Consider a country where population growth is 2% a year. An improvement in the durability of industrial machines now causes a decrease in the depreciation rate -- machines, on average, last longer than they used to. Use the Solow growth model to expl..
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Genetic Insights Co. purchases an asset for $18,810. This asset qualifies as a seven-year recovery asset under MACRS. The seven-year fixed depreciation percentages for years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are 14.29%, 24.49%, 17.49%, 12.49%, 8.93%, and 8.93%, r..
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A five-year, 4 percent Euroyen bond sells at par. A comparable risk five year, 5.5 percent yen/dollar dual currency bond pays $873.33 at maturity. It sells for ¥110,000. What is the implied ¥/$ exchange rate at maturity? Hint: The par value of the bo..
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Consider a company that has sales in May, June, and July of $10.8 million, $12.8 million, and $9.8 million, respectively. The firm is paid by 30 percent of its customers in the month of the sale, 50 percent in the following month, and 15 percent in t..
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Able, Baker, and Charlie are the only three stocks in an index. The stocks sell for $57, $315, and $114, respectively. If Baker undergoes a 3-for-2 stock split, what is the new divisor for the price-weighted index?
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Go to www.cnbc.com and explore the video tab by using the key terms reporting and estimate. As you learned in this unit, there are various sources of information. Watch at least two videos you find, list the videos you viewed and provide a summary of..
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Assume the inflation rate in 2012 is 1.3 percent. If the nominal GDP grew 3.5 percent and nominal wages grew 2.6 percent, what are the approximate real growth rates of GDP and wages?
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Stock A has a beta of .6, and investors expect it to return 5%. Stock B has a beta of 1.4, and investors expect it to return 7%. Use the CAPM to find the expected rate of return on market and the market risk premium.
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Logan and Johnathan exchange land, and the exchange qualifies as like kind under § 1031. Because Logan's land (adjusted basis of $85,000) is worth $100,000 and Johnathan's land has a fair market value of $80,000, Johnathan also gives Logan cash of $2..
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In capital budgeting, the IRR implicitly assumes reinvestments of interim cash flows at the IRR itself. First, discuss why this assumption is problematic. Then, explain how MIRR address this issue by presenting your own unique example with proper cal..
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An asset costs $550,000 and will be depreciated in a straight-line manner over its three-year life. It will have no salvage value. The corporate tax rate is 34 percent, and the appropriate interest rate is 10 percent. What set of lease payments will ..
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Mark freeda wants to plan for retirement and needs your advice. in the first 5 years of his retirement he plans to travel and will need 450,000 each yr to do so. after that he will be able to live on 100,000 per yr. mark does not know how long he wil..
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