You are given the following information for Watson Power Co. Assume the company’s tax rate is 30 percent. Debt: 9,000 6.4 percent coupon bonds outstanding, $1,000 par value, 20 years to maturity, selling for 107 percent of par; the bonds make semiann..
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Determine the beta of one security by regressing the returns for the share on the returns for the FT ALL Share Index and determine the co-variances for each pair of securities in the portfolio
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You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. The Techron I costs $258,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $69,000 per year. The Techron II costs $450,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating co..
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Suppose the spot price for Euro is $1.15, the futures price for delivery in 6 months is $1.1471286. Assume that the 6 month borrowing/lending rate in Euro is 0.75percent (annually, continuous compounding) and the corresponding rate in $ is 0.25percen..
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Bilbo Baggins wants to save money to meet three objectives. First, he would like to be able to retire 30 years from now with a retirement income of $34,000 per month for 20 years, with the first payment received 30 years and 1 month from now.
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Consider the following information for Maynor Company, which uses a perpetual inventory system: Transaction Units Unit Cost Total Cost January 1 Beginning Inventory 24 $ 74 $ 1,776 March 28 Purchase 34 80 2,720 August 22 Purchase 48 84 4,032 October ..
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The Corner Grocer has a 7-year, 6 percent annual coupon bond outstanding with a $1,000 par value. The bond has a yield to maturity of 5.5 percent. What is the percentage change in the price of this bond when the yield to maturity goes up to 7%?
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You have $132,000 to invest in a portfolio containing Stock X, Stock Y, and a risk-free asset. You must invest all of your money. Your goal is to create a portfolio that has an expected return of 15 percent and that has only 70 percent of the risk of..
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A corporation has 1,000,000 shares outstanding and 10 directors are up for election. If the stock features cumulative voting, approximately how many shares do you have to muster in order to guarantee yourself a place on the board of directors? (Ignor..
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LKM, Inc, wants to issue new 20 year bonds for some much needed expansion projects. The company currently has bonds on the market that sell for $972.78, making semi-annual payments, with a 6.5% coupon rate. What is the yield to maturity of the bond?
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Recently, Jamie and Jake each bought new cars. Both received a loan from a local bank with a nominal interest rate of 12% where payments are made at the end of each month, and they both pay the same monthly payment. Jamie's loan is for $15,000; howev..
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Jeff Perez deposits $2,000 each year in a tax-deferred retirement account. If he is in a 27 percent tax bracket, by what amount would his taxes be reduced over a 20 year time period?
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