Which one of the following will decrease the after tax cost of debt for a firm?
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James plans to fund his individual retirement account, beginning today, with 20 annual deposits of $2,000, which he will continue for the next 20 years. If he can earn an annual compound rate of 8 percent on his deposits, the amount in the account up..
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Apple Corporation wants to issue bonds with a 9% coupon rate, a face value of $1,000, and 12 years to maturity. Apple estimates that the bonds will sell for $1,090 with issuing (floatation costs equal $15 per bond – this reflects an 8% before tax cos..
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A stock, currently trading at $50, expects to pay a $4.50 dividend this year. The dividends and stock price has been growing at 8% for 10 years. What is the expected return on the stock this year?
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A four-year 3 percent Euro yen bond is selling at par. A "comparable risk" four-year 2.50 percent yen/dollar dual-current bond pays $800 at maturity per ¥100,000 of face value. The dual-currency bond is selling for ¥87,500 at the moment. What is the ..
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A firm has a market value equal to its book value. Currently, the firm has excess cash of $525 and other assets of $9,200. Equity is worth $7,000. The firm has 1,000 shares of stock outstanding and net income of $420. The firm has decided to spend al..
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Marie, a United States citizen, worked in France for 340 days during 2015. She earned $100,000 while working in France and $20,000 while working in the United States. She has never worked in a foreign country prior to 2015 and has no intention of doi..
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A stock’s price is $32 and the price of a 3-month call option on the stock with a strike price of $32 is $3.20. Suppose a trader has $3,200 to invest and is trying to choose between buying 1,000 options and 100 shares of stock. How high does the stoc..
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Maggie's Muffins, Inc., generated $4,000,000 in sales during 2013, and its year-end total assets were $2,800,000. Also, at year-end 2013, current liabilities were $1,000,000, consisting of $300,000 of notes payable, $500,000 of accounts payable, and ..
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Singing Fish Fine Foods has $2,000,000 for capital investments this year and is considering two potential projects for the funds. Project one is updating the deli section of the store for additional food service. The estimated annual after-tax cash f..
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Your company is analyzing purchase of a machine costing $5,900 today.- The investment cost is depreciated to zero over a 3-year straight-line schedule. What is the project's NPV?
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Interest rates on 4-year Treasury securities are currently 6.7%, while 6-year Treasury securities yield 7.4%. If the pure expectations theory is correct, what does the market believe that 2-year securities will be yielding 4 years from now?
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