost of common equity is expec

  • Q : Estimate of the stock current market value....
    Finance Basics :

    J. Daniels Industries just paid a dividend of D0 = $1.90. Analysts expect the company's dividend to grow by 20% this year, by 10% in Year 2, and at a constant rate of 4% in Year 3 and thereafter. Th

  • Q : Cost of common equity-discounted cash flow approach....
    Finance Basics :

    The firm's beta is .90. The riskfree rate of return is 10%. The market rate of return is 16%. Calculate the firm's cost of common equity using only the Discounted Cash Flow Approach (constant growth

  • Q : Inital investment in product....
    Finance Basics :

    Expenses are expected to be 40% of revenues and working capital required in each year is expected to be 30% of revenues in the following year. The product requires and immediate investment of 70, 00

  • Q : Three capital budgeting approaches....
    Finance Basics :

    The three capital budgeting approaches (flow to equity - FTE, weighted average cost of capital - WACC, adjusted present value - APV) use projected financial statements. How can these three methods b

  • Q : Applicant current ratio and acid test ratios....
    Finance Basics :

    A corporate loan applicant has cash of $40, receivables of $50 and inventory of $20. The applicant also has current debts of $50. If the bank's policy requires a current ratio of 1.75 or better and

  • Q : Risk of holding portfolio of us-denominated financial....
    Finance Basics :

    Is there a risk of holding a portfolio of US-denominated financial instruments? Has the FED and the Treasury Department's actions led you to believe that there might be a risk?

  • Q : Profit margin on textbook material bundles....
    Finance Basics :

    What royalty per bundle would permit the store to earn a 12% profit margin on textbook material bundles, other things held constant?

  • Q : Amortization schedule-graph components over time....
    Finance Basics :

    Create an amortization schedule, and graph the components over time: interest, principal, and balance. Discuss the distributions of principal, interest, and the balance over the life of the loan. You

  • Q : Annual net cash flows associated with infomercial project....
    Finance Basics :

    What are the annual net cash flows associated with infomercial project, the training video project, and the combined project ( combination of the infomercial and training video projects?

  • Q : Determining price per share of common stock....
    Finance Basics :

    Barrett s WACC is 12%, its debt and preferred stock total $60 million, and it has 10 million shares of common stock outstanding. a) Determine Barrett s enterprise value b) Estimate Barrett s price p

  • Q : Evaluating a security....
    Finance Basics :

    Carter Inc. is evaluating a security. One-year Treasury bills are currently paying 9.1 percent. Calculate the investment's expected return and its standard deviation. Should Carter invest in this se

  • Q : Evaluating financial plans....
    Finance Basics :

    Analyze the financial planning process for new ventures and speculate about which steps are the most difficult for new entrepreneurs to implement. State why they are the most difficult.

  • Q : Net cash flows associated with the infomercial project....
    Finance Basics :

    What are the annual net cash flows associated with (a) the infomercial project,(b)the training video project,and (c) the combined project( the combination of the infomercial and training video proje

  • Q : Effective annual rate of intestters on line of credit....
    Finance Basics :

    While the company normally maintains a checcking acount balancce of $15,000 in the lending bank, this ccredit line requires a 20% ompensating balance. The stated interest rate on the borrowed funds

  • Q : Determining internal rate of return for a project....
    Finance Basics :

    What is the internal rate of return for a project that has a net investment of $169,165 and net cash flows of $25,000 in the first year and 40,000 in years 2-7?

  • Q : Determining the free cash flow....
    Finance Basics :

    Select a company in which you would like to invest determine how the company you selected should address its free cash flow, either through distributions to shareholders or repurchasing of stock ex

  • Q : Determining the capital structure decisions....
    Finance Basics :

    Analyze the approaches to capital structure decisions and determine which theory is the most applicable across the widest number of scenarios explain your rationale.

  • Q : Fixed exchange rate system to work successfully....
    Finance Basics :

    For a fixed exchange rate system to work successfullyfixed exchange rate system to work successfully, the government that oversees its operations must be able to make tight budget and monetary polic

  • Q : Financial markets and financial regulation....
    Finance Basics :

    What does Behavioral Finance (BF) have to offer in a debate where the main topic is Financial Markets and Financial Regulation? Focus both on the micro (individual) behavior and the macro (system-w

  • Q : Specific risks associated with retirement saving....
    Finance Basics :

    What are the specific risks associated with retirement saving and planning? Explain in an organized fashion and in needed details. In your responses make sure you look at risk from both a traditiona

  • Q : Computing the net present value of project....
    Finance Basics :

    What is the net present value of a project that requires a net initial investment of $76,000, and produces net cash flows of $22,000 per year for the next 6 years? Assume the cost of capital is 12 p

  • Q : Investment opportunity or cost of action....
    Finance Basics :

    How do we account for added risk when we evaluate an investment opportunity or cost of action that involves some investment of capital?

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