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Principles Of Finance
Over the past decade, China has acquired hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars because of the trade imbalance between the two countries. Many of these dollars were used to purchase U.S. Treasury
Can a U.S. firm experience political risk problems in its overseas projects because of the U.S. government? Give examples. (LG6)
Give some examples of the financial complications that occur when evalu- ating a capital budgeting project in a foreign country. (LG7)
Exchange Rate Quote Convert each of the following direct quotes to dollar indirect quotes (LG3):a. 1 Danish krone = $0.1760b. 1 Indian rupee = $0.0222c. 1 Israeli shekel = $0.2787
Exchange Rate Quote Convert each of the following direct quotes to dollar indirect quotes (LG3):a. 1 Korean won = $0.0009b. 1 Malaysian ringgit = $0.3238c. 1 Thai baht = $0.0331
Exchange Rate Quote Convert each of the following indirect quotes to dollar direct quotes (LG3):a. $1 = 19495 Vietnam dongb. $14.2965 Venezuelan bolivar fuertec. $1 = 6.732 South African rand
Exchange Rate Quote Convert each of the following indirect quotes to dollar direct quotes (LG3):a. $1 = 3.7497 Saudi Arabian riyalb. $1 =44.15 Philippine pesoc. $1 =0.5409 Latvian lat
Currency Exchange Compute the amount of each foreign currency that can be purchased for $500,000 (LG3):a. 1 Danish krone = $0.1760b. 1 Indian rupee = $0.0222c. 1 Israeli shekel = $0.2787
Currency Exchange Compute the amount of each foreign currency that can be purchased for $1 million (LG3):a. 1 Korean won = $0.0009b. 1 Malaysian ringgit = $0.3238c. 1 Thai baht $0.0331
Currency Exchange Compute the number of dollars that can be bought with 2 million of each foreign currency units (LG3):a. $1 = 19,495 Vietnam dongb. $1 = 4.2965 Venezuelan bolivarc. $1 = 6.732 South
Currency Exchange Compute the number of dollars that can be bought with 1 million of each foreign currency units (LG3):a. $1 = 3.7497 Saudi Arabian riyalb. $1 44.15 Philippine pesoc. $1 = 0.5409
Law of One Price If the price of silver in England is 6.71 per ounce, what is the expected price of silver in the United States if the spot exchange rate is $1 = 0.5173? (LG5)
Law of One Price If the price of copper in Europe is 2.12 per ounce, what is the expected price of copper in the United States if the spot exchange rate is $1 = 0.7623? (LG5)
Discount Rates A financial manager has determined that the appropriate discount rate for a foreign project is 12 percent. However, that discount rate applies in the United States using dollars. What
Discount Rates A financial manager has determined that the appropriate discount rate for a foreign project is 16 percent. However, that discount rate applies in the United States using dollars. What
Cross Rate Given these two exchange rates, $1 = 12.345 Mexican pesos and $1 = 0.7624, compute the cross rate between the Mexican peso and the euro. State this exchange rate in pesos and in euros.
Cross Rate Given these two exchange rates, $1 = 0.9952 Australian dollars and $1 = 0.6476, compute the cross rate between the Australian dollars and the pound. State this exchange rate in Australian
Exchange Rate Risk In 1997, many East Asian currencies suddenly and dramatically devalued. What is the percentage change in value of a $50 million investment in Indonesia when the exchange rate
Exchange Rate Risk The Russian financial crisis of 1998 caused its currency to be dramatically devalued. What is the percentage change in value of a $100 million investment in Russia when the
Interest Rate Parity The spot rate between the U.S. dollar and the New Zealand dollar is $1 = NZD1.3348. If the interest rate in the United States is 6 percent and in New Zealand is 4 percent, then
Interest Rate Parity The spot rate between the U.S. dollar and the Tai- wan dollar is $1 = TWD29.905. If the interest rate in the United States is 5 percent and in Taiwan is 3 percent, then what
Purchasing Power Parity The current spot rate between the U.S. dollar and the Swedish krona is $1 = 6.8552 krona. If the inflation rate in the United States is 4 percent and in Sweden is 1 percent,
Purchasing Power Parity The current spot rate between the U.S. dollar and the Netherland Antilles guilder is $1 = 1.7915 guilder. If the inflation rate in the United States is 3 percent and in the
Exchange Rate Risk A U.S. firm is expecting cash flows of 20 million Mexican pesos and 35 million Indian rupees. The current spot exchange rates are $1 = 11.722 pesos and $1 = 45.204 rupees. If these
Exchange Rate Risk A U.S. firm is expecting to pay cash flows of 15 million Egyptian pounds and 25 million Qatar rials. The current spot exchange rates are: $1 = 5.725 pounds and $1 = 3.639 rials. If
Triangular Arbitrage The U.S. dollar spot exchange rate with the Canadian dollar is $1 = CA$1.18. The U.S. dollar and Swiss franc exchange rate is $1 = 1.219 francs. If the cross rate between the
