Net income results, reported in the financial statement presentation, can be affected by the inventory reporting methods used. FIFO, LIFO, and weighted average methods each have their own implications during periods of inflation and deflation. Consid..
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Using probability distribution analysis, Stock B is expected to return 15%. Stock B has a beta of 1.5, the risk free rate is 2%, and the expected return of the market is 12%. Is Stock B over priced or underpriced? Why
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It takes Cookie Cutter Modular Homes, Inc., about six days to receive and deposit checks from customers. Cookie Cutter’s management is considering a lockbox system to reduce the firm’s collection times. What is the reduction in outstanding cash balan..
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A person establishes a sinking fund for retirement by contributing $2000 at the end of each quarter for 25 years. For the next 20 years, equal quarterly payments are withdrawn, at the end of which time the account will have zero balance. If the money..
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An asset used in a four-year project falls in the five-year MACRS class for tax purposes. The asset has an acquisition cost of $6,030,000 and will be sold for $1,230,000 at the end of the project. If the tax rate is 34 percent, what is the after tax ..
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A company believes it can sell 5,600,000 of its proposed new optical mouse at a price of $10.00 each. There will be $8,000,000 in fixed costs associated with the mouse. If the company desires to make a profit $2,000,000 on the mouse, what is the targ..
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Daily enterprise is purchasing a $10.2 million machine. It will cost $47,000 to transport and install the machine. The machine has a depreciation life of five years using straight line depreciation and will have no salvage value. What are the increme..
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A 4-year annuity of eight $8,200 semiannual payments will begin 9 years from now, with the first payment coming 9.5 years from now. If the discount rate is 14 percent compounded monthly, what is the value of this annuity five years from now? If the d..
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Barton Industries can issue perpetual preferred stock at a price of $49 per share. The stock would pay a constant annual dividend of $3.50 per share. If the firm's marginal tax rate is 40%, what is the company's cost of preferred stock? If the firm's..
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Bubba's Steakhouse has budgeted the following costs for a month in which 1,600 steak dinners will be produced and sold: Materials, $4,080; hourly labor (variable), $5,200; rent (fixed), $1,610; depreciation, $640; and other fixed costs, $600. Each st..
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Folic Acid Inc., has $20 million in earnings, pays $2.75 million in interest to bondholders, and $1.80 million in dividends to preferred shareholders. What are the common shareholders’ residual claims to earnings? What are the common shareholders’ le..
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A firm has issued cumulative preferred stock with a $100 par value and a 12 percent annual dividend. For the past two years, the board of directors has decided not to pay a dividend. The preferred stockholders must be paid prior to paying the common ..
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