1. A U.S. investor makes an investment in Britain and earns 14% on the investment while the British pound appreciates against the U.S. dollar by 8%. What is the investor's total return?
2. Can anyone explain the sellers bank and buyers bank when dealing with trade finance?
3. Solve for the weighted average cost of capital.
13.60% = cost of equity capital for a leveraged firm
3/4 = debt-to-total-market-value ratio
8.0% = before-tax borrowing cost
21.0% = marginal corporate income tax rate