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Fundamentals Corporate Finance
David is going to purchase two stocks to form the initial holdings in his portfolio. Iron stock has an expected return of 15 percent, while Copper stock has an expected return of 20 percent. If David
CAPM: The market risk premium is 6 percent, and the risk-free rate is 5 percent. If the expected return on a bond is 6.5 percent, what is its beta?
CAPM: In December 2020, the risk-free rate was 2.97 percent, the market risk premium was 6 percent, and the beta for Twitter stock was 0.99. What is the expected return that was consistent with the
CAPM: Damien knows that the beta of his portfolio is equal to 1, but he does not know the risk-free rate of return or the market risk premium. He also knows that the expected return on the market is
Compensation for bearing systematic risk: Evaluate the following statement: “By fully diversifying a portfolio, such as by buying every asset in the market, we can completely eliminate all types of
Compensation for bearing systematic risk: Write out the equation for the covariance of the returns of two assets, Asset 1 and Asset 2. Using that equation, explain the easiest way for the two asset
Compensation for bearing systematic risk: You have constructed a diversified portfolio of stocks such that there is no unsystematic risk. Explain why the expected return of that portfolio should be
Portfolios with more than one asset: Emmy is analyzing a twostock portfolio that consists of a utility stock and a commodity stock. She knows that the return on the utility stock has a standard
Single-asset portfolios: Using the information from Problems 7.17, 7.18, and 7.19, calculate the coefficient of variation for each of the investments in those problems.
Calculating the variance and standard deviation: Kate recently invested in real estate with the intention of selling the property one year from today. She has modeled the returns on that investment
Interpreting the variance and standard deviation: The distribution of grades in an introductory finance class is normally distributed, with an expected grade of 75. If the standard deviation of
Expected returns: José is thinking about purchasing a soft drink machine and placing it in a business office. He knows that there is a 5 percent probability that someone who walks by the machine
The Security Market Line: If the expected return on the market is 10 percent and the risk-free rate is 4 percent, what is the expected return for a stock with a beta equal to 1.5? What is the market
CAPM: Describe the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and what it tells us.
Measuring systematic risk: If the expected rate of return for the market is not much greater than the risk-free rate of return, what does this suggest about the general level of compensation for
Measuring systematic risk: Describe and justify what the value of the beta of a U.S. Treasury bill should be.
Measuring systematic risk: Susan is expecting the returns on the market portfolio to be negative in the near term. Since she is managing a stock mutual fund, she must remain invested in a portfolio
Systematic risk: Define systematic risk.
Diversification: Describe how investing in more than one asset can reduce risk through diversification.
Geometric average: What was the average annual return that Tanner earned over the 2017–2020 period in Problem 7.6?
Arithmetic average: Tanner invested $1,000 in large U.S. stocks at the beginning of 2017. This investment earned 15.98 percent in 2017, 32.41 percent in 2018, 13.69 percent in 2019, and 1.41 percent
Single-asset portfolios: Stocks A, B, and C have expected returns of 15 percent, 15 percent, and 12 percent, respectively, while their standard deviations are 45 percent, 30 percent, and 30 percent,
Historical market: Describe the general relation between risk and return that we observe in the historical bond and stock market data.
Expected returns: You have chosen biology as your college major because you would like to be a medical doctor. However, you find that the probability of being accepted to medical school is about 10
Expected returns: John is watching an old game show rerun called Let’s Make a Deal in which the contestant chooses a prize behind one of two curtains. Behind one of the curtains is a gag prize
Returns: Describe the difference between a total holding period return and an expected return.