Triangular Arbitrage The U.S. dollar spot exchange rate with the Australian dollar is $1 = AU$1.2697. The U.S. dollar and euro exchange rate is $1 = 0.7559. If the cross rate between the euro and
Spreadsheet Problem Below are the Consumer Price Index inflation rates each year for the United States and Japan. Also shown is the spot exchange rate for the beginning of each year.a. Using PPP
Describe the difference between a merger and an acquisition. (LG1)
Describe the difference between a horizontal merger and a vertical merger. (LG1)
Classify each of the following as a horizontal merger, a vertical merger, a market extension merger, a conglomerate merger, or a product extension merger. (LG1)a. Walmart acquires Kmart.b. Kroger
What is synergy and how does it apply to mergers? (LG1)
Describe the three dimensions of revenue synergies that may be achieved in a merger. (LG1)
What is the difference between economies of scope and economies of scale? Can two firms involved in a merger benefit from both economies of scale and economies of scope? (LG1)
How can managers' personal incentives result in value-destroying mergers and acquisitions? (LG1)
Why is NPV valuation an appropriate tool to use in the evaluation of a merger target? (LG2)
What is the difference between business failure, economic failure, and tech- nical insolvency? (LG3)
What is the job of the trustee in an informal liquidation of a firm's assets? (LG3)
What is the difference between a Chapter 11 and a Chapter 7 bankruptcy? (LG4)
Does a Chapter 7 bankruptcy increase the probability that creditors will be paid in full more than a Chapter 11 bankruptcy? (LG4)
What is the order of payment to a firm's creditors in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy? (LG4)
To what extent are employees of a bankrupt firm paid their wages and benefits due? (LG4)
What is a credit-scoring model? (LG5)
What is the difference between a linear discriminant and a linear probabil- ity credit-scoring model? (LG5)
A firm has an Altman's Z-score of 1.76. What does this mean? (LG5)
The Altman's Z-score model has several weaknesses. What are they? (LG5)
A linear probability model you have developed finds that a firm has a PD of 0.16. What does this mean? (LG5)
List and describe the purpose of each part of a time line with an initial cash inflow and a future cash outflow. Which cash flows should be negative and which positive? Why? (LG1)
How are the present value and future value related? (LG2)
Would you prefer to have an investment earning 5 percent for 40 years or an investment earning 10 percent for 20 years? Explain. (LG3)
How are present values affected by changes in interest rates? (LG4)
Show how the Rule of 72 can be used to approximate the number of years to quadruple an investment. (LG6)
Without making any computations, indicate which of each pair has a higher interest rate: (LG7)
a. $100 doubles to $200 in five years or seven years.b. $500 increases in four years to $750 or to $800.c. $300 increases to $450 in two years or increases to $500 in three years. A $1,000 investment
Time Line Show the time line for a $600 cash inflow today, a $726 cash outflow in year 2, and a 10 percent interest rate. (LG1)
Time Line Show the time line for a $400 cash outflow today, a $518 cash inflow in year 3, and a 9 percent interest rate. (LG1)
One Year Future Value What is the future value of $500 deposited for one year earning a 9 percent interest rate annually? (LG2)
One Year Future Value What is the future value of $400 deposited for one year earning an interest rate of 9 percent per year? (LG2)
Multiyear Future Value How much would be in your savings account in eight years after depositing $150 today if the bank pays 8 percent per year? (LG3)
Multiyear Future Value Compute the value in 25 years of a $1,000 deposit earning 10 percent per year. (LG3)
Compounding with Different Interest Rates A deposit of $350 earns the following interest rates:a. 8 percent in the first year.b. 6 percent in the second year.c. 5 percent in the third year. What
Compounding with Different Interest Rates A deposit of $750 earns interest rates of 9 percent in the first year and 12 percent in the second year. What would be the second year future value? (LG3)
Discounting One Year What is the present value of a $250 payment in one year when the discount rate is 10 percent? (LG4)
Discounting One Year What is the present value of a $200 payment in one year when the discount rate is 7 percent? (LG4)
Present Value What is the present value of a $1,500 payment made in six years when the discount rate is 8 percent? (LG4)
Present Value Compute the present value of an $850 payment made in ten years when the discount rate is 12 percent. (LG4)
Present Value with Different Discount Rates Compute the present value of $1,000 paid in three years using the following discount rates: 6 percent in the first year, 7 percent in the second year, and
Present Value with Different Discount Rates Compute the present value of $5,000 paid in two years using the following discount rates: 8 percent in the first year and 7 percent in the second year.
