The Objective in Corporate Finance “If you don’t know where you are going‚ it does not matter how you get there” Aswath Damodaran Stern School of Business Aswath Damodaran 2 First Principles Invest in projects that yield a return greater than the minimum acceptable hurdle rate. • The hurdle rate should be higher for riskier projects and reflect the financing mix used - owners’ funds (equity) or borrowed money (debt) • Returns on projects should be measured based on cash flows
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International Corporate Finance 1. How are percentage changes in a currency’s value measured? Illustrate your answer numerically by assuming a change in the Thai baht’s value from a value of $0.022 to $0.026. Answer: Percent △ in foreign currency value = st-st-1 st-1 = $0.026-$0.022$0.022 ≈ 18.18% 2. What are the basic factors that determine the value of a currency? In equilibrium‚ what is the relationship between these factors? Answer: The basic factors that determine the value
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Assignment of corporate finance If we need to find Z score of Fu-Wang ceramic industry ltd. Then at first we should know the formula of Z score. The formula of Z score is Z = 3.3(EBIT/Total Assets) + 1.2(Net Working Capital/Total Assets) + 1.0(Sales/Total Assets) + .6(Market Value of Equity/Book Value of Debt) + 1.4(Accumulated retained earnings/Total Assets) Now we are going to determining the Z score of Fu-Wang ceramic industry ltd. In the year of 2010 As we know the formula of Z score below
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Overview of Relevant Formulas Corporate Finance (B40.2302) _________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Present value of $1 to be received after t years at discount rate r: 2. Present value of annuity of $1 per year for t years at discount rate r: $1 (1 + r )t ⎡1 − (1 + r ) − t ⎤ ⎢ ⎥ × $1 r ⎣ ⎦ 1 ⎡ (1 + g )t ⎤ 3. Present value of growing annuity of $1 at rate g per year at discount rate r: ⎢1 − ⎥ × $1 r − g ⎣ (1 + r )t ⎦ $1 r 4. Present value
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Chapter 2 -CAPM: how risk affects return -Expected Return (on investment): mean value of its probability distribution of returns; greater the probability return will be below expected‚ greater the stand-alone risk -Risk Averse: he/she must be compensated for holding risky assets -Asset has 2 risk types: Diversifiable risk can be eliminated by diversification; market risk cannot be eliminated -Market risk measured by standard deviation of returns on portfolio consisting of all stocks -Relevant
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[pic] School of Management Studies Finance Advanced Topics [BUS4083W] Corporate Finance Test 23 September 2010 Time Allocation: 120 minutes Total Mark Allocation: 90 marks Case Study: Anglo American On the 20th of February 2009‚ Anglo American announced that it would cut 11% of its work force and suspend its share buyback and dividend in the face of a poor economic outlook marked by "unprecedented" uncertainty. The miner said it was reducing its headcount by
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questions‚ 1 points each‚ 10 points total) 1) According to M&M Theorem in the absence of corporate taxes‚ an increase in leverage (i.e.‚ an increase in D/E ratio) will lead to a) Higher cost of equity b) Low cost of equity c) No change in cost of equity d) The information provided is not sufficient to chose any of the above questions Ans: A 2) According to M&M Theorem in the absence of corporate taxes‚ an increase in leverage (i.e.‚ an increase in D/E ratio) will lead to a) Higher
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Corporate Finance – Chapter 2 – Long Quiz 1 1) Marvelous Entertainment Group‚ Inc. had net income of $32.7 million in 2005. The firm paid no dividends. If there were no further changes to the stockholders ’ equity accounts‚ then _____ by $32.7 million. [ ] common stock must have increased √ [ ] retained earnings must have increased [ ] total stockholders ’ equity must have decreased [ ] capital surplus must have decreased [ ] the market value of the firm ’s stock must have
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* PV(CF) = CF/(1+r)t AKA PV = FV/(1+r)t * NPV = PV(CFs) – Investment = -C0 +C1/(1+r)+C2/(1+r)2+C3/(1+r)3+… = ∑(Expected CFt)/(1+r)t – Investment * Perpetuity – pays a fixed amount C per period forever * P(C‚r) = C/r requires cash flow to begin NEXT period. If begin now‚ then PV = C + C/r * Annuity – fixed stream of cash flows that has a final period t * A(C‚r‚t) = C/r [1-1/(1+r)t] * Growing Perpetuity – G(C‚r‚g) = C/(r-g) C is initial cash flow‚ r is discount rate
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CORPORATE FINANCE 307 LITERATURE REVIEW Student Name / ID: Chay Yu Xi 15907811 Jacqueline Teo Hui Yun 15805054 Ting Heng Huat 14973837 Tutor: Leo Kee Chye Tutorial Day / Time: Monday / 2pm Table of Contents Abstract The Tech Bubble Introduction Lowering of Interest Rates Adjustable Rate Mortgage Securitization Mortgage Backed Securities Collateralized Debt Obligation Credit Default Swap Government Reaction and Policies Emergency TARP Repercussions
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