| | | Course Project - Part 1 - Task 1: Assessing loan options for AirJet Best Parts‚ Inc. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Question 1: | APR (given) | EAR (calc) | | 2nd ICONV | | | | | | National First | 3.25 + 6.75 = 10% | 10.25 | | NOM = 10% | | | | | | | | | | C/Y = 2 (semiannual) | | | | | | | | | | EFF = 10.2500 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Regions Best | 13.17 | 13.99 | | 2nd ICONV
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Kim Witten Course Project Part I Task 1 1. National First (Prime rate is 3.25%) +6.75% = 10% Semiannually EAR = (1+.10/2) ^2 – 1 which is 10.25 Regions Best Rate is 13.17% Monthly EAR = (1+.1317/12) ^12 – 1 which is 13.99 2. I think that between National First and Regions Best that National first offers the lower rate after computing the EAR. National first is also only compounded semiannually making it lower then Regions Best. The only thing I worry about it the prime rate changing
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Assessing loan options for AirJet Best Parts‚ Inc. 1. MPRIME as of 08/2013 was 3.25% APR for National First = 3.25% + 6.75% = 10% APR for Regions Best 13.17% EAR for National First [(1 = ((10%)/2)) 2-1 = 10.25% EAR for Regions Best [(1 = ((13.17%)/12)) 12-1 = 13.9947% 1. Based on the information about I would choose National First because of the lower EAR rate of 10.25% and also because the EAR is compounded semiannually making the EAR even lower over Regions Best who had a higher EAR at 13
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Preferred Stock Benita Becton XACC/291 08/23/13 Lisa Pendleton Preferred Stock Preferred stock is capital stock that has some contractual preferences over common stock. These particular stocks give stockholders a priority in distributions of earnings and assets in the event of liquidation. Dividend preferences are one of those features that make preferred stock attractive to investors. If the dividend rate on preferred stock is 5.00 per share‚ then common stockholders don’t receive their
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With Preferred stock‚ there are of a variety of features that can be added to in order to either increase its attractiveness to investors‚ or to make it easier for the issuing company to buy back. Some company uses this to gain access to cash fast and they can control their payback. Preferred stock can have a lot of features add to it but here are the four major categories they will fall into: Callable this feature gives a company the ability to buy back preferred stock on specific dates and at
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Preferred Stock is referred to as preferred‚ because there is a higher claim against the stock than common stocks. There is a difference from preferred stocks and common stock when it comes to their dividends and liquidation. A preferred stockholder would receive their dividends sooner than common stockholders. This makes it so that if a preferred stockholder were to decide to opt out of paying their dividends than the common stock will not have a dividend. “The best way to think of preferred stock
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Answer True False 1 points Question 2 Junk bonds are also called high-yield bonds. Answer True False 1 points Question 3 The expected yield on junk bonds is lower than the yield on AAA-rated bonds because of the higher default risk associated with junk bonds. Answer True False 1 points Question 4 In general‚ interest on bonds‚ like dividends on preferred stock‚ may be deferred until a later date at the discretion of management‚ making
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29) All of the following features may be characteristic of preferred stock EXCEPT A) callable. B) no maturity date. C) tax-deductible dividends. D) convertible. Answer: c If a firm has class A and class B common stock outstanding‚ it means that A) each class receives a different dividend. B) the par value of each class is different. C) the dividend paid to one of the classes is tax deductible by the corporation
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institutions such as banks deals in short term loan in different forms such as treasury bills and commercial bills. Short term loan means the duration of maturity is of one year or less than that. We need to be clear that equity instrument i.e common or preferred stocks both are not traded in money market. Similarly‚ we need to keep one thing in mind that money market is a intangible market where we deal over the phone or company‚ we just don’t enter the building of a company. Likewise‚ Capital market refers
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Acct410B Research Paper Common and Preferred Stock How do Corporations raise capital? All of the large corporations could not have grown to their present size without being able to find innovative ways to raise capital to finance ultimate expansion. There are many ways this can be accomplished‚ but this review will take a look at just two ways: the issuance of Preferred Stock and selling of Common Stock. What exactly is a stock‚ anyway? Basically‚ stock is ownership‚ simple as that. Buy a
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