Genetic Insights Co. purchases an asset for $19,193. This asset qualifies as a seven-year recovery asset under MACRS. The seven-year fixed depreciation percentages for years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are 14.29%, 24.49%, 17.49%, 12.49%, 8.93%, and 8.93%, r..
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If the actual FY 2011-12 general property revenue is $100,342,726, the adopted FY 2012-13 is $99,217,048, the estimated FY 2012-2013 is $97,046,556, and the proposed FY 2013-14 is $90,703,193, What is the change percent?
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How might a firm’s cost of capital change if they moved to a more ideal capital structure (i.e., determine the weighted average cost of capital at the target capital structure)? Briefly compare and contrast the pros/cons of using the current vs targe..
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Security I has a beta of 1.3, the risk-free rate is 4%, and the expected return on the market is 11%. What is the expected return for Security I?
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A market can be described by the equations Qd = 100 P and Qs = P. What are the equilibrium price and quantity in this market? The demand curve for Froot Loops breakfast cereal is very elastic because: Which good below might be expected to have the mo..
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Bill Dukes has $100,000 invested in a 2-stock portfolio. $77,500 is invested in Stock X and the remainder is invested in Stock Y. X's beta is 1.50 and Y's beta is 0.70. What is the portfolio's beta?
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A manufacturing company that produces a single product has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: What is the total period cost for the month under variable costing?
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As you increase (decrease) the length of time involved, what happens to the present value of an annuity? Explain why. What happens to the future value of an annuity if you increase (decrease) the interest rate? Explain why. What does continuous compo..
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Salmon Inc. has debt with both a face and a market value of $3,000. This debt has a coupon rate of 7% and pays interest annually. The expected earnings before interest and taxes is $1,200, the tax rate is 34%, and the unlevered cost of capital is 12%..
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Atlantis Fisheries issues zero coupon bonds on the market at a price of $417 per bond. Each bond has a face value of $1,000 payable at maturity. What is the yield to maturity of the bond? (Assume semi-annual coupon payments unless it is explicitly st..
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Stephen Fredrick, a pilot for Simmons Airlines Corp., criticized the safety of the aircraft that Simmons used on many of its flights and warned the airline about possible safety problems. SAC took no action. After one of the planes crashed, Fredrick ..
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Risk return theory states that the higher the risk, the higher the required return. The present value of $50,000 to be received 10 years from now at 8% interest is about $23,160. The current share price is $25, most recent dividend is $1.25, so divid..
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