• Q : Determining optimistic and miscalibrated....
    Finance Basics :

    You know from experience that this particular forecaster tends to be both excessively optimistic and miscalibrated. Describe how you might debias this individual. Give a numerical example

  • Q : Anaylsis and ignore macrs half-year convention....
    Finance Basics :

    Assuming each of the indicated lives has the same probability of occurring (probability = 1/3), what is the tractor's expected NPV? (Hint: Use the 5-year straight-line depreciation for all anaylsis

  • Q : Exchange rate between us dollar and canadian dollar....
    Finance Basics :

    Suppose the spot exchange rate between U.S. dollar and Canadian dollar is US$1.03/C$. The U.S. dollar risk-free rate is 2% per annum, compounded annually.

  • Q : Yield curve steepening for upward sloping curve....
    Finance Basics :

    If the anticipation was a yield curve steepening for an upward sloping curve, an effective strategy to take advantage of this would be:

  • Q : Seek protection against a possible drop in rates....
    Finance Basics :

    He is satisfied with the current yield on 20-year bonds and decides to seek protection against a possible drop in rates. He could obtain such pricing protection by:

  • Q : Extent of sar undervaluation or overvaluation....
    Finance Basics :

    USD price of BicMac in South Africa and the US are $4.50 and $3.90 respectively. PPP implied exchange rate of South African Rand is 9.50 SAR per dollar. What is the extent of SAR undervaluation or

  • Q : Spot or cash market price of a debt instrument....
    Finance Basics :

    The spot or cash market price of a debt instrument and the price of its futures:

  • Q : Break-even level of the output....
    Finance Basics :

    What is the break-even level of the output for each scale of operation? What will be the firms profit for each scale of operation if sales reach 5,000 units?

  • Q : Monthly revenues in europe average....
    Finance Basics :

    Suppose monthly revenues in Europe average 10 million Euros and monthly production and distribution costs average 8 million Euro. If the resulting profits are repatriated to the production unit in C

  • Q : Average dividend growth rate....
    Finance Basics :

    M & P has paid annual dividends of $1.05, $1.20, $1.25, $1.15, and $0.95 over the past five years, respectively. What is the average dividend growth rate?

  • Q : Amount of fixed assets required for project....
    Finance Basics :

    The fixed costs are $216,000 and the contribution margin per unit is $28. The fixed assets required for the project will be depreciated on straight-line basis to zero over the project's 5-year life.

  • Q : Determining the cash break-even point....
    Finance Basics :

    The variable materials cost is $1.69 per unit, and the variable labor cost is $3.04 per unit. Suppose the firm incurs fixed costs of $750,000 during a year in which total production is 450,000 units

  • Q : Computing cost of preferred stock on outstanding issue....
    Finance Basics :

    Calculate the cost of preferred stock based on the outstanding issue, given the current market price. If Gem Systems sells a new issue of preferred stock carrying a par value of $100 but with an annu

  • Q : Computing after-tax costs of financing....
    Finance Basics :

    In each case, the bonds will have a $1,000 par value and flotation costs will be $30 per bond. This implies that the firm will net $970 per bond, before the adjustment for the premium (+) or discoun

  • Q : Required rate of return from capital asset pricing model....
    Finance Basics :

    How does a stock's beta impact the stock's required rate of return from the Capital Asset Pricing Model?

  • Q : Determining percentage of initial investment....
    Finance Basics :

    Assuming you purchased a share of stock for $50 on year ago, sold it today for $60, and during the year received three dividend payments totaling $2.70, calculate the following: a) Income, b) Capita

  • Q : Estimating the company target debt-equity ratio....
    Finance Basics :

    P & P Communications has a weighted average cost of capital of 9.5 percent. The company's cost of equity is 15.5 percent, and its pretax cost of debt is 8.5 percent. The tax rate is 34 percent.

  • Q : E capm approach and the dividend discount approach....
    Finance Basics :

    What is the estimated cost of equity using the average of the CAPM approach and the dividend discount approach?

  • Q : Initial cost of project including flotation costs....
    Finance Basics :

    The firm is analyzing a new project which requires an initial cash outlay of $420,000 for equipment. The flotation cost is 9.6 percent for equity and 5.4 percent for debt. What is the initial cost o

  • Q : Analyst understanding of bond pricing....
    Finance Basics :

    Discuss how duration and convexity contribute to an analyst's understanding of bond pricing.

  • Q : Effective duration for bond with current market value....
    Finance Basics :

    Compute the effective duration for a bond with a current market value of $108. Bond price is expected to be $109.25 if yields fall by 50 basis points; bond price is expected to be $107.10 if yields

  • Q : Expected portfolio return-average expected portfolio return....
    Finance Basics :

    Calculate the expected portfolio return, for each of the six years. Calculate the average expected portfolio return, ovet the six year period. Calculate the standard deviation of expected portfolio re

  • Q : Various lifetime classifications....
    Finance Basics :

    Which one of the following is the depreciation method which allows accelerated write-offs of property under various lifetime classifications

  • Q : Problems with profitability index....
    Finance Basics :

    The Shine On Computer Corporation is trying to choose between the following two mutually exclusive design project: If the required return is 10 percent and the company applies the profitability index

  • Q : Calculating payback of old country company....
    Finance Basics :

    Calculating Payback: Old Country Inc. imposes a payback cut off of three years for its international investment projects. If the company has the following two projects available, should they accept

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