Rule of 72 Approximately how many years are needed to double a $100 investment when interest rates are 7 percent per year? (LG6)
Rule of 72 Approximately how many years are needed to double a $500 investment when interest rates are 10 percent per year? (LG6)
Rule of 72 Approximately what interest rate is needed to double an investment over five years? (LG6)
Rule of 72 Approximately what interest rate is earned when an invest- ment doubles over 12 years? (LG6)
Rates over One Year Determine the interest rate earned on a $1,400 deposit when $1,700 is paid back in one year. (LG7)
Rates over One Year Determine the interest rate earned on a $2,300 deposit when $2,900 is paid back in one year. (LG7)
Interest-on-Interest Consider a $2,000 deposit earning 8 percent inter- est per year for five years. What is the future value, and how much total interest is earned on the original deposit versus how
Interest-on-Interest Consider a $5,000 deposit earning 10 percent interest per year for ten years. What is the future value, how much total interest is earned on the original deposit, and how much is
Comparing Cash Flows What would be more valuable, receiving $500 today or receiving $625 in three years if interest rates are 8 percent? Why? (LG5)
Comparing Cash Flows Which cash flow would you rather pay, $425 today or $500 in two years if interest rates are 10 percent? Why? (LG5)
Moving Cash Flows What is the value in year 3 of a $700 cash flow made in year 6 if interest rates are 10 percent? (LG5)
Moving Cash Flows What is the value in year 4 of a $1,000 cash flow made in year 6 if interest rates are 8 percent? (LG5)
Moving Cash Flows What is the value in year 10 of a $1,000 cash flow made in year 4 if interest rates are 9 percent? (LG5)
Moving Cash Flows What is the value in year 15 of a $250 cash flow made in year 3 if interest rates are 11 percent? (LG5)
Solving for Rates What annual rate of return is earned on a $1,000 invest- ment when it grows to $2,500 in six years? (LG7)
Solving for Rates What annual rate of return is earned on a $5,000 invest- ment when it grows to $9,500 in five years? (LG7)
Solving for Time How many years (and months) will it take $2 million to grow to $5 million with an annual interest rate of 7 percent? (LG8)
Solving for Time How long will it take $2,000 to reach $5,000 when it grows at 10 percent per year? (LG8)
Future Value At age 30 you invest $1,000 that earns 8 percent each year. At age 40 you invest $1,000 that earns 11 percent per year. In which case would you have more money at age 60? (LG2)
Future Value At age 25 you invest $1,500 that earns 8 percent each year. At age 40 you invest $1,500 that earns 11 percent per year. In which case would you have more money at age 65? (LG2)
Solving for Rates You invested $2,000 in the stock market one year ago. Today, the investment is valued at $1,500. What return did you earn? What return would you need to get next year to break even
Solving for Rates You invested $3,000 in the stock market one year ago. Today, the investment is valued at $3,750. What return did you earn? What return would you suffer next year for your investment
Solving for Rates What annual rate of return is earned on a $4,000 invest- ment made in year 2 when it grows to $7,000 by the end of year 7? (LG7)
Solving for Rates What annual rate of return is implied on a $2,500 loan taken next year when $3,500 must be repaid in year 4? (LG7)
General TVM Ten years ago, Hailey invested $2,000 and locked in a 9 percent annual interest rate for 30 years (end 20 years from now). Aidan can make a 20-year investment today and lock in a 10
Moving Cash Flows You are scheduled to receive a $500 cash flow in one year, a $1,000 cash flow in two years, and pay an $800 payment in three years. If interest rates are 10 percent per year, what
Spreadsheet Problem Oil prices have increased a great deal in the last decade. The table below shows the average oil price for each year since 1949. Many companies use oil products as a resource in
How can you add a cash flow in year 2 and a cash flow in year 4 in year 7? (LG1)
When you discount multiple cash flows, how does the future period that a cash flow is paid affect its present value and its contribution to the value of all the cash flows? (LG3)
How can you use the present value of an annuity concept to determine the price of a house you can afford? (LG4)
Since perpetuity payments continue forever, how can a present value be computed? Why isn't the present value infinite? (LG5)
Explain why you use the same adjustment factor, (1 + i), when you adjust annuity due payments for both future value and present value. (LG6)
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