Chapter 6 Forecasting Case Problem 2: Forecasting Lost Sales 1. The data used for the forecast is the Carlson sales data for the 48 months preceding the storm. Using the trend and seasonal method‚ the seasonal indexes and forecasts of sales assuming the hurricane had not occurred are as follows: Month Seasonal Index Month Forecast ($ million) January 0.957 September 2.16 February 0.819 October 2.54 March 0.907 November 3.06 April 0.929 December 4.60 May 1.011 June 0.937 July 0.936
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Post Quiz #6 1. The two types of shopping products are: * -heterogeneous and homogeneous * -unsought and convenience * -generic and family * -consumer and business * -exclusive and intensive 2. Lands’ End clothing catalogue retailer offers a satisfaction guarantee on all merchandise it sells. In other words‚ Lands’ End gives its customers a(n) _____ warranty. * -implied * -descriptive * -full
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4. If the diameter of a monster truck tire is 3.6 m and makes one rotation every 5 seconds‚ how far does the tire roll in 1 minute? T=2 5. What trigonometric function gives an output of when the input is ? K=1 6. Which of the six trigonometric functions are positive in quadrant III? K=2 7. What is the vertical and horizontal translation for the function C=2 8. If a bicycle wheel makes 7 rotations a second and has a diameter
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a. Should Caledonia focus on cash flows or accounting profits in making its capital-budgeting decisions? Should the company be interested in incremental cash flows‚ incremental profits‚ total free cash flows‚ or total profits? Caledonia should focus on cash flows‚ not accounting profits. Free cash flows are able to be reinvested‚ whereas accounting profits are shown when they are earned‚ not when the cash is actually received. The company should be interested in incremental after-tax cash flows
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FINANCE 402 FALL 2014 HOMEWORK #6 Due November 20‚ 2014 1. BMA Chapter 18 – Questions 12 and 21 at the end of the chapter on pages 468-469. Q12. Compute the present value of interest tax shields generated by these three debt issues Consider corporate taxes only. The marginal tax rate is 35%. a. $1000‚ one-year loan‚ at interest rate of 8% (tax shield) = (tc x i x D) = (0.35 x 0.08 x $1‚000) = $28 PV(tax shield) = $28/(1+i)^1 = $25.93 b. A five-year loan of $1000 at 8% interest rate.
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the boathouse: a combination of manufacturing overhead‚ administrative‚ and marketing and selling cost. The rent would most likely be prorated on the basis of the amount of space occupied by manufacturing‚ administrative‚ and marketing operations. 6. The wages of the company’s bookkeeper: administrative cost. 7. Sales commissions paid to the company’s salespeople: marketing and selling cost. 8. Depreciation on power tools: manufacturing overhead cost. Exercise 2-2 (15 minutes) Product
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DISCHARGE SUMMARY Jennifer Summers November 22‚ 2014. PROBLEMS LIST 1. Metastatic ovarian cancer with ascites. 2. Gait disturbance. 3. Status post-thyroidectomy for follicular carcinoma. 4. Depression. 5. Peptic ulcer disease. 6. Degenerative arthritis of cervical lumbar spine. 7. Osteopenia of spine and hip. BRIEF HISTORY A 93-year-old white female was admitted with abdominal swelling and suspected intra-abdominal bleeding. The patient has been followed in my practice. She had underwent a totally
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24. We can use the debt-equity ratio to calculate the weights of equity and debt. The debt of the company has a weight for long-term debt and a weight for accounts payable. We can use the weight given for accounts payable to calculate the weight of accounts payable and the weight of long-term debt. The weight of each will be: Accounts payable weight = .15/1.15 = .13 Long-term debt weight = 1/1.15 = .87 Since the accounts payable has the same cost as the overall WACC‚ we can write the equation for
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Case Questions for MGM 828‚ Fall 2012 Case 1: The Euro in Crisis a) Evaluate the European Central Bank’s (ECB) response to the financial crisis of 2008-2010. What was their analysis of the problem? b) The ECB responded less aggressively than the US Federal Reserve to the crisis. Why? c) In May 2010‚ should the ECB agree to purchase Greek sovereign debt? Case 2: Foreign Ownership of US Treasury Securities a) Why is foreign ownership of US Treasury securities rising? It is more interesting
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Capital Budgeting Mini Case There are many different methods business owners use to efficiently analyze business investment. One of these effective methods is the calculation of the net present value or NPV. The second most effective method would be the calculations of the internal rate of return or IRR. There are also other useful methods as well‚ for example‚ the payback rule and the profitability index. Many business owners use the above procedures to help them in their decision making of acquiring
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