1) Discuss the unconventional liquidity provisions implemented by the Fed in 2007. 2) What services do investment bankers provide for firms that are issuing new securities?
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Fly Away, Inc., has balance sheet equity of $6.5 million. At the same time, the income statement shows net income of $780,000. The company paid dividends of $397,800 and has 120,000 shares of stock outstanding. If the benchmark PE ratio is 29, what i..
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Waller, Inc., is trying to determine its cost of debt. The firm has a debt issue outstanding with 9 years to maturity that is quoted at 95 percent of face value. The issue makes semiannual payments and has an embedded cost of 11 percent annually. Req..
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A hospital records the number of floral deliveries its patients receive each day. For a two-week period, the records show 15, 27, 26, 24, 18, 21, 26, 19, 15, 28, 25, 26, 17, 23 Use exponential smoothing with a smoothing constant of .4 to forecast the..
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The Green Fiddle is considering a project that will produce sales of $87,000 a year for the next four years. The profit margin is 6 percent, the project cost is $96,000, and depreciation is straight-line to a zero book value over the life of the proj..
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Calculate the profitability index (PI) for a project whose present cash flow value is $500,000 with an initial investment of $430,000.
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A young boy invested $50 to plant Christmas trees on his grandfather’s farm. When the boy was a freshman in college, six years later, he harvested the trees and sold them for $400. What annual rate of return (i.e. interest rate) did he learn on the i..
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Keys Corporation's 5-year bonds yield 6.40% and 5-year T-bonds yield 4.40%. The real risk-free rate is r* = 2.5%, the inflation premium for 5-year bonds is IP = 1.50%, the liquidity premium for Keys' bonds is LP = 0.5% versus zero for T-bonds, and th..
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Soprano’s Spaghetti Factory issued 18-year bonds two years ago at a coupon rate of 6.50 percent. If these bonds currently sell for 94.95 percent of par value, what is the YTM? Atlantis Fisheries issues zero coupon bonds on the market at a price of $4..
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Jackson Central has a 8-year, 8% semi-annual coupon bond. Jackson Central bond’s currently sells for 111. According to data, a 8-year, 8% Treasury bond sells for 125. As a bond investors who owns this bond, you envision that due to a rise in inflatio..
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Howell Petroleum, Inc., is trying to evaluate a generation project with the following cash flows: Year Cash Flow 0 –$43,000,000 1 67,500,000 2 –18,000,000 Required: (a) If the company requires a 11 percent return on its investments, what is the NPV o..
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If a tax is levied on the output of a competitive firm, the firm acts as though A. Its marginal cost has increased at all output levels by the amount of the tax. B. The price of its output has risen by the amount of the tax. C. The government is enco..
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