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Robin began taking required minimum distributions from her profit sharing plan in 2010. In 2013, Robin died after suffering a heart attack. She had not named a beneficiary of her profit sharing plan.
Thomas, age 55 and the owner of a computer repair shop, has come to you to establish a qualified plan. The repair shop, which employs mostly young employees,
Rachel has attained two years of service with her employer, Fiasco, Inc. (FI). FI sponsors a top-heavy qualified profit sharing plan and Rachel's account balance within the plan is $200,000.
On April 30, Janet, age 42, received a distribution from her qualified plan of $150,000. She had an adjusted basis in the plan of $500,000 and the fair market value of the account as of April 30 was $
An employer has a choice of how benefits will be distributed if it terminates its qualified plan. The plan can be designed to accommodate all of the following distribution possibilities except:
A sale of an investment to the plan from a party in interest is a prohibited transaction unless it is exempted by a statutory, administrative, or individual exemption.
We are currently bidding on Treasury bills and have determined that we must have a 5% return for a $1,000 T-Bill that will mature in one year. How much would we be willing to bid on the Treasury bill?
Simon, a second-year business student at the University of Toronto, will graduate in two years with an accounting major and a Spanish minor. Simon is trying to decide where to work this summer.
Your company's balance sheet includes the following data for 2012: Current assets = $1 million. Cash = $100,000. Inventory = $500,000. Current liabilities = $800,000.
'Greg and Debra Quilici own a four bedroom home in an affluent neighborhood just north of San Francisco, California. Greg is a partner in the family owned commercial painting business.
Given an individual risk profile, be it an aversion to risk or a high tolerance for risk; and, the current relatively low level of interest rates would he invest today in an asset, like a US Governmen
ABC Company is considering replacing a metal gear with a plastic one. The plastic gear will save $0.75 per unit but will require an expenditure of $40,000 for special tooling to produce the gear. Annu
Introduction of company. What business is the company in? When was the company established? When did the company go public? Why did the company decide to go public?
A company is considering building a new and improved production facility for one of its existing products. It would be built on a piece of vacant land that the firm owns. This land was acquired four y
You have owned the stock of Micro Co Ltd for the last five years. Historical data for the stock are as follows:
You would like to invest in one of the following assets. Use the present value of an annuity formula and the trial and error method to estimate the Internal Rate of Return or yield for each of the fol
Calculate the observed risk premium in each year for large cap stocks vs. T-bills. What was the average risk premium over this period? What was the standard deviation of the risk premium over this per
A share of stock is currently selling for $31.80. If the anticipated constant growth rate for dividends is 6% and investors are seeking a 16% return, what is the dividend just paid?
What are the portfolio weights for a portfolio that has 145 shares of stock A that sells for $45 per share and 110 shares of Stock B that sells for $27 per share?
A stock has a beta of 1.05, the expected return on the market is 10% and the risk-free rate is 3.8%. What must the expected return on the stock be?
Here are data on $1,000 par value bonds issued by Micorsoft, Ford, and Xerox at the end of 2008. Assume you are thinking about buying these bonds as of January 2009. Answer the following questions:
A stock has a beta of 1.25 and an expected return of 14%. A risk free asset currently earns 2.1%.
Of the six key methods used to evaluate capital projects, which one do you prefer? Why do you prefer this method over others? What is your second choice for an evaluation method?
A retirement plan guarantees to pay you or your estate a fixed amount for 25 years. At the time of retirement you will have $100,000 to your credit in the plan.
A firm has debt with a face value of $100. Its projects will pay a safe $80 tomorrow. Managers care only about shareholders. A new quickie project comes along that costs $20, earns either $10 or $40 w