A bond with a $1,000 par value has an 8 percent annual coupon rate. It will mature in 4 years, and annual coupon payments are made at the end of each year. Present annual yields on similar bonds are 6 percent. What should be the current price? A bond..
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You have been asked by the CFO to prepare a financial forecast for the coming year, using an Excel model, and then to present your forecast to the executive officers. Would you want to set up the model with a number of scenarios? Explain why.
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Vitmix Industries Inc. is issuing a zero−coupon bond that will have a maturity of fifty years. The?bond's par value is? $1,000, and the current yield on similar bonds is? 7.5%. What is the expected price of this?bond, using the semi-annual? conventio..
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Emily is in the 25% bracket and has $15,000 available for investment during her current tax year. Assume that she remains in the same tax bracket over the next 7 years and determine the accumulated amount of her investment if she puts the $15,000 int..
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Alex plans to purchase a callable bond of Horizon Inc. The bond is 20-year to maturity, carry 10.5% annual coupon, paid semi-annually, and have a$1,000 par value. The bond is selling now for $1,187.40 each. The bond can be called back in 5 years at a..
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Pharsalus Inc. just paid a dividend (i.e., D0) of $ 1.37 per share. This dividend is expected to grow at a rate of 4.6 percent per year forever. The appropriate discount rate for Pharsalus's stock is 15.4 percent. What is the price of the stock?
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According to market values, 25% debt, 10% preferred and 65% equity. The YTM on the firm's debt is currently 7.5% and the firm's marginal tax rate is 35%. The overall market rate of return is 12% and the firm plans on using retained earnings exclusive..
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Billy’s Exterminators, Inc., has sales of $643,000, costs of $280,000, depreciation expense of $32,000, interest expense of $26,000, a tax rate of 35 percent, and paid out $61,000 in cash dividends. What is the addition to retained earnings?
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John Vincent invested 10,000 in a savings account. The account pays 4.5% annual interest. john will have how much in the account at the end of 10 years? Round to the nearest dollar
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A project has a first cost of $120,000 and an estimated salvage value after 25 years of $20,000. Estimated average annual receipts are $25,900; estimated average annual disbursement are $15,060. Assuming that annual receipts and disbursements will be..
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In 2014, Cadence Corp. purchased 100% of the common stock of Tempo Tech for a total purchase price of $6,362 million. On Cadence’s unconsolidated accounts, it uses the equity method to account for Tempo Tech. The consolidated shareholders’ equity exc..
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How can rational investors reduce their risk of investing in "stand alone" stocks? How does a stock portfolio reduce the risk of investments? What is a stock's beta? What is the Efficient Markets Hypothesis?
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