Financial management L. Fung AC3059‚ 2790059 2012 Undergraduate study in Economics‚ Management‚ Finance and the Social Sciences This is an extract from a subject guide for an undergraduate course offered as part of the University of London International Programmes in Economics‚ Management‚ Finance and the Social Sciences. Materials for these programmes are developed by academics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). For more information‚ see: www.londoninternational
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Introduction: Real option analysis (ROA) is a decision-making structure that basically calculates the value of a future business decision. ROA borrows from financial options theory. A financial option gives the buyer of a financial asset the right‚ but not the obligation‚ to buy a stock or bond‚ for example‚ at a predetermined price at a future date. By analogy‚ a real option is a managerial decision-making tool that calculates the value of a business decision that a manager has an option‚ or right‚ but not
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Valuation- “projected financial performance into values.” Involves projecting/ making budgets. Value of an Asset = Value of Cash Flow (CF) it Will Generate (not profits) CF=1/(1+r)^1 value is based on three things- Current Cash Flow‚ Expected growth (used with to estimate future cash flow)‚ Riskiness of expected future cash flow (discount rate).Net Present Value- Value CFs using project discount rate based on risk Investment Decision-which real assets the firm should acquire.Choose positive and
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capital. Define and calculate the component costs of debt and preferred stock. Explain why the cost of debt is tax adjusted and the cost of preferred is not. Explain why retained earnings are not free and use three approaches to estimate the component cost of retained earnings. Briefly explain the two alternative approaches that can be used to account for flotation costs. Briefly explain why the cost of new common equity is higher than the cost of retained earnings‚ calculate the cost of new common
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begin commercial service in 2008. In order to fully evaluate the ‘Dreamliner’ prospect obviously risks and costs must be compared with the benefits and revenues associated with production and sale of the model. The Capital Assets Price Model (CAPM)‚ originally developed in 1952
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Markowitz prescribed mean-variance portfolio theory in its early form in 1952 and in its full form in 1959. William Sharpe adopted mean-variance portfolio theory as a description of investor behavior and in 1964 introduced the capital asset pricing theory (CAPM). According to this theory‚ differences in expected returns are determined only by differences in risk‚ and beta is the measure of risk. Behavioural finance contradiction to these four basic foundation blocks. Investors are
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Capital Cash Flows: A Simple Approach to Valuing Risky Cash Flows Richard S. Ruback* This paper presents the Capital Cash Flow (CCF) method for valuing risky cash flows. I show that the CCF method is equivalent to discounting Free Cash Flows (FCF) by the weighted average cost of capital. Because the interest tax shields are included in the cash flows‚ the CCF approach is easier to apply whenever debt is forecasted in levels instead of as a percent of total enterprise value. The CCF method retains
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Financial management has emerged as a distinct field of study only in the early part of this century‚ as a result of consolidation movement and formation of large enterprises. Its evolution may be divided into three phases. The Traditional phase‚ The Transitional phase and The Modern phase The Traditional Phase:This phase has lasted for about four decades. Its finest expression was shown in the scholarly work of Arthur S. Dewing‚ in his book tilted the Financial Policy
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1) What is the problem facing Prada? The Prada fell into some financial trouble. It needed to raise more than 1 billion euros to meet the long-term debt maturing in one year in 2011 and also required extra capital to implement its expansion plan in Asia market to seize the opportunity in this area which has the highest growth rate compared to the other markets. The demand for this huge amount of capital is quite urgent. The Prada has tried several times for IPO‚ but all terminated by some unlucky
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Course Project Part II Busn379 AirJet Best Parts Financial Analysis A financial decision for the purchase of new equipment will be based on the projects IRR and NVP. Below I have included the IRR and NPV to help assist in the financial decisions for the project. Capital budgeting for a new machine 1.) The IRR is 22.38% 2.) The NVP is $450‚867.00 NVP formula is as followed: Year 1 = 1100000/(1+0.15)^1 = 1100000/1.15 = 956521.74 Year 2 = 1450000/(1+0.15)^2 = 1450000/1
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