Retirement planning Hal Thomas, a 25-year-old college graduate, wishes to retire at age 65. To supplement other sources of retirement income, he can deposit $2,000 each year into a tax-deferred individual retirement arrangement (IRA). The IRA will ea..
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Staal Corporation will pay a $2.54 per share dividend next year. The company pledges to increase its dividend by 3.5 percent per year indefinitely. If you require a return of 11 percent on your investment, how much will you pay for the company’s stoc..
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The Fed cuts the Federal Funds rate and the Discount rate and the Prime goes down to 3.5 percent. Al Truistyk owns an exercise center and needs to upgrade his equipment in order to meet his customers’ needs. The equipment costs $275,000 and the lende..
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A mutual fund manager has a 30 million portfolio with a beta of 1.5. The risk free rate is 4% and the market risk premium is 6%. The manager expects to receive an additional 5 million, which she plans to invest in a number of stocks. After investing ..
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Zap Inc's preffered stock pays out a quarterly dividend of $0.75. The firm's beta on preffered stock is $1.50, the T-bill is 3%, the S&P is 12%. What is the current price of the preffered stock?
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The owner of a bicycle repair shop forecasts revenues of $228,000 a year. Variable costs will be $67,000, and rental costs for the shop are $47,000 a year. Depreciation on the repair tools will be $27,000. The tax rate is 30%. a. Calculate operating ..
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If considering an expansion project. To date, the company has spent $75,000 investigating the viability of the project and have decided to proceed. The proposed project will cost $450,000 in addition to the $75,000 that was spent on the feasibility s..
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A firm has current assets that could be sold for their book value of $20 million. The book value of its fixed assets is $58 million, but they could be sold for $88 million today. The firm has total debt with a book value of $38 million, but interest ..
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Project A generates $5,000.00 in revenue two years from today and costs $4,000.00. Project B generates $4,000.00 (50% probability) or $6,000.00 (50% probability) one year from today and costs $4,500.00. Assuming a discount rate of 12% for both projec..
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Finefodder’s analysts have come up with the following revised estimates for the Gravenstein store: Range Pessimistic Expected Optimistic Investment $ 4,920,000 $ 3,600,000 $ 3,200,000 Sales 14,000,000 20,000,000 22,000,000 Variable costs as % of sale..
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Percy Motors has a target capital structure of 35% debt and 65% common equity, with no preferred stock. The yield to maturity on the company's outstanding bonds is 8%, and its tax rate is 40%. Percy's CFO estimates that the company's WACC is 13.50%. ..
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During the year, Belyk Paving Co. had sales of $2,392,000. Cost of goods sold, administrative and selling expenses, and depreciation expense were $1,433,000, $435,800, and $490,800, respectively. In addition, the company had an interest expense of $2..
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