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Corporate Finance
Do you agree that the European Union should be able to block mergers between two U.S.-based firms? Why or why not?
What inherent characteristic of corporations creates the need for a system of checks on manager behavior?
What is the essential trade-off faced by government in designing regulation of public firms?
Many of the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 were aimed at auditors. How does this affect corporate governance?
The Dodd-Frank Act requires that firms disclose whether employees and directors are permitted to hedge against declines in the firm's stock price. Why might this matter for corporate governance?
How do the laws on insider trading differ for merger- versus non-merger-related trading?
What are some examples of agency problems?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the corporate organizational structure?
What is the role of the board of directors in corporate governance?
What role do security analysts play in monitoring?
How are lenders part of corporate governance?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of increasing the options granted to CEOs?
Your start-up company has negotiated a contract to provide a database installation for a manufacturing company in Poland. That firm has agreed to pay you $100,000 in three months time when the
Etemadi Amalgamated, a U.S. manufacturing firm, is considering a new project in the euro area. You are in Etemadi's corporate finance department and are responsible for deciding whether to undertake
Mia Caruso Enterprises, a U.S. manufacturer of children's toys, has made a sale in Bulgaria and is expecting a BGN4 million cash inflow in one year. The current spot rate is S = $1.80/BGN and the
Manzetti Foods, a U.S. food processing and distribution company, is considering an investment in the euro area. You are in Manzetti's corporate finance department and are responsible for deciding
What is the relation between an investment's risk and its return?
Stefani German, a 40-year-old woman, plans to retire at age 65, and she wants to accumulate $500,000 over the next 25 years to supplement the retirement programs that are being funded by the federal
During 2015, the Smiths and the Joneses both filed joint tax returns. For the tax year ended December 31, 2015, the Smiths' taxable income was $130,000, and the Joneses had total taxable income of
Kim and Kanye have been dating for years and are now thinking about getting married. As a financially sophisticated couple, they want to think through the tax implications of their potential union.a.
Briefly describe the key requirements of the following federal securities laws:a. Securities Act of 1933b. Investment Company Act of 1940c. Investment Advisors Act of 1940d. Insider Trading and Fraud
For each of the items in the left-hand column, select the most appropriate item in the right-hand column.a. Prospectusb. Underwritingc. NYSEd. Nasdaq OMX BXe. Listing requirementsf. OTC1. Trades
From 1999 to 2014, the average IPO rose by 19% in its first day of trading. In 1999, 117 deals doubled in price on the first day. What factors might contribute to the huge first-day returns on IPOs?
Assume that an investor buys 100 shares of stock at $35 per share, putting up a 75% margin.a. What is the debit balance in this transaction?b. How much equity funds must the investor provide to make
Charlene Hickman expected the price of Bio International shares to drop in the near future in response to the expected failure of its new drug to pass FDA tests. As a result, she sold short 200
In each of the following cases, calculate the price of one share of the foreign stock measured in United States dollars (US$).a. A Belgian stock priced at 103.2 euros (€) when the exchange rate is
Harold Perto purchased 100 shares of Barclays, a U.K. financial services firm, when they were trading for £260 (pounds sterling) and the exchange rate between British pounds and U.S. dollars was
An investor believes that the U.S. dollar will rise in value relative to the Japanese yen. The same investor is considering two investments with identical risk and return characteristics: One is a
Briefly describe the composition and general thrust of each of the following indexes.a. NYSE Composite Indexb. NYSE MKT Composite Indexc. Nasdaq Stock Market indexesd. Value Line Composite Index
Imagine that the Mini-Dow Average (MDA) is based on the closing prices of five stocks. The divisor used in the calculation of the MDA is currently 0.765. The closing prices for each of the five
The SP-6 Index (a fictitious index) is used by many investors to monitor the general behavior of the stock market. It has a base value set equal to 100 at January 1, 1978. In the accompanying table,
Deepa Chungi wishes to develop an average, or index, that can be used to measure the general behavior of stock prices over time. She has decided to include six closely followed, high-quality stocks
You sell 200 shares of a stock short for $60 per share. You want to limit your loss on this transaction to no more than $1,400. What order should you place?
You are considering two investment alternatives. The first is a stock that pays quarterly dividends of $0.25 per share and is trading at $20 per share; you expect to sell the stock in six months for
You are considering purchasing a bond that pays annual interest of $50 per $1,000 of par value. The bond matures in one year, and at that time you will collect the par value and the interest
Assume you invest $4,000 today in an investment that promises to return $9,000 in exactly 10 years.a. Use the present value technique to estimate the IRR on this investment.b. If a minimum annual
Your friend asks you to invest $10,000 in a business venture. Based on your estimates, you would receive nothing for three years, at the end of year four you would receive $4,900, and at the end of
Assume that an investment generates the following income stream and can be purchased at the beginning of 2017 for $1,000 and sold at the end of 2020 for $1,200. Estimate the IRR for this investment.
