Explain, in your own words, when and how the composition of capital (the mix of debt and equity) does not affect the value of the firm and Discuss this statement: leverage gives the illusion of higher returns.
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The M Company has an EBIT of $250,000 that is constant over time and a corporate tax rate of 35%. Company M uses $5,500,000 of debt financing. If M used no debt, its cost of equity would be 12%. According to the Modigliani Miller theory with corporat..
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For each of these nonrecurring items, give an example and indicate (match with) the appropriate accounting treatment. Extraordinary item. Prior period adjustment. Change in accounting estimate. Shown net as a separate line item between net income an..
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Consider the following two mutually exclusive projects, X and Y, and their cash flows information, Project Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 X ($1,400) $350 $750 $650 $650 Y ($1,000) $300 $400 $500 $600 (a) Assume that the discount rate is 12%, comp..
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Draiman, Inc., has sales of $600,000, costs of $258,000, depreciation expense of $63,500, interest expense of $30,500, and a tax rate of 40 percent. The firm paid out $43,500 in cash dividends and has 55,000 shares of common stock outstanding. What i..
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Evening Story Corporation has sales of $4,732,270; income tax of $558,166; the selling, general and administrative expenses of $264,444; depreciation of $328,532; cost of goods sold of $2,840,400; and interest expense of $153,129. Calculate the amoun..
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Cranberry Chemical recorded pre tax restructuring charges of $1378 million in 2014. The charges consisted of asset write-downs of $908 million, costs associated with exit or disposal activities of $132 million, and employee severance costs of $338 mi..
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What recent government regulations have helped or hindered a firm’s ability to conduct its normal course of business, especially in the area of reporting requirements? Existing or Proposed Regulations
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An investor with a 3-year investment horizon wants to buy a 20-year 8% coupon bond for $82.84, with YTM as 10%. He expects to be able to reinvest the coupon interests at 6%, and 3 years later he can sell the bond to offer a YTM of 7%. What is the tot..
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You construct a price-weighted index of 78 stocks. At the beginning of the day the index is 9,364.36. During the day, 77 stock prices remain the same, and one stock price increases $4.30. At the end of the day, your index value is 9,417.95. What is t..
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Goode Investment Bank agrees to underwrite 1,000,000 CFS Company’s shares on a best efforts basis. It then sells 800,000 shares to the public for $20 each. The agreement is that Goode will charge 1.50 per share sold. How much money does CFS receive? ..
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Suppose your company needs to raise $36 million and you want to issue 25-year bonds for this purpose. Assume the required return on your bond issue will be 7 percent, and you’re evaluating two issue alternatives: A 7 percent semi-annual coupon bond a..
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