Sears‚ Roebuck and Co. vs Wal-Mart Stores Case Background Sears‚ Roebuck and Co. Wal-Mart Stores Started as a company dealing in catalogue sales Diversification into 3 types of business – Retail‚ Service and Credit Retail store types – Full line stores‚ Auto stores‚ Home and lifestyle stores Started as a franchisee type variety store Primarily Retail business – Discount stores‚ Supercenters‚ Sam’s club warehouses Focus on price conscious consumers Comparison of Retail Strategy
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The credit card companies and banks are getting richer‚ while most Americans are getting more in debt. The economy is in trouble‚ therefore‚ more and more people are relying on credit cards. In today’s society we are constantly trying to get out of debt‚ but in the process of trying to get ourselves out of debt‚ we create more debt. One of the major problems that most of us are dealing with is credit card debt. Most credit card companies are not looking out for your best interest. They are constantly
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The discount rate Main article: Discount rate The rate used to discount future cash flows to their present values is a key variable of this process. A firm’s weighted average cost of capital (after tax) is often used‚ but many people believe that it is appropriate to use higher discount rates to adjust for risk or other factors. A variable discount rate with higher rates applied to cash flows occurring further along the time span might be used to reflect the yield curve premium for long-term
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debate within the firm’s circle of senior managers in recent months. A num-ber of issues had been raised about the hur-dle rate used by the company in evaluating performance‚ and in setting the annual capital budget. Since the company was ex-pected to invest nearly $2 billion in capital Wall Street Daily News‚ January 9‚ 1996 projects in 1996‚ gaining closure and consensus
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1. How does Teletech Corporation currently use the hurdle rate? Teletech Corporation currently uses a single hurdle rate for both of their divisions. The divisions are Telecommunications Services and Products and Services. They use the hurdle rate based on the cost of capital which is a rough estimate of the Teletech’s WACC. They calculate it at 9.3% based on the cost of capital‚ beta‚ and WACC. 2. Please estimate the segments WACCs for Teletech (see worksheet Exhibit 1). As you do this
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Why Americans Should Not Use Credit Cards Helene Fox Com/156 Assignment Wk 7 (Rough Draft) 8/15/10 Lowrie Fawley Axia College of University of Phoenix Personal credit card debt doubled in the past four years and personal bankruptcies are at the highest rates ever and still more Americans are spending money that they do not have. According to the Nilson Report‚ February 2010‚ the average credit card debt per household with credit card debt is $15‚788 and the number of credit cards held per
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outstanding. The debt is trading at 90 percent of par. The yield to maturity is 9 percent. • Equity: 2‚500‚000 shares selling at $42 per share. Assume the expected rate of return on Federated’s stock is 18 percent. • Taxes: Federated’s marginal tax rate is Tc = .35 What are the key assumptions underlying your calculation? For what type of project would Federated’s weighted-average cost of capital be the right discount rate? 2. Suppose Federated Junkyards decides to move to a more conservative debt
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RISK-ADJUSTED DISCOUNT RATES and LIABILITY BETA RUSSELL E. BINGHAM T H E H A R T F O R D FINANCIAL SERVICES G R O U P Table of Contents Page 2 3 5 7 8 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 17 18 Subject Abstract 1. Summary 2. Total Return Model 3. After-Tax Discounting 4. Derivation of Risk-Adjusted Discount Rate and Liability Beta Figure l : Baseline Risk / Return Line vs Leverage 5. Liability Beta Figure 2: Equity vs Liability Beta Figure 3: Equity Beta vs Risk-Adjusted Discount Rate (After-Tax)
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Over the Hurdle Executive Summary Currently‚ Teletech Corp. is using a single corporate hurdle rate to evaluate its investment decisions in its products and systems segment as well as its telecommunications segment. Using only one hurdle rate doesn’t take into account the risk that the company faces within each segment. Investors demand higher returns for riskier investments. Victor Yossarian is concerned about the low returns for the high risk in the products and systems segment‚ this
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tackle these problems the assistant to the firm’s vice president suggests a target capital structure of 45% debt in every division and differing hurdle rated for low‚ average‚ and high risk projects. This paper critically reviews the different suggested measures and finally proposes measures that should be taken to improve the performance of the Randolph Corporation. Divisional Hurdle Rates To estimate the hurdle rates for every division of the Randolph Corporation that weighted average cost
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