An investor buys a bond for $10,000. The bond pays $200 interest every 6 months. After 18 months, the investor sells the bond for $9,500. Describe the types of income and/or loss the investor had.
For each of the following streams of dividends, estimate the compound annual rate of growth between the earliest year for which a value is given and 2017.
A company paid dividends of $1.00 per share in 2009 and just announced that it will pay $2.21 in 2016. Estimate the compound annual growth rate of the dividends.
A company reported net income in 2012 of $350 million. In 2016 the company expects net income to be $446.9 million. Estimate the annual compound growth rate of net income.
The historical returns for two investments-A and B-are summarized in the following table for the period 2013 to 2017. Use the data to answer the questions that follow.______________A _______BYear
Consider the historical data for an investment given in the accompanying table.a. Calculate the total return (in dollars) for each year.b. Indicate the level of return you would expect in 2018 and in
Refer to the table in Problem 4.5. What is the total return in dollars and as a percentage of your original investment if you purchased 100 shares of the investment at the beginning of 2013 and sold
a. Assuming that investments A and B are equally risky and using the 4% discount rate, apply the present value technique to assess the acceptability of each investment and to determine the preferred
a. Determine the HPR for each stock in each of the preceding 10 years. Find the expected return for each stock, using the approach specified by Molly.b. Use the HPRs and expected return calculated
The table below shows the annual change in the average U.S. home price from 2005 to 2014 according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Index. Calculate the average annual return and its standard deviation.
Is the CAPM a predictive model? Why do beta and the CAPM remain important to investors?
Your portfolio had the values in the following table for the four years listed. There were no withdrawals or contributions of new funds to the portfolio. Calculate your average return over the
Use the table of annual returns in Problem 5.9 for Home Depot (HD) and Lowe's (LOW) to create an Excel spreadsheet that calculates the standard deviation of annual returns for HD, LOW, and the
Use the table of annual returns in Problem 5.9 for Home Depot (HD) and Lowe's (LOW) to create an Excel spreadsheet that calculates the correlation coefficient for HD and LOW annual returns.In Problem
Use the table of annual returns in Problem 5.9 for Home Depot (HD) and Lowe's (LOW) to create an Excel spreadsheet that calculates returns for portfolios that comprise HD and LOW using the following,
Create an Excel spreadsheet that graphs the portfolio return and standard deviation combinations found in Problem 5.12 for Home Depot and Lowe's.Data from Prob. 5.12Use the table of annual returns in
The following table contains annual returns for the stocks of M and N. Use Excel to create a spreadsheet that calculates the average, standard deviation, and correlation coefficient for the two
Imagine you wish to estimate the betas for two investments, A and B. You have gathered the following return data for the market and for each of the investments over the past 10 years, 2008-2017.a. On
Using your data from Problem 5.1, calculate the portfolio standard deviation.Data from Problem 5.1Year ______Beginning Value _____Ending Value2013 .............. $50,000 ..................
The risk-free rate is currently 3%, and the market return is 10%. Assume you are considering the following investments.Investment _______BetaA ............................ 1.5B
Assume you are considering a portfolio containing two assets, L and M. Asset L will represent 40% of the dollar value of the portfolio, and asset M will account for the other 60%. The projected
Referring to Problem 5.29, if the risk-free rate is 2% and the market return is 7%, calculate the required return for each portfolio using the CAPM.Data from Problem 5.29Jeanne Lewis is attempting to
Referring to Problem 5.30, assume that you believe that each of the five assets will earn the return shown in the table below. Based on these figures and the weights in Problem 5.29, what returns do
Refer to Problem 5.3. Assume that asset L represents 60% of the portfolio and asset M is 40%. Calculate the average return and standard deviation of this portfolio's returns over the six-year period.
You have been given the following return data on three assets-F, G, and H-over the period 2018-2021.Using these assets, you have isolated three investment alternatives:a. Calculate the portfolio
You have been asked for your advice in selecting a portfolio of assets and have been supplied with the following data.You have been told that you can create two portfolios-one consisting of assets A
Referring to Problem 5.6, what would happen if you constructed a portfolio consisting of assets A, B, and C, equally weighted? Would this reduce risk or enhance return?Data from Problem 5.6You have
The following table contains annual returns for the stocks of Home Depot (HD) and Lowe's (LOW). The returns are calculated using end-of-year prices (adjusted for dividends and stock splits) retrieved
In this problem we will visit United Rentals Inc. (URI), which was introduced at the beginning of the chapter. The following table shows the monthly return on URI stock and on the S&P 500 stock index
Look at the record of stock returns in Table 6.1.a. How would you compare the average annual returns for the various decades?b. Considering the average annual returns that have been generated over
An investor owns some stock in Harry's Pottery Inc. The stock recently underwent a 5-for-3 stock split. If the stock was trading at $40 per share just before the split, how much is each share most
Southern Cities Trucking Company has the following five-year record of earnings per share.Year _______EPS2012 .......... $1.402013 .......... $2.102014 ......... $1.002015 .......... $3.252016
In January 2012 an investor purchased 800 shares of Engulf & Devour, a rapidly growing high-tech conglomerate. From 2012 through 2016, the stock turned in the following dividend and share price
On January 1, 2013, an investor bought 200 shares of Gottahavit, Inc., for $50 per share. On January 3, 2014, the investor sold the stock for $55 per share. The stock paid a quarterly dividend of
a. How would you describe Wally's present investment program? How do you think it fits him and his investment objectives?b. Consider the Hydro-Electric stock.1. Determine the amount of annual
The Buffalo Manufacturing Company has total assets of $12 million, an asset turnover of 2.2 times, and a net profit margin of 14%.a. What is Buffalo's return on assets?b. Find Buffalo's ROE, given
Stroud Sporting Gear Inc. has a net profit margin of 9%, a total asset turnover of 2.4, total assets of $225 million, and total equity of $120 million. What is the company's return on equity?
