Seattle Health Plans currently uses zero-debt financing. Its operating income (EBIT) is $1 million, and it pays taxes at a 40% rate. It has $5 million in assets and, because it is all-equity financed, $5 million in equity. What impact would the new c..
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Tangshan Industries has issued a bond which has a $1,000 par value and a 13 percent annual coupon interest rate. The bond will mature in ten years and currently sells for $1,250. Using this information, the yield to maturity on the Tangshan Industrie..
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Tax credits A U.S.-based MNC has a foreign subsidiary that earns $250,000 before local taxes, with all the after-tax funds to be available to the parent in the form of dividends. Foreign taxes can be applied as a credit against the MNC's U.S. tax lia..
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A 7-year, $1,000 par bond has an 8% annual coupon and is currently yielding 7.5%. The bond can be called in 2 years at a call price of $1,010. What is the bond yielding, assuming it will be called (known as the yield to call)? (use annual compounding..
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Discuss the role of a third party intermediary in an interest rate swap agreement. Describe the risks assumed by the intermediary. How does the intermediary potentially profit from this activity?
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Pumpkin Mfg., Inc., is currently operating at only 92 percent of fixed asset capacity. Current sales are $780,000. Fixed assets are $470,000 and sales are projected to grow to $880,000. How much in new fixed assets is required to support this growth ..
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St. Thomas Aquinas discusses the role of “greed for gain, which knows no limit and tends to infinity.” Michael Norton discusses the role of money in society and how it can make people happier. As a society, how can we minimize the “greed for gain” wh..
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Compute the payback statistic for Project B and decide whether the firm should accept or reject the project with the cash flows shown below if the appropriate cost of capital is 12 percent and the maximum allowable payback is three years.
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Participate in a discussion with your classmates regarding how monetary policies affect our lives. Utilizing the knowledge that you have accumulated during our course, and by reading or watching the current news, determine the monetary policy issues ..
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A firm’s balance sheet has the following entries: Cash $30,000,000 Total assets 100,000,000 Common stock (10,000,000 20,000,000 Shares outstanding $2 par) Paid-in capital 5,000,000 Retained earnings 35,000,000 What will be each of these balance sheet..
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A company has a target capital structure that consists of 40 percent debt and 60 percent equity. The company's capital budget for next year is $10 million. The company expects a net income of $8 million. The company's cost of capital is 12 percent...
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An investor purchases an asset on October 26 2011 for $50,000, and sells it for $85,000 the next year. The asset generated cash flows of $10,000 over this period. What is the portfolio standard deviation? What is the expected (use arithmetic average)..
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