1. A firm expects to have a 15 percent increase in sales this year. If its degree of operating leverage is 1.2 and its degree of financial leverage is 3.5, what will be the percentage change in earnings per share (EPS) this year?
2. Define and explain the common measures of spread and dispersion.
3. Slap Shot Corporation has a fixed cost associated with buying and selling marketable securities of $40. The interest rate is currently .013 percent per day, and the firm has estimated that the standard deviation of its daily net cash flows is $80. Management has set a lower limit of $1,500 on cash holdings. Calculate the target cash balance and upper limit using the Miller-Orr model.