What is the duration of a two-year bond that pays an annual coupon of 11.6 percent and has a current yield to maturity of 13.6 percent? Use $1,000 as the face value. What is the duration of a two-year zero-coupon bond that is yielding 11.5 percent? U..
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Sarah is a college student who was late for class. She tried to cross the street in the middle of the block instead of at the intersection comer where a traffic light was in operation. A motorist hit her. Although Sarah placed herself in danger, she ..
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Chester is planning to conduct exit interviews to learn more about how they can improve in processes and increase productivity.
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CJanet just got her credit card bill. The bill is for a 30 day billing period. The bill indicated that she started with a $900 balance, on day 14 charged $200, on day 20 charged $99, on day 26 paid $500. There was no other activity on the account dur..
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You own a stock portfolio invested 30 percent in Stock Q, 25 percent in Stock R, 10 percent in Stock S, and 35 percent in Stock T. The betas for these four stocks are 1.47, 0.85, 0.63, and 1.14, respectively. What is the portfolio beta?
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Fly Away, Inc., has balance sheet equity of $6.9 million. At the same time, the income statement shows net income of $855,600. The company paid dividends of $419,244 and has 120,000 shares of stock outstanding. If the benchmark PE ratio is 33, what i..
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The division managers of Chester Construction Corporation submit capital investment proposals each year for evaluation at the corporate level. Typically, the total dollar amount requested by the divisional managers far exceeds the company’s capital i..
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Blue Crab, Inc. plans to issue new bonds, but is uncertain how the market would set the yield to maturity. The bonds would be 26-year to maturity, carry a 11.54 percent annual coupon, and have a $1,000 par value. Blue Crab, Inc. has determined that t..
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"To finance its on going construction project, Bowen-Roth Inc. will need $5,000,000 of new capital during each of the next 3 years. The firm has a choice of issuing new debt or equity each year as the funds are needed, or issue only debt now and equi..
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Over the last four years, the common stock of Plymouth Shippers has had an arithmetic average return of 9.3 percent. Three of those four years produced returns of 14.1 percent, 15.6 percent, and 3.4 percent, respectively. What is the geometric averag..
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Apocalyptica Corporation is expected to pay the following dividends over the next four years: $6.80, $17.80, $22.80, and $4.60. Afterwards, the company pledges to maintain a constant 5.75 percent growth rate in dividends, forever. If the required ret..
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Most of us intuitively understand that a dollar required today does not have the same value as a dollar needed (or utilized) in the future. This is due to several factors including interest rates, compounding factors, discounting factors and financia..
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