You may have heard the statement that you should not include your home as an asset in your investment portfolio. Assume that your house will comprise up to 75 percent of your assets in the early part
In recent years, investors have agreed that the market portfolio consists of more than just a group of U.S. stocks and bonds. If you are an investor who invests in only U.S. stocks and bonds,
Assume you will start working as soon as you graduate from college.You plan to start saving for your retirement on your 25th birthday and retire on your 65th birthday. After retirement, you expect to
You are now 50 years old and plan to retire at age 65. You currently have a stock portfolio worth $150,000, a 401(k) retirement plan worth $250,000, and a money market account worth $50,000. Your
Babu Baradwaj is saving for his son’s college tuition. His son is currently 11 years old and will begin college in seven years. Babu has an index fund investment worth $7,500 that is earning 9.5
Gary Kornig is 30 years old and wants to retire when he is 65.So far, he has saved (1) $6,950 in an IRA account in which his money is earning 8.3 percent annually and (2) $5,000 in a money market
Tirade Owens, a professional athlete, currently has a contract that will pay him a large amount in the first year of his contract and smaller amounts thereafter. He and his agent have asked the team
You have been offered the opportunity to invest in a project that is expected to provide you with the following cash flows: $4,000 in one year, $12,000 in two years, and $8,000 in three years. If the
Effective annual interest rate: You are considering three alternative investments: (1) a three-year bank CD paying 7.5 percent compounded quarterly; (2) a three-year bank CD paying 7.3 percent
Effective annual interest rate: Which of the following investments has the highest effective annual interest rate (EAR)?a. A bank CD that pays 8.25 percent compounded quarterly.b. A bank CD that pays
Effective annual interest rate: Find the effective annual interest rate (EAR) for each of the following:a. 6 percent compounded quarterly.b. 4.99 percent compounded monthly.c. 7.25 percent compounded
Perpetuity: Calculate the present value of the following perpetuities:a. $1,250 discounted to the present at 7 percent.b. $7,250 discounted to the present at 6.33 percent.c. $850 discounted to the
Present value of an annuity: Suppose that the networking company in Problem 6.27 will not start paying you until the first of the new systems that uses your software is sold in two years. What is the
Present value of an annuity due: You wrote a piece of software that does a better job of allowing computers to network than any other program designed for this purpose. A large networking company
Present value of an annuity due: Sharon Kabana has won a state lottery and will receive a payment of $89,729.45 every year, starting today, for the next 20 years. If she invests the proceeds at a
Present value of an annuity due: Grant Productions borrowed some money from the California Finance Company at a rate of 17.5 percent for a seven-year period. The loan calls for a payment
Growing annuity: Modern Energy Company owns several gas stations. Management is looking to open a new station in the western suburbs of Baltimore. One possibility that managers at the company are
Computing annuity payment: Gary Whitmore is a high school sophomore. He currently has $7,500 in a savings account that pays 5.65 percent annually. Gary plans to use his current savings plus what he
Future value with multiple cash flows: Stephanie Watson is 20 years old and plans to make the following investments beginning next year. She will invest $3,125 in each of the next three years and
Future value with multiple cash flows: Trigen Corp. management will invest $331,000, $616,450, $212,775, $818,400, $1,239,644, and $1,617,848 in research and development over the next six years.If
Growing perpetuity: You are evaluating a growing perpetuity investment from a large financial services firm. The investment promises an initial payment of $20,000 at the end of this year and
Effective annual interest rate: Cyclone Rentals borrowed$15,550 from a bank for three years. If the quoted rate (APR) is 6.75 percent, and the compounding is daily, what is the effective annual
Effective annual interest rate: Marshall Chavez bought a Honda Civic for $17,345. He put down $6,000 and financed the rest through the dealer at an APR of 4.9 percent for four years. What is the
Perpetuity: Calculate the annual cash flows for each of the following investments:a. $250,000 invested at 6 percent.b. $50,000 invested at 12 percent.c. $100,000 invested at 10 percent.
Perpetuity: Your grandfather is retiring at the end of next year.He would like to ensure that his heirs receive payments of $10,000 a year forever, starting when he retires. If he can earn 6.5
Computing annuity payment: Kevin Winthrop is saving for an Australian vacation in three years. He estimates that he will need $5,000 to cover his airfare and all other expenses for a weeklong holiday
Future value of an ordinary annuity: Cecelia Thomas is a sales executive at a Baltimore firm. She is 25 years old and plans to invest $3,000 every year in an IRA account, beginning at the end of this
Future value of an ordinary annuity: Robert Hobbes plans to invest $25,000 a year at the end of each year for the next seven years in an investment that will pay him a rate of return of 11.4 percent.
Present value of an ordinary annuity: Dynamics Telecommunications Corp. has made an investment in another company that will guarantee it a cash flow of $22,500 each year for the next five years.If
Present value of an ordinary annuity: An investment opportunity requires a payment of $750 for 12 years, starting a year from today. If your required rate of return is 8 percent, what is the value of
Present value with multiple cash flows: Jeremy Fenloch borrowed some money from his friend and promised to repay him $1,225,$1,350, $1,500, $1,600, and $1,600 over the next five years. If the friend
Present value with multiple cash flows: Saul Cervantes has just purchased some equipment for his landscaping business. For this equipment he must pay the following amounts at the end of each of the
Future value with multiple cash flows: You are a freshman in college and are planning a trip to Europe when you graduate from college at the end of four years. You plan to save the following amounts
Future value with multiple cash flows: Ben Woolmer has an investment that will pay him the following cash flows over the next five years: $2,350, $2,725, $3,128, $3,366, and $3,695. If his
Future value with multiple cash flows: Konerko, Inc., management expects the company to earn cash flows of $13,227, $15,611,$18,970, and $19,114 over the next four years. If the company uses an 8
Why is the effective annual rate (EAR) superior to the annual percentage rate (APR) in measuring the true economic cost or return?
Explain whether or not each of the following statements is correct.a. A 15-year mortgage will have larger monthly payments than a 30-year mortgage of the same amount and same interest rate.b. If an
Raymond Bartz is trying to choose between two equally risky annuities, each paying $5,000 per year for five years. One is an ordinary annuity, and the other is an annuity due. Which of the following
Define annuity due. Would an investment be worth more if it was an ordinary annuity or an annuity due? Explain.
What is the key economic principle involved in calculating the present value or future value of multiple cash flows?
