Define EBIT and discuss why the optimal level of leverage from tax-saving perspective is the level at which interest equals EBIT. Does this have connection under-leveraging corporations, both domestically and internationally?
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Business-Mark-up policy. A clothing store sells a shirt costing $20 for $33 and a jacket costing $60 for $93. If the markup policy of the store is assumed to be linear, write an equation that expresses retail price R in terms of cost C (wholesale pri..
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ABC Tec Inc. is expected to produce $100 million FCF (free cash flow) at the end of year 3, $150 million FCF at the end of year 4, $180 million at the end of year 5 and thereafter the FCF is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4%. No FCFs ($0) are..
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A stock has an expected return of 14 percent, a beta of 1.70, and the expected return on the market is 10 percent. What must the risk-free rate be? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)
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Year-to-date, Yum Brands had earned a 4.40 percent return. During the same time period, Raytheon earned 4.93 percent and Coca-Cola earned −0.60 percent. If you have a portfolio made up of 40 percent Yum Brands, 40 percent Raytheon, and 20 percent Coc..
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Yang Corp. is growing quickly. Dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 30 percent for the next three years, with the growth rate falling off to a constant 7.5 percent thereafter. If the required return is 13 percent and the company just paid a $2..
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A corporate bond is paying 8% and a municipal bond of similar risk is paying 5.5%, which would you prefer if you were currently in the 32% tax bracket: Buy the corporate bond since the break-even tax rate is 68.75% which is greater than our tax rate ..
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Calculate Company E’s weighted average cost of equity, given the following information: (a) Expected Return on the Market: 10%, (b) Beta for Company E: 1.11, (c) Expected Risk Free Rate of Return: 3%, (d) Debt: $10,000,000, (e) Equity: $8,000,000, an..
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Trixie is buying a new car at a cost of $22099. She estimates the car will sell for $3118 at the end of year 6. Insurance, fees, maintenance, and gas will be $1108 in year 1 and will increase every year by 9%. If she keeps the car for 6 years, what i..
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Which formula would you use to solve for the payment required for a car loan if you know the interest rate, length of the loan, and the borrowed amount? Explain.
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You must make a payment of $1,513.17 in 10 years. To get the money for this payment, you will make 5 equal deposits, beginning today and for the following 4 quarters, in a bank that pays a nominal interest rate of 10% with quarterly compounding. How ..
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Winston Electronics reported the following information at its annual meetings. The company had cash and marketable securities worth $1,235,540, accounts payables worth $4,160,490, inventory of $7,121,930, accounts receivables of $3,488,740, notes pay..
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