Saturn Corporation has just declared a 25 percent stock dividend. The stock was selling for $18 before the stock dividend. The stock will pay a quarterly cash dividend of 8 cents per share after the stock dividend. If the 8-cent dividend is maintaine..
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Suppose you are committed to owning a $197,000 Ferrari. If you believe your mutual fund can achieve a 11 percent annual rate of return and you want to buy the car in 8 years on the day you turn 30, how much must you invest today?
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You purchase a $5,000 certificate of deposit* (CD) at a bank. The terms of the CD provide that if you do not withdrawal your funds for three years, you will receive 4.00% interest, compounding quarterly. If you leave your funds in the bank for all th..
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A farmer bought a new harvester for $120,000. The harvesters operating expenses averaged $10,000 per year but the harvester saved $40,000 per year in labor costs. It was depreciated over a life of 5 years using the SYOD method, assuming a salvage val..
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Caffrey obtained an antique 12 years ago for $3,000,000. He recently sold it to a private collector for $17,000,000. Assuming that his personal income tax rate is 35% and the capital gains tax rate is 20%, how much tax will he be required to pay on t..
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Consider the following projects, X and Y where the firm can only choose one. Project X costs $600 and has cash flows of $400 in each of the next 2 years. Project Y also costs $600, and generates cash flows of $500 and $275 for the next 2 years, re..
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IBM has a bond issue outstanding with 14 years to maturity. When originally issued the bond had a par value of $1,000, a stated coupon rate of 12% and 15 years to maturity. Currently, similar risk bonds in the market place are yielding 8%. What would..
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Assume that expected rates of inflation over the next 5 years are 4 percent, 4 percent, 10 percent, 7 percent, and 6 percent, respectively. What is the inflation risk premium on a 5 year bond?
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A stock has had returns of −19.0 percent, 29.0 percent, 24.0 percent, −10.1 percent, 34.8 percent, and 27.0 percent over the last six years. What are the arithmetic and geometric returns for the stock?
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If a coupon bond and a zero-coupon bond both have the same yield and the same maturity, will they both have the same duration? If yes then explain why. If no then explain which one will have a lower duration and why?
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You’ve just joined the investment banking firm of Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe. They’ve offered you two different salary arrangements. You can have $7,100 per month for the next three years, or you can have $5,800 per month for the next three years, alon..
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An extra tractor will lead to an increase in revenue for a farmer in successive years of £500, £4000, £3,000, £3,000 and £1,000, after which the tractor is sold for £1,000. Assuming that the first revenue is treated as current and the interest rate i..
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