ACF 214 – Principles of Finance Weekly coverage: S. No. | Week | Coverage | 1 | Week 1-2 | Project Evaluation Criteria | 2 | Week 3 | EVA (Making Sure Managers Maximize NPV) | 3 | Week 4-6 | Risk‚ Return and the Cost of Capital | 4 | Week 7-9 | Corporate Financing and Capital Structure | 5 | Week 10 | Payout Policy | 6 | Week 11 | The Efficient Markets Hypothesis and Behavioural Finance | 7 | Week 12-15 | Introduction to Option Pricing Theory | Coverage: 1. Project Evaluation
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Chapter 1 Note: the summaries at the end of each chapter are good study tools. Corporations A corporation is a permanent entity‚ legally distinct from its owners‚ who are called shareholders or stockholders. A corporation confers limited liability to its owners: shareholders cannot be held personally responsible for the corporations’ debts; they only stand to lose their investment. To incorporate‚ you work with a lawyer to prepare articles of incorporation‚ which set out the purpose of the
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CORPORATE FINANCE Master in Banking and Finance 2012 FINAL EXAM A. PROBLEMS (20 points each problem) 1. FAGE Manufacturing is currently an all-equity firm with 20 million shares outstanding and a stock price of $7.50 per share. Although investors currently expect FAGE to remain an all-equity firm‚ the company plans to announce that it will borrow $50 million and use the funds to repurchase shares. FAGE will pay interest only on this debt‚ and it has no further plans to increase or decrease
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ENOCH DADZIE MPIMWOOD SCHOOL: COVENTRY UNIVERSITY PROGRAM: MBA-FINANCE STUDENT ID: COVBAF0513079 INTAKE: MAY 2013 COURSE ASSIGNMENT Wood.noon@gmail.com Contact: +233 244137533 The Dow Jones Industrial Average Brief Introduction The Dow Jones Industrial Average also called the‚ the Dow Jones Industrial‚ Dow‚ is a stock market index‚ and one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow. It was founded on May 26‚ 1896‚ and is now
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ABC’s capital expenditures and its financing 9 2.3. Comparison of ABC’s capital structure with similar companies 10 2.4. Characteristics of the company influencing the leverage policy 11 2.4.1. Tax advantage 11 2.4.2. Corporate tax rate 11 2.4.3. Earnings before tax and interest 11 2.4.4. Interest rate 11 2.4.5. Credit rating 12 2.5. Pecking order theory 13 2.6. Optimal capital structure 13 3.Dividend 14 3.1. Dividend policy
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FINANCE 3110 (CRN 83872) Principles of Finance Fall 2014 Principles of Finance FINANCE 3110 (CRN 83872) - Fall 2014 School of Business‚ Middle Georgia State College Tuesday‚ 5:30 PM-8:00 PM‚ PSC 248 INSTRUCTOR Dr. Shawn Saeyeul Park Middle Georgia State College School of Business Email: shawn.park@mga.edu Office: PSC 364 (Phone: 478-471-2886) Office Hours: M‚W 10:00 – 11:30 AM; T‚Th 10:00 – 11:15 AM; 1:30 – 2:45 PM WRC: M‚W 6:45 – 7:45 PM or by appointments Course Website: D2L COURSE DESCRIPTION
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Corporate Finance Case Study: Volkswagen Volkswagen (VW) Volkswagen (VW) is a German automobile manufacturer which was originally founded in 1937. Now VW Group is one of world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe‚ with its recent headquarter in Wolfsburg. VW is one of the ten brands under VW Group. (Volkswagen Homepage‚ 2011) 2011 VW’s revenue is 159‚337 million EUR; net income is 15‚409 million EUR‚ with a profit margin of 9.6707%. (Bloomberg
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As my opinion‚ I am suitable to be a corporate financier. When I finished my Finance and Investment degree‚ I will have strong analytical and problem solving skills. It is fully enrich my knowledge in financial market. I have the knowledge to be computer literate with spread sheets‚ word processors‚ presentation packages and large-scale data management tools.I can running numbers as part of learning accounting‚ capital-raising‚ and financial planning.Also‚ I did my A-level for Accounting‚ Further
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Lecture 1: The advantages of forming a corporation are: * Reduction of personal liability. A sole proprietor has unlimited liability * Taxes. Forming a corporation may mean that more expenses can be considered business expenses and be deducted from the company’s income. * Improved credibility. The business may have increased credibility in the business world compared to a sole proprietorship. * Ability to attract investment. Corporations can raise capital through the sale of equity
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CHAPTER 6 NET PRESENT VALUE AND OTHER INVESTMENT CRITERIA Answers to Concepts Review and Critical Thinking Questions 1. Assuming conventional cash flows‚ a payback period less than the project’s life means that the NPV is positive for a zero discount rate‚ but nothing more definitive can be said. For discount rates greater than zero‚ the payback period will still be less than the project’s life‚ but the NPV may be positive‚ zero‚ or negative‚ depending on whether the discount rate is less than
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