Trigen Corp. management will invest cash flows of $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 the appropriate interest rate is 6.75 percent, what is the future value of th..
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Home Depot, Inc. (HD) had 1.70 billion shares of common stock outstanding in 2008, wheras Lowes Companies, Inc. (LOW) had 1.46 billion shares outstanding. Assuming Home Depot's 2008 interest expense is $696 million, Lowes' interest expense is $239 mi..
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Martin Company uses Miller-Orr model to manage its cash, using a money-market fund and a checking account. Martin keeps a minimum balance of $5000 in the checking account. The checking account pays no interest, but the money market pays 5% interest p..
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what are main elements in calculating the cost of capital? how would an increase in debt affect it? how would you
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A company currently pays a dividend of $2.5 per share, D0 = 2.5. It is estimated that the company's dividend will grow at a rate of 18% percent per year for the next 2 years, then the dividend will grow at a constant rate of 7% thereafter. The compan..
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Consider the following projects, X and Y where the firm can only choose one. Project X costs $600 and has cash flows of $400 in each of the next 2 years. Project Y also costs $600, and generates cash flows of $500 and $275 for the next 2 years, respe..
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On December 31, 2009, Cathy Chen, a self employed certified public accountant (CPA), completed her first full year in business. During the year, she billed $360,000 for her accounting services. She had two employees: a bookkeeper and a clerical assis..
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Unfortunately, in recent times, we have seen a number of examples of unethical behavior in organizations, often tied to the organization's handling of finances. Discuss ethical issues facing the top leadership or financial managers in today's corpora..
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A project has an initial outlay of $2,774. It has a single cash flow at the end of year 4 of $4,755. What is the internal rate of return (IRR) for the project? The Black Bird Company plans an expansion. The expansion is to be financed by selling $61..
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Draw the payoff of each of the following portfolios in a diagram where the horizontalaxis is the share price of ABC and the vertical axis is the payoff. Buying one put option and one call option on ABC, both with strike price$40 and expiration next p..
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The Fischer Sport Store has assets of $525,300, costs of goods sold of $305,000, accounts receivable of $57,600, and inventory of $109,100. How many days, on average, does it take the firm to sell its inventory assuming that all sales are on credit?
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Kholodny plc installs ventilation systems. At present its order book is rather thin and it has no work for the forthcoming period. It has been offered two contracts abroad, of wich it can take only one. Construct a decision tree to portray the situat..
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