What are the advantages and disadvantages of a call provision from the viewpoints of both a firm and its bondholders? If you were the CEO of a firm, would you recommend a call provision for a new bond issue? Why or why not? Can you identify a recent ..
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Garage, Inc., has identified the following two mutually exclusive projects: Year Cash Flow (A) Cash Flow (B) 0 –$ 28,000 –$ 28,000 1 13,400 3,800 2 11,300 9,300 3 8,700 14,200 4 4,600 15,800 a-1 What is the IRR for each of these projects? At what dis..
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Suppose Baa-rated bonds currently yield 8.4%, while Aa-rated bonds yield 6.4%. Now suppose that due to an increase in the expected inflation rate, the yields on both bonds increase by 1.5%. What would happen to the confidence index?
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TIPS Interest and Par Value A 3.75 percent TIPS has an original reference CPI of 170.9. If the current CPI is 206.2, what is the current interest payment and par value of the TIPS?
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We want to become millionaires. Our 10th birthday is today, and our grandparents give us $15,000, which we invest at 5% interest rate. We shall pay for a 4 year bachelor’s from our pocket in 8 years at $30,000 per annum. In year 16, we take a vacatio..
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An asset used in a four-year project falls in the five-year MACRS class (MACRS Table) for tax purposes. The asset has an acquisition cost of $6,400,000 and will be sold for $1,530,000 at the end of the project. what is the after tax salvage value of ..
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Ralph, treasurer for M and M Products, Inc., recently updated his firm’s short-term cash forecast only to discover that the firm will suffer a cash shortage of $15 million for a period of 30 days. One alternative is to liquidate a portion of his mark..
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Mr. Lopez bought a house in Laredo for $250,000 in January 1990. The first payment is due February 1, 1991. He got a mortgage rate of 5 percent. The mortgage was for 30 years. He made a down payment of 15 percent. Had he got a mortgage for 15 years, ..
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What constitutes total risk, and how is it measured? Of the two components of total risk, discuss which one investors can eliminate? Explain the remaining risk, and how is it measured?
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Badlands, Inc. reports the following information for the year ended December 31: Units sold 640 units Sales price $120 per unit Direct materials $28 per unit Direct labor $9 per unit Variable manufacturing overhead $15 per unit. The operating income ..
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Suppose the dividends for the Seger Corporation over the past six years were $1.15, $1.23, $1.32, $1.40, $1.50, and $1.55, respectively. Compute the expected share price at the end of 2014 using the perpetual growth method. Assume the market risk pre..
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Consider an investor woh, on January 1, 2017, purchases a TIPS bond with an original principal of $100,000, an 4.50 percent annual (or 2.25 percent semiannual) coupon rate, and 5 years to maturity. Suppose that the semiannual inflation rate for the s..
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