Corporate Finance: An Introduction (Welch) Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 The Goal of Finance: Relative Valuation 1) Which of the following statements is true? A) In finance‚ it is important to determine an asset ’s absolute value. B) The relative value of any asset is‚ at best‚ a lucky guess. C) The true value of an asset is unaffected by externalities such as interest rate levels‚ the state of the economy‚ etc. D) Valuation is not an exact science
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In recent years there has been considerable growth in the use of credit derivatives‚ which protect lenders against the risk that a borrower will default. For example‚ bank A may be reluctant to refuse a loan to a major customer (customer X) but may be concerned about the total size of its exposure to that customer. Speculators in search of large profits (and prepared to tolerate large losses) are attracted by the leverage that derivatives provide. By this we mean that it is not necessary to lay out
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CHAPTER 8 MAKING CAPITAL INVESTMENT DECISIONS Answers to Concept Questions 1. In this context‚ an opportunity cost refers to the value of an asset or other input that will be used in a project. The relevant cost is what the asset or input is actually worth today‚ not‚ for example‚ what it cost to acquire. 2. a. Yes‚ the reduction in the sales of the company’s other products‚ referred to as erosion‚ should be treated as an incremental cash flow. These lost sales are included because
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Solution to Case 23 Evaluating Project Risk It’s Better to Be Safe Than Sorry! Questions: 1. What seems to be wrong with the way the NPV of each project has been calculated? Indicate without any calculations‚ how Pete and John should go about recalculating the projects’ NPVs. The NPV of each project has been calculated by discounting the cash flows at the 8% before-tax cost of debt. This is incorrect. Since the company has debt‚ preferred stock and common
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Problems form Corporate Finance 1. Compute the following: Present Value | Years | Interest Rate | Future Value | $227‚382 | 20 | 5 | | | 16 | 17 | $886‚073 | $25‚000 | 18 | | $143‚625 | $1‚941 | | 5 | $3‚700 | 2. At 9 percent interest‚ how long does it take to double your money? To quadruple it? 3. In 2006‚ a gold $3 coin minted in 1879 was auctioned for $9.000. For this to have been true‚ what was the annual increase in the value of the coin? 4. You can earn 0
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CORPORATE FINANCE – CONCEPT QUESTIONS Class Notes - Introduction to Corporate Finance 1. Finance point of view: Corporation: a money processing machine? * Product markets: everything what corporates make (lead with customers‚ suppliers‚ labor) * Capital markets: generic term for the entities which supply cash to this money processing machine‚ and the processing machine uses the money to do things and then periodic sends money back to the capital market there are inflows from the
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Final Exam Corporate Finance FINC 650 1. Which of the following is not considered a capital component for the purpose of calculating the weighted average cost of capital as it applies to capital budgeting? a. b. c. d. e. Long-term debt. Common stock. Short-term debt used to finance seasonal current assets. Preferred stock. All of the above are considered capital components for WACC and capital budgeting purposes. 2. A company has a capital structure which consists of 50 percent debt and 50 percent
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Chapter 2 Auditing IT Governance Controls Review Questions 1. What is IT governance? Response: IT governance is a relatively new subset of corporate governance that focuses on the management and assessment of strategic IT resources. 2. What are the objectives of IT governance? Response: The key objectives of IT governance are to reduce risk and ensure that investments in IT resources add value to the corporation. 3. What is distributed data processing? Response: Distributed
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Questions and Problems Page 1 of 3 Corporate Finance eBook 9/e Content Chapter8: Interest Rates and Bond Valuation Questions and Problems 1. Valuing Bonds What is the price of a 10-year‚ zero coupon bond paying $1‚000 at maturity if the YTM is: BASIC (Questions 1– 12) a. 5 percent? b. 10 percent? c. 15 percent? 2. Valuing Bonds Microhard has issued a bond with the following characteristics: Par: $1‚000 Time to maturity: 25 years Coupon rate: 7 percent Semiannual payments Calculate the price of
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Chapter 11 Case : Evaluating McGraw Industries’ Capital Structure McGraw Industries‚ an established producer of printing equipment‚ expects its sales to remain flat for the next 3 to 5 years because of both a weak economic outlook and an expectation of little new printing technology development over that period. On the basis of this scenario‚ the firm’s management has been instructed by its board to institute programs that will allow it to operate more efficiently‚ earn higher profits‚ and‚ most
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