In order to fund her retirement, Michele requires a portfolio with an expected return of 0.11 per year over the next 30 years. She has decided to invest in Stocks 1, 2, and 3, with 25 percent in Stock 1, 50 percent in Stock 2, and 25 percent in Stock..
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Max has decided to establish distributorship subsidiaries in various countries, while Marie has decided to establish manufacturing subsidiaries in various countries. Which firm is more likely to benefit from economies of scale?
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Consider a project to supply 115 million postage stamps per year to the U.S. Postal Service for the next five years. You have an idle parcel of land available that cost $2,050,000 five years ago; if the land were sold today, it would net you $2,250,0..
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Preissle Company, wants to sell some 20-year, annual interest, $1,000 par value bonds. Its stock sells for $42 per share, and each bond would have 75 warrants attached to it, each exercisable into one share of stock at an exercise price of $47. The f..
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A manufacture contemplates a change in technology that has fixes costs of $600,000, and depreciation expense of $100,000 (depreciation calculated as $1,000,000 of machinery, depreciated straight-line over 10 years is $100,000 per year (depreciation e..
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Ranyard's beta is 1.13, and the last dividend per share paid was $4.21. The market risk premium is estimated to be 7.56%, and the real rate of interest is 2.04%. The liquidity risk premium is 0.7%. Analysts expect the company to grow at a rate of 3.5..
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Kerron Company is presented with the following two mutually exclusive projects. The required return for both projects is 18 percent. Year Project M Project N 0 –$137,000 –$368,000 1 64,800 146,000 2 82,800 193,000 3 73,800 131,000 4 59,800 123,000 re..
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A firm is planning on paying its first dividend of $2 three years from today. After that, dividends are expected to grow at 6% per year indefinitely. What is the fair value of this stock if the required rate of return is 14%?
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A company produces a single product. Variable production costs are $13.8 per unit and variable selling and administrative expenses are $4.8 per unit. Fixed manufacturing overhead totals $54,000 and fixed selling and administration expenses total $58,..
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Watters Umbrella Corp. issued 20-year bonds 2 years ago at a coupon rate of 8.6 percent. The bonds make semi annual payments. If these bonds currently sell for 107 percent of par value, what is the YTM?
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Over the past six years, a stock had annual returns of 14 percent, -3 percent, 8 percent, 21 percent, -16 percent, and 4 percent, respectively. What is the standard deviation of these returns?
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Explain your reasoning. Be sure to consider how the inflation rate would affect the return - A leader in your firm has been studying the foreign exchange market for a number of years and believes that she can predict several of the foreign currency..
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