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1. It is frequently stated that the one purpose of the pre-emptive right is to allow individuals to maintain their proportionate share of the ownership and control of a corporation.
a. How important do you suppose control is for the average stockholder of a firm whose shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
b. Is the control issue likely to be of more importance to stockholders of publicly owned or closely held (private) firms? Explain.
2. Is the following the correct equation for finding the value of a constant growth stock? Explain.
P^o= D0/rs+g
3. If you bought a share of common stock, you would probably expect to receive dividends plus an eventual capital gain. Would the distribution between the dividend yield and the capital gain yield be influenced by the firm’s decision to pay more dividends rather than to retain and reinvest more of its earnings? Explain.
4. Two investors are evaluating GE’s stock for possible purchase. They agree on the expected value of D1 and also on the expected future dividend growth rate. Further, they agree on the riskiness of the stock. However, one investor normally holds stocks for 2 years, while the other holds stocks for 10 years. On the basis of the type of analysis done in this chapter, should they both be willing to pay the same price for GE’s stock? Explain.
5. A bond that pays interest forever and has no maturity is a perpetual bond. In what respect is a perpetual bond similar to a no-growth common stock? Are there preferred stocks that are evaluated similarly to perpetual bonds and other preferred stocks that are more like bonds with finite lives?
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