1.Find the current dividend on a stock, given that the required return is 9 percent, the dividend growth rate is 6 percent, and the stock price is $50 per share.
a. $1.42
b. $1.25
c. $1.75
d. $2.00
2.Find the required return for a stock, given that the current dividend is $4.25 per share, the dividend growth rate is 6.5 percent, and the stock price is $101.00 per share.
a. 10.98%
b. 9.91%
c. 10.18%
d. 8.91%
3.A company has current assets of: cash $500, accounts receivable $200, and inventory $400. The company also has current liabilities of: accounts payable $300 and notes payable $600. What is the company's quick ratio?
a. .78
b. .88
c. .90
d. .55
4.Jaffee found that stock prices __________ after insiders intensively bought shares and __________ after insiders intensively sold shares.
a. decreased, decreased
b. decreased, increased
c. increased, decreased
d. increased, increased
5.Attempting to forecast future earnings and dividends is consistent with which of the following approaches to securities analysis?
a. Technical analysis
b. Fundamental analysis
c. Both technical and fundamental analysis
d. Indexing
6._____ is considered to be an emerging market country.
a. France
b. Norway
c. Brazil
d. Canada
7.Explicit costs of an IPO tend to be around ______ of the funds raised.
a. 1%
b. 7%
c. 15%
d. 25%
8.You earned eight percent on your corporate bond portfolio this year and you are in a 15 percent federal tax bracket. If over your holding period, inflation was three percent, your real after-tax rate of return was _____.
a. 6.80%
b. 3.89%
c. 4.91%
d. 4.25%
9.CAPM is one of the more popular models for determining the risk premium on a stock. What is the expected market return given an expected return on a security of 15.8%, a stock beta of 1.2, and a risk free interest rate of 5.0%? Find the Expected Market Return.
10.XYZ company paid a dividend of $1.25 during the past 12 months. The expected growth rate is 7 percent, and the required rate of return is 9.5 precent based on the cost of capital. Calculate the current price of the stock. Do not use a financial calculator or an online calculator.
11.Company XYZ is expected to grow at 12% annually forever, and its dividend in the next 12 months is expected to be $3.50, and its required rate of return is 15.5%.
a. What is its intrinsic value?
b. If the current price is equal to its intrinsic value, what is next year's expected price?
c. Assume you buy the stock now and sell it after receiving the $3.50 dividend one year from now.
- What would be your anticipated capital gain in percentage terms?
- What is the dividend yield and the holding period return?
12.In technical analysis there are multiple indicators of market movement. The three most widely known are Breadth of the Market, Advance/Decline indicator, and the Advance/Decline Line. Provide a brief explanation of what each indicator tells us.
13.Although the Efficient Markets Hypothesis is a popular theory, there are several limitations. Identify and explain two of those limitations.