nvestors require a 15% rate of return on Levine Company's stock (that is, rs = 15%). What is its value if the previous dividend was D0 = $2.25 and investors expect dividends to grow at a constant annual rate of (1) -3%, (2) 0%, (3) 3%, or (4) 13%? Ro..
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You just purchased a bond that matures in 12 years. The bond has a face value of $1,000 and has an 7% annual coupon. The bond has a current yield of 5.74%. What is the bond's yield to maturity? Round your answer to two decimal places.
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You are the winner of "The HotTaco Contest" , and are given the following choices as compensation. If the interest rate is 12%, which one of the following would you take. $100,000 now, $180,000 at the end of 5 years, $19,000 for each of the next 10 y..
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An insurance policy is considered analogous to an option. From a policyholder's perspective, what type of option is an insurance policy? Why? One thing put-call parity tells us is that given any three of a stock, a call, a put, and a T-bill, the four..
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A call option is currently selling for $4.40. it has a strike price of $50 and five months to maturity. What is the price of a put option with a $50 strike price and five months to maturity? the current is $52, and the interest rate is 4.6 percent.
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Midwest Electric Company (MEC) uses only debt and common equity. It can borrow unlimited amounts at an interest rate of rd = 9% as long as it finances at its target capital structure, which calls for 35% debt and 65% common equity. These two projects..
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A portfolio has an expected return of 10 percent and a standard deviation of 3 percent. What is the worst return you would expect to see with 95 percent confidence?
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A study of the last four graduating classes indicates the following average salaries: $30,000, $32,000, $34,500, and $36,000 (last graduating class). Predict the starting salary for the next graduating class using a simple exponential smoothing model..
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If average daily remittances are $1 million, and "extended disbursement float" adds 10 days to the disbursement schedule, how much should the firm be willing to pay for a cash management system if the firm earns 11% on excess funds.
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Diets For You announced today that it will begin paying annual dividends next year. The first dividend will be $0.12 a share. The following dividends will be $0.15, $0.20, $0.50, and $0.75 a share annually for the following 4 years, respectively. Aft..
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The Wildwood Fund sells Class A shares with a front-end load of 5% and Class B Shares with 12b-1 fees of 6.0% annually but no load. If you plan to sell the fund after 7 years, are Class A or Class B shares the better choice? Assume a 15% annual retur..
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A project has an initial cost of $8,700 and produces cash inflows of $2,600, $5,000, and $1,600 over the next three years, respectively. What is the discounted payback period if the required rate of return is 7 percent?
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