George Bennet wants to give his son $20,000 upon completion of his college education. If he invests $5,500 now in an account earning 9% annual interest, approximately how many years will it take for him to achieve his goal?
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Robbins Petroleum Company is four years in arrears on cumulative preferred stock dividends. There are 780,000 preferred shares outstanding, and the annual dividend is $4.50 per share. How much should the compensation be? Based on market value, how ..
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Jason Argo, 35, works for Inter-Mac Transportation Corp. His normal job of loading trucks paid $12.00 per hour. While working, he suffered a back injury and was declared 50 percent disabled. Discuss the inverse relationship between bond prices and in..
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Tapley Inc. currently has total capital equal to $6 million, has zero debt, is in the 40% federal-plus-state tax bracket, has a net income of $2 million, and pays out 40% of its earnings as dividends. What is the stock's current price per share (befo..
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Your company has a new project to be considered. You are given the following information on the best guess of related outcomes for the project. The cost of developing and market testing the product over the next year is $225 million. Determine the ne..
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Maggie’s Muffins, Inc., generated $5,000,000 in sales during 2013, and its year-end total assets were $2,500,000. Also, at year-end 2013, current liabilities were $1,000,000 consisting of $300,000 of notes payable, $500,000 of accounts payable, and $..
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You are purchasing a house for $95,000. The lender requires a 10% down payment, and will finance the rest with a 30 year fixed rate mortgage with monthly payments at 9 7/8% (interest rate is 9.875) with two discount points charged. Calculate the bal..
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The following transactions occurred during the year in the following sequence: Declared and distributed a 10% stock dividend on the outstanding common shares at a time when the common shares were selling for $15 per share. Calculate the par value per..
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Ider Corp expects to have $3.73 as earnings per share next year. The cost of equity for Ider is 16%, whereas its dividend yield is 4%. The price per share of Ider is $40. Find its current Price-Earnings ratio (P/E ratio).
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Knob, Inc., is a nationwide distributor of furniture hardware. The company now uses a central billing system for credit sales of $241.20 million annually. First National, Knob's principal bank, offers to establish a new concentration banking s..
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Beta Industries has net income of $3,100,000, and it has 350,000 shares of common stock outstanding. The company's stock currently trades at $48 a share. Beta is considering a plan in which it will use available cash to repurchase 30% of its shares i..
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Country Risk Analysis. If the potential return is high enough, any degree of country risk can be tolerated. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? Do you think that a proper country risk analysis can replace a capital budgeting analysis of..
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