• Q : Calculate goodwill value....
    Finance Basics :

    The equipment has an estimated useful life of 5 years and an estimated residual value of $25,000. The current year end is 12/31/10. Breaker records depreciation to the nearest month.

  • Q : Calculate premium amount charged by insurance company....
    Finance Basics :

    The manager of a life insurance company is trying to decide what annual premium to charge a group of policyholders, each of whom has just received his or her 40th birthday.

  • Q : Determining expected inflation rate....
    Finance Basics :

    According to the Fisher effect, if the real interest rate is 3 percent and the nominal interest rate is 8 percent, what rate of inflation is the financial marketplace expecting?

  • Q : Various stakeholders in a publicly traded corporation....
    Finance Basics :

    Who are the various stakeholders in a publicly traded corporation, and why is communication of financial reports important to them? What is the impact on various stakeholders if financial reports are

  • Q : Integrative negotiation techniques....
    Finance Basics :

    Assume you are a manager over operations and it is budget season. You have been trying for two years to receive approval for two full-time employees.

  • Q : Pros and cons of hedging versus not hedging the risk....
    Finance Basics :

    Describe some techniques that fall under this concept that could help you deal with an anticipated price increase. Describe the pros and cons of hedging versus not hedging the risk. Use an example whe

  • Q : Calculate the firm operating breakeven in dollars....
    Finance Basics :

    RL Corp. sells its finished product for an average of $35 per unit with a variable cost per unit of $21. The company has fixed operating costs of $1,050,000.

  • Q : Determine expected standard deviation of portfolio return....
    Finance Basics :

    Glory (50% of his portfolio is in each stock. Each stock's expected return for the next year will depend on market conditions. The stock's expected returns if there are poor, average, or great market

  • Q : Computing the budgeted profit at the expected volume....
    Finance Basics :

    A division of Hewlett-Packard Company changed its production operations from one where a large labor force assembled electronic components to an automated production facility dominated by computer-con

  • Q : Calculate the deducted amount....
    Finance Basics :

    Kimberly is a self-employed taxpayer. She recently spent $1,000 for airfare to travel to Italy. What amount of the airfare is she allowed to deduct in each of the following alternative scenarios?

  • Q : Computing cost of preferred stock....
    Finance Basics :

    Bennington is considering issuing shares of perpetual preferred stock. The preferred stock would have a face value of $100 per share and pay a fixed annual dividend of $7.20 per share.

  • Q : Estimating expected return and standard deviation....
    Finance Basics :

    There are three securities in the market. The following chart shows their possible payoffs:

  • Q : Discuss capital formation....
    Finance Basics :

    Discuss capital formation as it relates to the business form and the life cycle of businesses. How would the business form used by the manager/owner impact the firm's ability to raise capital?

  • Q : Criticism of investment banking firms....
    Finance Basics :

    A standard criticism of investment banking firms is their approach to valuation which includes determining a price for an offering and then manipulating the input variables into conventional valuation

  • Q : Calculating monthly mortgage payment....
    Finance Basics :

    You want to buy a house, and a mortgage company will lend you $150,000. The loan would be fully amortized over 15 years (180 months), and the nominal interest rate would be fixed at 7.75 percent, comp

  • Q : Obtain capital from short-term deposits....
    Finance Basics :

    A savings and loan institution that (i) obtains most of its capital from short-term deposits that are with-drawable on demand, and (ii) uses those funds to make long-term fixed-interest-rate mortgage

  • Q : Calculate yield on a seven year treasury note....
    Finance Basics :

    The real risk-free rate is 2.5 percent. Inflation is expected to be 2 percent this year, 2.5 percent next year, and 3 percent thereafter. The maturity risk premium is estimated to be 0.07.

  • Q : Determine the after-tax rates of return....
    Finance Basics :

    In its most recent financial statements, Newhouse Inc. reported $50 million of net income and $810 million of retained earnings. The previous retained earnings were $780 million. How much in dividends

  • Q : Find standard deviation of the return on stock....
    Finance Basics :

    If the economy recovers next year, analysts expect Stock X's return for the year to be 20%; if the economy does not recover, analysts expect Stock X's return for the year to be -5%.

  • Q : Estimating retained earnings....
    Finance Basics :

    On 12/31/10, Heaton Industries Inc. reported retained earnings of $675,000 on its balance sheet, and it reported that it had $172,500 of net income during the year.

  • Q : Find the slope of the line shown....
    Finance Basics :

    Imagine you work as a business consultant. Companies and governmental entities hire your firm to make recommendations for streamlining business operations, such as to make companies more fiscally soun

  • Q : Prepare the statement of retained earnings....
    Finance Basics :

    The National Nursing Home Co., has current assets of $147 million: property plant and equipment of $206 million; and other assets totaling $58 million. Current liabilities are $154 million and long te

  • Q : Calculating company debt ratio....
    Finance Basics :

    Greene Sisters has a DSO of 20 days. The company's average daily sales are $20,000. What is the level of its account receivable? Assume there are 365 days in a year.

  • Q : Incorrect valuation of the inventory....
    Finance Basics :

    Accounts officers at Xerox corporation discovered that significant errors have been made in the valuation of inventory and are worried that it might have significant impact on the net income and earni

  • Q : Calculate the minimum selling price....
    Finance Basics :

    QWERTY Computer Manufacturing wants to price its new computer to earn a return of 60% on equity before interest and taxes. The computer has technological advantages that make management certain they c

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