Snapgram Corporation has a net profit margin of 8%, a total asset turnover of 2.0 times, total assets of $1 billion, and total equity of $500 million. What were the company's sales and net profit?
Listed below are six pairs of stocks. Pick one of these pairs and then, using the resources available at your campus or public library (or on the Internet), comparatively analyze the two stocks.
The following table lists the 2015 and 2016 financial statements for Otago Bay Marine Motors, a major manufacturer of top-of-the-line outboard motors.a. On the basis of the information provided,
The following summary financial statistics were obtained from the 2015 Otago Bay Marine Motors (OBMM) annual report.
A firm has 1 million shares of common stock outstanding with a book value of $15 per share. The firm also has total assets with a book value of $20 million. There is no preferred stock. What are the
A firm has $750 million in total assets, no preferred stock, and total liabilities of $300 million. There are 300 million shares of common stock outstanding. The stock is selling for $5.25 per
ZIPBIT common stock is selling at a P/E of 10 times trailing earnings. The stock price is $23.50. What were the firm's earnings per share?
Highgate Computer Company produces $1.8 million in profits from $27 million in sales. It has total assets of $15 million.a. Calculate Highgate's total asset turnover and its net profit margin.b.
The following data have been gathered from the financial statements of HiFly Corporation:_______________________2015 ______________2016Operating profit ....... $550,000,000 .........
At the beginning of the chapter you read about an analyst's report on Advanced Micro Devices. Use an online source such as Yahoo! Finance or AMD's own website to look up the company's income
Danny is considering a stock purchase. The stock pays a constant annual dividend of $2.00 per share and is currently trading at $20. Danny's required rate of return for this stock is 12%. Should he
Larry and Curley are brothers. They're both serious investors, but they have different approaches to valuing stocks. Larry, the older brother, likes to use the dividend valuation model. Curley
Assume you've generated the following information about the stock of Bufford's Burger Barns: The company's latest dividends of $4 a share are expected to grow to $4.32 next year, to $4.67 the year
Let's assume that you're thinking about buying stock in West Coast Electronics. So far in your analysis, you've uncovered the following information: The stock pays annual dividends of $5.00 a share
New Millennium Company earned $2.5 million in net income last year. It took depreciation deductions of $300,000 and made new investments in working capital and fixed assets of $100,000 and $350,000,
Granger Toothpaste Corp. has total equity of $600 million and 125 million shares outstanding. Its ROE is 18%. Calculate the company's EPS.
From 2010 to 2015 Steller Strollers, Inc., has paid dividends of $1.06, $1.13, $1.21, $1.25, $1.31, and $1.38. Use an Excel spreadsheet like the template below to find Steller's historical dividend
Investors expect that Amalgamated Aircraft Parts, Inc., will pay a dividend of $2.50 in the coming year. Investors require a 12% rate of return on the company's shares, and they expect dividends to
a. Determine the average annual rate of growth in sales over the past five years. (Assume sales in 2011 amounted to $7.5 million.)1. Use this average growth rate to forecast revenues for next year
At the beginning of this chapter you read about a 2015 earnings announcement from HP in which earnings per share were reported as $1.85 for the quarter. Let's make a simple assumption and say that
Listed below are data that pertain to the corporate bond market. (Each "period" below covers a span of six months.)a. Compute the confidence index for each of the four periods listed above.b. Assume
You are given the following information for the number of stocks making new highs and new lows for each day:Day _____________New Highs ________New Lows1 (yesterday) ............ 117
a. Use the closing share prices in the table above to compute the stock's relative strength index for (1) The 20-day period from 9/30/16 to 10/31/16; and(2) The 22-day period from 11/30/16 to
a. Based on the data presented in the table, calculate a value (where appropriate) for periods 1 through 5, for each of the four measures listed above. Chart your results, where applicable.b. Discuss
What's the difference between dollar-denominated and non-dollar-denominated (foreign-pay) bonds? Briefly describe the two major types of U.S.-pay bonds. Can currency exchange rates affect the total
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