You will be graduating in two years and are thinking about your future. You know that you will want to buy a house five years after you graduate and that you will want to put down $60,000. As of
When you were born, your parents set up a bank account in your name with an initial investment of $5,000. You are turning 21 in a few days and will have access to all your funds. The account was
You have $12,000 in cash. You can deposit it today in a mutual fund earning 8.2 percent compounded semiannually, or you can wait, enjoy some of it, and invest $11,000 in your brother’s business two
Patrick Seeley has $2,400 to invest. His brother approached him with an investment opportunity that could double his money in four years. What annual interest rate would the investment have to yield
5.31 You have $2,500 that you want to invest in your classmate’s start-up business. You believe the business idea to be great and expect to get $3,700 back at the end of three years. If all goes
Present value: Congress and the president have decided to increase the federal tax rate in an effort to reduce the budget deficit. Suppose that Caroline Weslin, from problem 5.29, will pay 35 percent
Present value: Caroline Weslin needs to decide whether to accept a bonus of $1,820 today or wait two years and receive $2,100 then. She can invest at 6 percent. What should she do?
Growth rate: Infosys Technologies, Inc., reported net income of $419 million this year. Analysts expect the company’s earnings to be $1.468 billion in five years. What is the expected annual growth
Growth rate: Xenix Corp had sales of $353,866 in 2017. If management expects its sales to be $476,450 in three years, what is the annual rate at which the company’s sales are expected to grow?
Time to grow: You have just inherited $550,000. You plan to save this money and continue to live off the money that you are earning in your current job. If you can invest at an interest rate of 4.6
Time to grow: Neon Lights Company is a private company with sales of $1.3 million a year. Management wants to take the company public but has to wait until the sales reach $2 million. If sales are
Time to grow: You are going to deposit $850 in a bank CD today, and you will withdraw the money only once the balance is $1,000. If the bank pays 5 percent interest, how long will it take for the
Time to grow: Zephyr Sales Company has sales of $1.125 million.If the company’s management expects sales to grow 6.5 percent annually, how long will it be before sales double? Use a financial
Multiple compounding periods: Samantha plans to invest some money so that she has $5,500 at the end of three years. Determine how much should she invest today given the following choices:a. 4.2
Multiple compounding periods: Find the present value of$3,500 under each of the following rates and periods:a. 8.9 percent compounded monthly for five years.b. 6.6 percent compounded quarterly for
Multiple compounding periods: Find the future value of an investment of $2,500 made today for the following rates and periods:a. 6.25 percent compounded semiannually for 12 years.b. 7.63 percent
Future value: You decide to take advantage of the current online dating craze and start your own dating app. You know that you have 450 people who will sign up immediately and, through careful
Future value: CelebNav, Inc., had sales last year of $700,000, and the analysts are predicting strong future performance for the start-up, with sales growing 20 percent a year for the next three
Future value: Your finance textbook sold 53,250 copies in its first year. The publishing company expects the sales to grow at a rate of 20 percent each year for the next three years and by 10 percent
Number of periods: You invest $150 in a mutual fund today that pays 9 percent interest annually. How long will it take to double your money?
Interest rate: You are in need of cash and turn to your uncle, who has offered to lend you some money. You decide to borrow $1,300 and agree to pay back $1,500 in two years. Alternatively, you could
Present value: Elizabeth Sweeney wants to accumulate $12,000 by the end of 12 years. If the annual interest rate is 7 percent and interest compounds semiannually, how much will she have to invest
Present value: You want to buy a zero coupon bond that will have a value of $1,000 at the end of seven years. If the appropriate discount rate is 4.5 percent annually, how much should you pay for the
Present value: Tracy Chapman is saving to buy a house in five years. She plans to put 20 percent down at that time, and she believes that she will need $35,000 for the down payment. If Tracy can
Present value: Your brother has asked you for a loan and has promised to pay you $7,750 at the end of three years. If you normally invest to earn 6 percent per year, how much will you be willing to
Present value: Maria Addai has been offered a future payment of $750 two years from now. If she can earn an annual rate of 6.5 percent, compounded daily, on her investment, what should she pay for
Present value: Roy Gross is considering an investment that pays 7.6 percent, compounded annually. How much will he have to invest today so that the investment will be worth $25,000 in six years?
Growth rates: Carson Kelly, a catcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks, hit 18 home runs in 2019. If his home-runhitting ability is expected to grow by 12 percent every year for the following five years,
Multiple compounding periods: Find the future value of a five-year $100,000 investment that pays 8.75 percent and that has the following compounding periods:a. Quarterly.b. Monthly.c. Daily.d.
Future value: Your birthday is next week and instead of other presents, your parents promised to give you $1,000 in cash. Since you have a part-time job and, thus, don’t need the cash immediately,
Future value: Your bank pays 5 percent annual interest compounded semiannually on your savings account. You don’t expect to add to the current balance of $2,700 over the next four years. How much
percent each year. How much money will she have in three years?
Future value: Kate Eden received a graduation present of $2,000 that she is planning on investing in a mutual fund that earns
percent interest semiannually. If she has $5,000 to invest, how much will she have at the end of four years?
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