• Q : Balance in accounts payable and accounts receivable....
    Finance Basics :

    The company reported cost of goods sold in the amount of $343,000, and credit sales were $566,000.What is the company's average balance in accounts payable and accounts receivable?

  • Q : Free rider problem in the market for corporate control....
    Finance Basics :

    Describe the free rider problem in the market for corporate control. What assumptions are critical in arriving at the conclusion that takeovers cannot succeed?

  • Q : Formulas for manager project valuation....
    Finance Basics :

    Describe the problems arising when managers and shareholders have different time horizons in their investment in the firm. Give the formulas for the manager's project valuation, and the valuation to

  • Q : Appropriate expression for value of levered firm....
    Finance Basics :

    What is the appropriate expression for the value of the levered firm? What is the appropriate expression f

  • Q : Firm after-tax cost of debt on bond....
    Finance Basics :

    Investors are willing to pay $940 for the bond. Flotation costs will be 14 percent of market value. The company is in a 22 percent tax bracket. What will be the firm's after-tax cost of debt on the

  • Q : Intrinsic value of a target company....
    Finance Basics :

    How would you determine the intrinsic value of a target company? How would you utilize this information in the M&A process?

  • Q : Determining current price of the stock....
    Finance Basics :

    Calculate the current price of the stock. Do not use a financial calculator or an online calculator. You must show your work.

  • Q : Duration rule and duration-with-convexity rule....
    Finance Basics :

    What prices for the bond at these new yields would be predicted by the duration rule and the duration-with-convexity rule? What is the percent error for each rule? What do you conclude about the acc

  • Q : Sign of correlation between the expected return....
    Finance Basics :

    Calculate the expected return of each stock. What is the sign of correlation between the expected return and market capitalization of the stocks?  

  • Q : Judging efficiency of any financial decision....
    Finance Basics :

    Explain why judging the efficiency of any financial decision requires the existence of a goal.

  • Q : Roe-number of shares outstanding....
    Finance Basics :

    Write the ROE, the number of shares outstanding, the dividends per share, and the net income. Compute the sustainable growth rate (g = b * ROE), where b equals the plowback ratio.

  • Q : Determining duration of the portfolio....
    Finance Basics :

    ABC company invests $2,000 in an 8-year zero-coupon bond and $4,000 in a 10-year zero-coupon bond. What is the duration of the portfolio?

  • Q : Favor of using electronic money....
    Finance Basics :

    Write a 2 to 3 pages paper answering the following questions: Do you think we will see a dramatic drop in the use of paper currency in favor of electronic money in the next five years? Yes or no. Ar

  • Q : Advantages and two disadvantages of joint ventures....
    Finance Basics :

    What are two advantages and two disadvantages of joint ventures? How do joint ventures and strategic alliances differ from mergers and acquisitions?

  • Q : Segments of the natural gas industry....
    Finance Basics :

    What are some of the efficiencies to be gained by the linkage of the assets of natural gas companies, such as pipelines and electric utilities? What are some of the segments of the natural gas indus

  • Q : Ear of the lower cost source....
    Finance Basics :

    Boles buys from its suppliers on terms of 3/10, net 90, and it currently pays on Day 10 and takes discounts, but it could forgo discounts, pay on Day 90, and get the needed $500,000 in the form of c

  • Q : Computing value of european call option....
    Finance Basics :

    Calculate the value of a European call option on the index with an exercise price of $50 by using one-period binomial model. Suppose that the market price of the call option considered in question a

  • Q : Convexity and the duration of the bond....
    Finance Basics :

    A newly issued bond has a maturity of 2 years and pays semiannual coupons at annual rate of 7%. The par value of the bond is $1,000 and it sells at par. What are the convexity and the duration of th

  • Q : What is operating leverage....
    Finance Basics :

    What is operating leverage? How, if at all, is it similar to financial leverage? If a firm has high operating leverage, would you expect it to have high or low financial leverage? Explain your reaso

  • Q : Computing discounted payback period....
    Finance Basics :

    An investment project has annual cash inflows of $3,200, $4,100, $5,300, and $4,500, and a discount rate of 14 percent. What is the discounted payback period for these cash flows if the initial cost i

  • Q : Net initial investment-annual cash flow-terminal value....
    Finance Basics :

    The week long training seminar will be held in Toronto and will cost $10K. Net working capital will increase $40K. We think we can sell the new equipment for $75K in five years. What is the net init

  • Q : Firm after-tax component cost of debt....
    Finance Basics :

    A company's 7% coupon rate, semiannual payment, $1,000 par value bond that matures in 20 years sells at a price of $777.96. The company's tax rate is 40%. What is the firm's after-tax component cost

  • Q : Net initial investment-annual cash flows-terminal value....
    Finance Basics :

    After seven years it is estimated that the machine will have a salvage value of $25,000. The firm has a marginal tax rate of 40%. What are the net initial investment (CF0), annual cash flows, and th

  • Q : History of mergers and acquisitions....
    Finance Basics :

    Choose two (2) public corporations in an industry with which you are familiar - one (1) that has acquired another company and operates internationally and one (1) that does not have a history of mer

  • Q : Domestic and international financial marketplace....
    Finance Basics :

    Compare and contrast the domestic and international financial marketplace. Explain how specific characteristics of each one impact financial management. Provide an example to support your response.

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